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Date: 1/29/2017 Resort: Pats Peak, Henniker, NH Conditions: Loose Granular. Trip Report: Nice day at Pats Peak yesterday. Conditions on the groomers were loose granular over hardpack/ice...expected given the weather in the area over the past several weeks. Had not been to Pats for a few...

Been reading a fair amount of chatter on this system. Not sure of the impacts to ski country.

Date(s) Skied: 2/11/2016 Resort or Ski Area: Loon Mountain, NH Conditions: Manmade Packed Powder, Groomed Hardpack Trip Report: Took a day off in the week to go to Loon. Was busier than I expected but still not too busy at all. Temps were a bit cold and there were light snow squalls on...

On our way to hit up Ragged this morning and while on the Everett Turnpike my car windshield got smashed by a chunk of ice that came off of the van in front of us... Fortunately I managed to get the driver to pull off after the toll plaza and I kept him around until the police arrived (he...

Just wondering if it will be worth the expense to upgrade my wife's skis...she's a solid but more cautious intermediate who pretty much sticks to the groomers. Her current and only skis are Rossignol Saphir 3s that we bought about 10 years ago. She's quite happy with them but give the age of...

Date(s) Skied: 4/6/2015 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Sunapee Conditions: Cloudy and light snow in the AM giving way to filtered sun in the PM. Loose groomed conditions to soft spring snow. Trip Report: Fantastic day at Sunapee yesterday. Temps and sun allowed for ideal spring conditions (at...

Need some day trip options for Easter weekend. Want to keep the drive time within 2.5 hours from Lowell area. Looking for groomed and intermediate-level bumps and trees (if they are in play but I'm guessing not). Don't want my last time out at SR to be it for the season...

First trip to SR went very well despite lots of wind holds on Thursday and firm conditions all around. Since it was our first time, we explored a good portion of the area which meant for more traversing than I'd ideally like...but it was all fine. Lots of wind on Thursday, for a while the only...

OK, I'm sure I will get some abuse for this, but somehow I just can't share everyone's enthusiasm for more snow when I have huge piles in my yard, I have to deal with ice dams for the first time in 20 years, and I have to start wondering about snow loads on a steeply pitched roof at home... I'm...

Where: Whaleback, Enfield, NH When: President's Day 02/16/15 Conditions: Very Cold, windy, sunny, packed powder, powder, almost no one there Went to avoid crowds and high ticket prices...aside from the kids in the snow camp and the racers coming in the afternoon I may have been one of about a...

Looks like the next opportunity for me to get out is President's Day. Looking for someplace that is within day trip range from the Lowell/Nashua area, has some good intermediate natural terrain, and won't have too many issues with crowds. Thought was to make my annual trip to Magic but without...

In lieu of a bigger vacation this year, we are looking into a ski trip over a few days during my son's college spring break in March. My wife and I are intermediates, she's a bit cautious but can handle any blue and some easy blacks. I'm OK with anything groomed up to steeper blacks but...

Date(s) Skied: 12-21-2014 Resort or Ski Area: Wachusett Mountain, MA Conditions: Loose granular, manmade, early season. Cloudy with flurries later in the morning Trip Report: Had a good first day of the season at Wachusett. Got on the slopes about 8:30 and stayed until about 12:30...

Not for me but for my daughter who's playing on the HS Tennis team. Bought her a real basic one last year since she was just starting the sport, but she's getting too much vibration and I'm guessing the tension's on the light side. Thanks.

New thread for any info/hype on the up and coming weekend. Cold air is in place, lets see if any systems are coming our way...

Where: Ragged Mountain, NH When: Saturday, March 1, 2014 9:00 - 1:00 Conditions: Frozen Granular, cold, sunny to cloudy, busy Had a good but short day at Ragged. There was a race which made for a crowded lodge but the lift lines were a few minutes at most. Anything groomed was edgeable in...

Where: Whaleback Mountain, NH When: Sunday, February 16, 2014 Conditions: Packed Powder, Powder, Lots of bumps on ungroomed trails, cold, busy in PM Had a great day at Whaleback today. Waited until a decent snowfall to make use of the passes I won through AZ (thanks Nick). Got there a bit...

We're going to a timeshare near Ascutney in a few weeks for the weekend (one of a few places that allow nightly reservations that we could get into). Wondering what our best options are for skiing on a Saturday (skill level upper intermediate). Thanks in advance.

Date(s) Skied: 01/05/2014 Resort or Ski Area: Ragged Mountain, Danbury, NH Conditions: Packed Powder, Machine Groomed, chopped up powder Trip Report: Headed up to Ragged for the first ski trip of the season. As expected, the crowds were pretty high, got there early enough for the second lot...

Have to start this at some point I guess... Hit the roads too hard in preparation for and after a race and I have a stress fracture in the fibula near my right ankle. Will get specifics later this week but I'm guessing I will be told to keep off of it for several weeks. More bothered about...