Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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New snow and more on the way

Posted March 8, 2018 at 8:13 am

Welcome sign

We received 5 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 12 inches in the past week. We could see another 11 inches of new snow by Sunday. We are 99% open with top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have 77 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 33 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper Chilcoot, Smugglers’ Alley, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 134 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Today’s forecast is periods of heavy snow with up to 7″ of accumulation and temperatures between 22 and 33 degrees. The snow will continue through the night and into tomorrow! This should be a fantastic weekend!

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Looking good now and better by morning

Posted March 7, 2018 at 5:33 pm

Madonna and Sterling seen from North Hill

We received a half inch of snow today and 7 inches in the past 6 days. The conditions are already good and will only improve as we go into the weekend. The 24 hour forecast is periods of snow with up to 8 inches of accumulation possible. We could see up to 11 inches of new snow by Friday. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We now have 61 trails open and we plan to open more terrain with the new snow. 33 trails will be groomed for tomorrow that’s 134 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Fun on Sterling

Posted March 1, 2018 at 4:53 pm

Armand finds some nice snow to play in on Treasure Run

I had a good time at Zone Terrain Park and Practice Slope this morning. The Sterling T-Bar was running today and the kids were just making laps. The T-Bar makes it easy to do another run in the course or work on a new trick in the terrain park. Many skiers and riders use the T-Bar to access Birch Run Terrain park also, but always watch for traffic when crossing other trails. I had a great time this afternoon catching up with good friends Armand, Lidia, and Tony. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating. We have 44 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Lower FIS will be closed tomorrow for construction of the Flowground Terrain Park.

Lidia skiing by the ice flow on Thomke’s

34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, Smugglers’ Alley, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 134 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Birch Run, Log Jam, and Zone Terrain Park are all open. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for light snow an inch of accumulation possible with a chance of mix precipitation and temperatures between 28 and 37 degrees.

Dusting of new snow on the roof of the Top of the Notch building

Race training on the Practice Slope