Open, 34º at 7 am and cloudy. Rain in the forecast for this afternoon, with a high temperature of 48º.

Classic spring skiing. Faster in the mornings and slower and softer after the temperature goes up.

Friday’s forecast is for 40º becoming sunny. Saturday is for 34º and snow. We will be open day to day depending on the weather and the road. The lower parking lot is closed because of mud, so car pool when possible.

Open, 27º at 7 am and cloudy. The forecast is for some sun, mostly clouds and a high temperature of 46º.

Good spring skiing. Fast this morning. About 10:30 the snow will start to soften, about 11 it will be fun soft and later this afternoon, slow soft.

The road is holding up. There are pot holes and washboards, so drive slow. When there are ruts, aim high.

Below, meeting of the minds, “that was pretty good, did you see me?”, “I went faster the first time?”, and I don’t know, but maybe “I can jump on this pair of skis, they are my old ones.”

Open, 23º. Clear blue sky. Forecast high 45º and clouding up later.

The skiing is really good. Ian’s plan is to ski early, it will be quick and fun.

Fast this morning after re-grooming the low trails last night. The quick, fun skiing should last until 10:30-11:00. Slowing down with the sun and rising temperature. Chickadee is good (after it softens) with a down hill that requires the ability to control speed and direction.

Looking ahead; today and tomorrow, open, good spring skiing. Thursday is questionable, the forecast is for rain. Friday should be ok skiing and Saturday the forecast is for 3-5 inches of snow. If our road gets too muddy we might have to close.

Open, 18º and a mostly clear sky. Sunshine today and a forecast high of 40º.

The skiing is really good. This morning is mid-winter skiing. Yesterday the 2 inches of powder snow tilled in with the snow underneath left a really great surface. Fresh mid-winter snow, fabulous skiing. If you are looking for faster, powdery snow skiing, ski first thing this morning. Plan on being done by 10:30/11:00. Ian re-groomed Turkey and Grouse last night and the Chickadee Sunday around noon.

20 km open, Turkey, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, Goshawk, Peregrine, and Chickadee.

The lower trails are packed wide with a firm skate lane and really good track. The Chickadee is more back country, packed and tracked with a single track. More narrow.

Some skiing from yesterday:

And a few skiers from yesterday:

A few notes on spring, mud season in Vermont:

After this morning, the sun and temperature will warm the snow and the snow gets soft and slow. Which is typical in the spring. The snow will freeze tonight and warm up the next day to corn snow. Which will soften when the temperature and sun warm the snow again the next day slowing the skiing down. And so on.

The roads also freeze and thaw. The road has washboards, pot holes and ruts. Aim high, drive slow, and don’t stop.