Alex Heney wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:05:28 -0500, Walt
wrote:

* What do you think of Autumn skiing? My usual thought is that the earth
is so barren and cold it wouldn't be good. But I skied at thanksgiving a
couple of years ago. And it was kind of like spring skiing. The trail was
60 yards wide and the artificial snow swath was maybe 20 yard. There were
parts where you had to walk over dirt/grass.
I think Autumn skiing is great. The first day of winter is Dec 21, and

But officially, that is midwinter's day.

Well that depends. Meteorologically it may be midwinter's day but
officially it is the first day of winter being the solstice.

However, even meteorologically around here there isn't much
winter until December.

Depending on where you are the seasons don't necessarily match
the sun's movement. Here Spring arrives about April 1 and Summer
arrives about May 1 which makes June 21 about midsummer which
it should be, but that's the only day which is correct.

Summer lasts through September, which is should with Sept 22
being the last day of summer and then fall EXPLODES about that
week in glorious color for a couple of weeks then devolves
into a couple of months of short, gloomy, gray days which are
finally freshened up with winter's white and cold.

That is northern New England.