Jan 07
We’ve picked up 2-12″ of fresh fluff in the higher elevations of the northeast this week, and as the image here illustrates, there is some beautiful fresh snow starting to pile up in places. However, there’s not much under it…so take it slow, and pray for even more snow. With some luck, we should pick …
Jan 05
After nearly three weeks of cold temps and beautiful skiing (see above and this video)- especially in the more open, higher elevation backcountry zones – a perfectly seasonal January Thaw has taken its toll. While the Thaw has left us with an especially thin snowpack down low (if you’ve got any snow at all) across …
Jan 03
The past week in the northeast offered a perfectly normal yet utterly wild swing in the weather and snow conditions – an annual event many of us refer to as the January Thaw. For the moment, at least, the change in weather has nearly wiped out the thin snowpack we had at the lowest elevations, …
Jul 14
One of the great things about a little rainfall in the middle of February is that it sometime leads to the formation of a nice supportive crust atop the snowpack. If we’ve got a good base to work with, this can be especially fun, as the crust allows you to go nearly anywhere, and fast, …
