Ski conditions in Northeast U.S. during January thaw

This January is contending to be the worst in many years for the
Northeast U.S. But skiing is still possible.

Here are some current reports from cross-country ski areas in the Northeast:


New York

Salmon Hills: 30 km open, 20 km groomed, 20 km tracked, 20 km skate
lanes. "Skiing is good on wet granular snow. ... For classic skiing
you'll need to put on klister wax."

Lapland Lake: 46 km open, 34 km groomed, 34 km tracked, 34 km skate
lanes. "Surface is power-tilled loose granular over a frozen granular
base."

Garnet Hill: 40 km open. "Wet powder surface."

Verizon/ORDA/Mount Van Hoevenberg (Lake Placid): 10 km open. "Frozen
granular."


Vermont

Prospect Mountain: 40 km open. "Good. Loose granular."

Mountain Top: 2 km open. "Loose granular."

Mountain Meadows: closed.

Blueberry Hill: closed.

Sleepy Hollow: closed.

Trapp Family Lodge: closed.

AIG/Mt. Mansfield/Stowe Mountain Resort: 28 km open. "Conditions are
surprisingly good."

Craftsbury: 35 km open, 30 km tracked, 35 km skate-groomed. "Loose
granular."

Bolton Valley: 5 km open. "Wet and diminishing conditions."

Hazen's Notch: closed.


New Hampshire

Jackson: 5 km open, 5 km tracked, 5 km skate-groomed.

Great Glen Trails: 1 km open, 1 km tracked, 1 km skate-groomed.

Bretton Woods: 10 km open, 10 km skate-groomed. "Loose granular/variable."

Waterville Valley: 3 km open, 3 km groomed. "Loose granular."

Bear Notch (Bartlett): 15 km open, 15 km skate-groomed.

Balsams Wilderness (Dixville Notch): 71 km open, 20 km tracked, 20 km
skate-groomed. "Loose granular."


Maine

Sugarloaf: closed.

10th Mountain (Fort Kent): 18 km open, 18 km groomed, 16 km tracked, 18
km skating. "All open trails still in great shape."


Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont

I noticed that Camp Mercier...north of Quebec City (30 min
drive)......reported fine conditions on about 20cm of new snow. Apparently
they got some mixed precip a few days ago...followed by a lot of new snow.

Mark
"Lew Lasher" wrote in message
news:NCsAf.104$Yi5.60@trndny02...
This January is contending to be the worst in many years for the Northeast
U.S. But skiing is still possible.

Here are some current reports from cross-country ski areas in the
Northeast:


New York

Salmon Hills: 30 km open, 20 km groomed, 20 km tracked, 20 km skate lanes.
"Skiing is good on wet granular snow. ... For classic skiing you'll need
to put on klister wax."

Lapland Lake: 46 km open, 34 km groomed, 34 km tracked, 34 km skate lanes.
"Surface is power-tilled loose granular over a frozen granular base."

Garnet Hill: 40 km open. "Wet powder surface."

Verizon/ORDA/Mount Van Hoevenberg (Lake Placid): 10 km open. "Frozen
granular."


Vermont

Prospect Mountain: 40 km open. "Good. Loose granular."

Mountain Top: 2 km open. "Loose granular."

Mountain Meadows: closed.

Blueberry Hill: closed.

Sleepy Hollow: closed.

Trapp Family Lodge: closed.

AIG/Mt. Mansfield/Stowe Mountain Resort: 28 km open. "Conditions are
surprisingly good."

Craftsbury: 35 km open, 30 km tracked, 35 km skate-groomed. "Loose
granular."

Bolton Valley: 5 km open. "Wet and diminishing conditions."

Hazen's Notch: closed.


New Hampshire

Jackson: 5 km open, 5 km tracked, 5 km skate-groomed.

Great Glen Trails: 1 km open, 1 km tracked, 1 km skate-groomed.

Bretton Woods: 10 km open, 10 km skate-groomed. "Loose
granular/variable."

