Open, 15º at 7 am and sunny. All trails open. Use your discretion about the softening of the snow, with the temperature, sun, and your ability. There’s still a packed powder surface mostly, with a firmer base. Watch for glazed areas.

Ian used a groomer last night to clean up Turkey, Grouse, and the lower part of Peregrine, no new tracks were put in with a machine. It will soften up, but it will take a little time.

When you hit spring skiing just right, it does cause a smile to form.

The sun is shining and 15º at 7 am, clouding up around 11 am and the temperature around 34º. Rainy and 41º around 2pm.

We will be closed tomorrow, Saturday. And we will decide on Sunday morning once we are able to see what is left after the rain. Going from 60° and rain, to 23° Saturday night, will cause very icy conditions, as well as significant snow loss. So this might be it!! (Season Pass holders may ski on what is left, knowing no grooming is happening.)

Open, 22º, the sun is rising to clear sky. High today 45º, blue sky and sunshine. Great spring skiing, hard and fast this morning, it’ll be a bit sporty with a few frozen ruts Softening around 10 am and slowing down by 11 am. All trails are open. Open 9-5 this time of year.

We had 3 people add their names to the “Skied 25 km, all trails in a day” list. This could be another day for that.

No new grooming today; it doesn’t make sense to spend the time and money to groom, as the sun and warm will soften the snow by mid-late morning. Grooming is likely done for the season.

On Saturday a new friend, Mike, drove up with his partner, for a birthday ski. He had never been here before, and I am glad he found us.

Michael Fleming’s blog and musing on his ski adventures can be found at this link, Mike’s writings.

3/25 — Peru, Vermont: Wild Wings Ski Touring Center

Last week, my friend Janice S. told me that the skiing up at Wild Wings was fabulous, so of course I began salivating — ding ding ding! Marti had been asking me what I wanted for my birthday, so now I had an answer — Wild Wings! With ski conditions deteriorating in Brattleboro, I knew that the snow had to be better up in the Green Mountains. And Wild Wings is only an hour away!

We arrived amid a light snowfall, temp around 30 — perfect. I opened up the car to get my gear & suddenly realized that in the morning packing frenzy I’d forgotten to put my boots in the car — d’oh!

My new best friend Heather, the Wild Wings manager on duty, saved the day: she fixed me up with perfectly good rental gear, & in no time Marti & I were on the trail. And what a trail! A wide, well-packed base nicely coated with the fresh sleety, snowy stuff that was still coming down (“sneet”? “slow”??). The deep classic tracks made for very easy skiing, a bit on the slow side but that was all the better for enjoying the beauty of the woods. We did a big “green” loop, & then I took a turn around “blue” Peregrine, which was a blast with big, swooping downhills & nice, gradual uphills.

I’m more than tempted to come back tomorrow — but that’s not the plan. Stay tuned . . .

A+

Michael Fleming

Open, 30º at 7 am and cloudy. Forecast high 39º becoming sunny.

Trails are being groomed as I type. The skiing is really nice spring skiing. All trails are open, about 17 km freshly groomed. Ian groomed Turkey, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, Goshawk, and Upper Peregrine. Jonathan groomed Chickadee and said it is in really nice shape with a track. He also reported Middle and Upper Blue Jay are looking good, but have not been re-groomed this morning. There are a few folks still wanting to ski every trail. This would be a great day for it. Just the right amount of warm.

And a fresh shot from today of the track at the beginning of Woodcock and Turkey. (You should see the photo albums on my phone and computer! Who knew anyone could or would take so many photos of groomed ski trails?)

The life of the groomer that rides on the snow machine;