Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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40 inches of new snow in the past 6 days

Posted March 19, 2023 at 3:56 pm

We are 100 percent open with all 78 trails. We have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. 37 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Goat Path, Drifter, Thomke’s, Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, and Hibernator for a grand total of 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine-groomed and variable with average base depths of 16 to 54 inches. Currently, it is partly cloudy and 11 degrees at the summit of Sterling. We received 4 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 38 degrees at the base and 32 degrees at higher elevations.

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Winter wonderland

Posted January 21, 2021 at 4:49 pm

We received 2 to 4 inches of new snow today, 11 inches in the past 2 days, and 30 inches in the past 6 days. Tonight’s forecast is calling for snow showers with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is also calling for snow showers with another 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible and a high of 30 degrees. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We plan to have 65 trails open tomorrow with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 14 to 46 inches. 19 trails will be groomed tonight, including Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 92 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Last night we made snow on Black Snake, Birch Run, and Snake Bite.

Upper Madonna Liftline near the Red Fox Glades

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Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains

Posted December 20, 2018 at 5:09 pm

Cruising down Upper Rumrunner

Lifts and Trails

We now have 53 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Tomorrow we plan to have 5 lifts operating; Madonna I lift, Sterling lift, Village lift, Mogul Mouse’s Magic lift, and Sir Henry’s Glider. 28 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Smugglers’ Alley, Thomke’s, Upper Drifter, and Sam’s Run for a grand total of 128 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 18 to 48 inches.

Upper Drifter

Events

Winter Solstice Celebration is Friday, December 21st starting at 4:00 pm

Kick off the festivities at 4:00 pm with Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater. Then join Goodtime Charlie, as he hosts a dance party. There will be hot cocoa and glow sticks available for the kids. Located in the Meeting House.

Snow covered tree at the summit of Madonna Mountain

Red Fox Glades

Pepper pictured on the right taking a run in the sunshine

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Another wonderful day out on the slopes

Posted December 19, 2018 at 4:37 pm

Brian Horton takes flight

Today Halley O’Brien was here from Snocountry Snow Reports. Snocountry receives snow reports from resorts across the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, and more. Halley visits different resorts and highlights them on “Snapshot” at Snocountry.com. Myself and a small group of Smuggs family members were lucky enough to join her today. We had a great time on Madonna and Sterling Mountain this morning. Catwalk provided us some sun-filled powder shots. Red Fox and Three Mountain Glades gave us wide open birch trees with powder turns for all. Sterling Mountain was also a blast with powder covered snowmaking whales on Snake Bite.

Ira and Allison having fun in the fresh snow on Madonna Liftline below Red Fox Glades

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating. We have 48 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We plan to open terrain in the next few days. 26 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Smugglers’ Alley, Jolly Rodger, and Upper Drifter for a grand total of 112 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 18 to 48 inches.

Snowmakers left their mark on Morse Highlands

Weather

Currently it is 20 degrees with partly sunny skies at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with temperatures between 24 and 39 degrees.

Snowmaking

Today our snowmakers were busy on Log Jam and the Practice Slope. Tonight they plan to make snow on Snake Bite and the Practice Slope.

Fresh line in the woods

Snowguns blasting on the Practice Slope

Rooster tail

You don’t see this everyday, but it is still great to see

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Quality family time

Posted March 24, 2018 at 4:02 pm

Hayleigh and Harley on Lower Catwalk with Sterling in the background

The forecast called for cloudy skies, but the sun decided to make an appearance. I got to take a couple runs with my wife and all 3 kids this afternoon on Madonna. We had a great time on Upper Chilcoot, Lower Catwalk, Red Fox Glades, and Three Mountain Glades. The snow in the trees was wonderful. We all also enjoyed the Free Family Fun Race on Lower Madonna Liftline. The kids made sure that we always ended our run on Lower Madonna Liftline, so that they could do the race again.

We are 100 percent open with top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Robin’s Run is open from the work road down to Freefall. Freefall is open from the traverse on Upper FIS. 37 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Shuttle, Bootlegger, and Curley’s Cutback for a grand total of 140 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly to mostly cloudy skies with a chance of flurries and a high of 34 degrees.