Waterville Valley: 3 km open, 3 km groomed. "Loose granular."

Bear Notch (Bartlett): 15 km open, 15 km skate-groomed.

Balsams Wilderness (Dixville Notch): 71 km open, 20 km tracked, 20 km
skate-groomed. "Loose granular."


Maine

Sugarloaf: closed.

10th Mountain (Fort Kent): 18 km open, 18 km groomed, 16 km tracked, 18 km
skating. "All open trails still in great shape."


Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont

Was scheduled to do Lake Placid and when it was rained out, headed up
to Ottawa. Great skiing here...snowed most of the day. The Keski course
has great skiing right now....sounds like the best in the East.

Doesn't seem to me like Craftsbury is likely to happen, at least on
point to point course....??

Best,

Stuart Stevens



Lew Lasher wrote:
This January is contending to be the worst in many years for the
Northeast U.S. But skiing is still possible.

Here are some current reports from cross-country ski areas in the Northeast:


New York

Salmon Hills: 30 km open, 20 km groomed, 20 km tracked, 20 km skate
lanes. "Skiing is good on wet granular snow. ... For classic skiing
you'll need to put on klister wax."

Lapland Lake: 46 km open, 34 km groomed, 34 km tracked, 34 km skate
lanes. "Surface is power-tilled loose granular over a frozen granular
base."

Garnet Hill: 40 km open. "Wet powder surface."

Verizon/ORDA/Mount Van Hoevenberg (Lake Placid): 10 km open. "Frozen
granular."


Vermont

Prospect Mountain: 40 km open. "Good. Loose granular."

Mountain Top: 2 km open. "Loose granular."

Mountain Meadows: closed.

Blueberry Hill: closed.

Sleepy Hollow: closed.

Trapp Family Lodge: closed.

AIG/Mt. Mansfield/Stowe Mountain Resort: 28 km open. "Conditions are
surprisingly good."

Craftsbury: 35 km open, 30 km tracked, 35 km skate-groomed. "Loose
granular."

Bolton Valley: 5 km open. "Wet and diminishing conditions."

Hazen's Notch: closed.


New Hampshire

Jackson: 5 km open, 5 km tracked, 5 km skate-groomed.

Great Glen Trails: 1 km open, 1 km tracked, 1 km skate-groomed.

Bretton Woods: 10 km open, 10 km skate-groomed. "Loose granular/variable."

Waterville Valley: 3 km open, 3 km groomed. "Loose granular."

Bear Notch (Bartlett): 15 km open, 15 km skate-groomed.

Balsams Wilderness (Dixville Notch): 71 km open, 20 km tracked, 20 km
skate-groomed. "Loose granular."


Maine

Sugarloaf: closed.

10th Mountain (Fort Kent): 18 km open, 18 km groomed, 16 km tracked, 18
km skating. "All open trails still in great shape."


Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont

"Mark Eastman" wrote in message
om...
I noticed that Camp Mercier...north of Quebec City (30 min
drive)......reported fine conditions on about 20cm of new snow. Apparently
they got some mixed precip a few days ago...followed by a lot of new snow.

Mark

Just coming back from 3 days at Camp Mercier. Got over a foot of snow during
the first two days, followed today by beautiful sunny, cold and crisp sunny
day with perfectly groomed fresh snow. Winter at its best :-)

BarryT

Things have gotten better during the week.

The ski centers that I listed last weekend as closed (Trapp, Sleepy
Hollow, Hazen's Notch, Blueberry Hill, Mountain Meadows, and Sugarloaf)
are all open now. In general, more trails are open (e.g., in Jackson,
N.H., up from 5 km to 38 km).


Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont

In Minneapolis, we woke up to 46 F this morning. The average Jan temp
(high + low)/2, has been about 27 F, and we've had nothing below 0 F.
(Very odd.) We had a pretty good Dec (meaning we had some snow), and
Jan up until this point was cloudy, so we were keeping a thin layer.

Jay Wenner