Closed. The temperature this morning is 29º and it is raining and freezing onto everything. It is looking quite shiny out there. The forecast is for the freezing rain to turn back to snow. The forecast is still saying 3-5 inches of snow this afternoon.

Chuck is calling this a significant icing event. The temperatures are suppose to start dropping during the afternoon. The precipitation is suppose to switch to snow and the wind in going to blow.

We will end up with a net gain for snow and total base. The timing will make the weekend a lot of work for Ian. I know he will groom on Saturday morning, starting early and will get as much open as he can. All dependent on when the precip changes to snow and how much snow falls.

Photo credit below: Ian Black. The gang skiing the Chickadee/Upper Blue Jay on Thursday. The skiing started out ok/good. Ended up difficult as the significant icing started while they were up on top. The return back to the barn was tough.