Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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Molly Rail Jam

Posted March 9, 2020 at 8:07 am

This Sunday, March 15th in the Zone Terrain Park!

Molly Fund Benefit Rail Jam – Come out and support the Molly Fund and party down with your Northern Vermont family! Entry fee is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Molly Fund on behalf of NVT. Registration will be from 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm in the Yurt in Parking Lot 1, the Jam is in the Zone Terrain Park! Please bring a snack or treat to share. We will be providing burgers and dogs on the grill! Remember to dress in PINK! Prizes will be awarded for the best pink attire. Athletes: Don’t forget to get out there and fundraise for the foundation. Whoever raises the most money gets to compete for free for the 2020 season!! We will be awarding the Woodward camp award as well as a few other surprises!

We have 70 skiable trails and 55 lift accessible trails open today. The Madonna I lift is presently on wind hold. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 16 to 56 inches. We will have spring conditions by this afternoon. 37 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 148 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently it is sunny and 41 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 25 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 54 degrees.

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Molly Fund Rail Jam

Posted March 17, 2019 at 4:38 pm

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Great conditions

Posted March 10, 2019 at 3:55 pm

Jack having fun in the glades

New Snow

We received 3 inches of new snow today, 10 inches in the past week, and 325 inches this season so far!

Lifts and Trails

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 have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. The Black Hole, Freefall, and Madonna Liftline are open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 36 trails tonight, including Drifter, Snow Snake, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 146 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Up for “Dad of the Year” this is Lee Anderson wearing a tutu to support his daughter who was going to compete in the Molly Fund Rail Jam. The best part is he is skiing Upper Exhibition

Weather

Currently it is snowing and 20 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 25 to 35 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow showers another 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible with temperatures between 23 and 36 degrees.

Charlie skiing the trees with free refills

Bird’s eye view of Upper Exhibition

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100 percent open

Posted March 8, 2019 at 4:30 pm

Tony enjoying some nice snow in the woods

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have 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. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 35 trails tonight, including Ruthie’s, Bootlegger, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 139 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Jay Tisbert and Jeff Spring just after loading the Sterling Lift. Off to make some turns on this beautiful day!

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 22 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temperatures between 15 and 28 degrees.

Events

This weekend we have our Free Family Fun Race on Lower Madonna Liftline from 11 am till 2 pm.

Saturday we have Grass Sticks bamboo pole demo in front of the Base Lodge

This is Don who has been skiing for 63 years! He bought his ski boots back in 1966, they were new and still wears them today.

Sunday Molly Fund Rail Jam at the Zone Terrain Park

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Molly Rail Jam

Posted March 6, 2019 at 7:53 am

This Sunday, March 10th from 10 am till 3 pm at the Zone Terrain Park

Molly Fund Benefit Rail Jam – Come out and support the Molly Fund and party down with your Northern Vermont family! Entry fee is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Molly Fund on behalf of NVT. Registration will be from 10:00 am – 10:30 am in the Yurt in Parking Lot 1, the Jam starts in the Zone Terrain Park at 11:00 am! Please bring a snack or treat to share. We will be providing burgers and dogs on the grill! Remember to dress in PINK! Prizes will be awarded for best pink attire. Athletes: Don’t forget to get out there and fundraise for the foundation. Whoever raises the most money gets to compete for free for the 2020 season!! We will be awarding the Woodward camp award as well as a few other surprises!

New Snow

We received 3 inches of new snow overnight and 8 inches in the past 4 days.

Lifts and Trails

Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna i lift. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. The Black Hole, Freefall, and Madonna Liftline are open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 42 trails have been groomed for today, that’s a grand total of 153 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Weather

Currently it is partly sunny and 0 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temperatures between 2 and 17 degrees.

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Molly Fund Benefit Rail Jam

Posted March 11, 2018 at 11:57 am

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Snowy Morse Mountain Fun

Posted March 10, 2018 at 5:23 pm

Mogul Mouse and Billy Bob Bear happy to see all the new snow

Today was another amazing day of skiing and riding bliss. We received 16 inches of new snow in the past 3 days and the conditions are fantastic everywhere! It started snowing this afternoon and it really picked up around 2 pm. We have received 3 inches of new snow this afternoon. The forecast calls for the snow to continue right through tonight and into the morning with another 7 inches of accumulation possible.

Tomorrow’s forecast is periods of snow early then flurries later with 2 inches of accumulation possible and temperatures between 22 and 34 degrees. We are 100 percent open with top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts and all 78 trails open.

Snow falling this afternoon

35 trails will be groomed tonight, including Upper FIS, Bootlegger, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tomorrow we have our Free Family Fun Race on Lower Madonna Liftline from 11 am till 2 pm. The Molly Fund Benefit Rail Jam is also tomorrow in Zone Terrain Park.

Allie skiing through the Way Up High School at Sugar Woods

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Zone Terrain Park

Posted March 9, 2018 at 3:52 pm

This Sunday, March 11th is the Molly Fund Benefit Rail Jam – Come out and support the Molly Fund and party down with your Northern Vermont family! Entry fee is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Molly Fund on behalf of NVT. Registration will be from 10:00 am – 10:30 am in the Yurt in Parking Lot 1, the Jam starts in Zone Terrain Park at 11:00 am! Please bring a snack or treat to share. We will be providing burgers and dogs on the grill! Remember to dress in PINK! Prizes will be awarded for best pink attire.

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Athletes: don’t forget to get out there and fund raise for the foundation. Whoever raises the most money gets to compete for free for the 2019 season!! We will be awarding the Woodward camp award as well as a few other surprises!