Tag: october

Photo of the Week: This Time, Last Year

With snow falling in the high elevations of the White Mountains as we write this, and with reports of mountaintop snowflakes streaming in over the weekend (thanks to Dave Bouchard for the first-hand evidence from the Green Mountain spine on Sunday morning), it’s likely just a matter of days before at least a few of …

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Photo of the Week: Skiable snow on its way?

9/30 UPDATE: Forecast for approaching cold front has shifted, and snow is now unlikely Sat pm/Sun am, but still mildy possible Monday night and/or Tuesday night (more likely) after the weekend. We’ve seen photos of the first dusting of the season way up high in the Whites, and we’ve heard rumors of a few snowflakes …

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Pray for Snow

Although there is some very fun skiing to be had across the northeast right now, including but by no means limited to a few lift-served spots at Sunday River, ME and Killington, VT, it’s exciting to think the approaching storm system could leave us with another round of snow for the weekend. Until then, a …

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Photo of the Week: Snow Ghosts?

Snow goblins and ghosts – We see them often in the mountains. This one seems to be a rather friendly one… Is it Ullr- the Norse God of Snow in disguise? Could it be smiling because it was snowing again in the mountains of the northeast this weekend? Happy Halloween!

Photo of the Week: Moonlit October Corn!

Oct 21, 2010 – Although you might have had to ski it to believe it, the skiing in the days following last weekend’s nor’easter has been beautiful and utterly spring like. With increasingly mild days in the valleys, and crispy cool nights, the snow’s been transforming to a near-perfect corn snow in the mountains – …

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