Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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Another beautiful day

Posted January 30, 2020 at 5:02 pm

**Hannah having fun on Upper Rumrunner**

**Marlee race training on Practice Slope**

It was so pretty today with the bluebird skies and snow-covered trees. It was a little cold to start the day, but the sun came out and worked its magic. There was also no wind which was nice. The conditions are just fantastic. I skied Upper FIS this morning and it was really nice. There are small bumps with edgeable snow. I also found some great snow in the glades of Poacher’s Woods, Highlander, and Mustache.

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We now have 73 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 14 to 50 inches. Last night we made snow on Log Jam, Hibernator, and Snow Snake. All 3 of these trails will be groomed tonight and we plan to have them open tomorrow. Tonight we plan to make snow on skier’s right of Lower Morse Liftline. It will be groomed early in the morning and we plan to have it open also. 30 trails will be groomed tonight, including McPherson’s, Dixie’s Knoll, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 123 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is sunny and 23 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 31 degrees.

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Sunshine. Scenery. Smiles.

Posted January 22, 2019 at 5:32 pm

Lunch on the Black Bear Patio with the Cohens. Barry is a big fan of the Hot Chocolate and Anna and Jade like the Chipotle Tomato soup.

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. I spent day 2 skiing with my friends the Cohens from Philadelphia, PA. I met them 15 years ago during their summer week at Smuggs. Then we skied together when they came up the following winter and just about every winter since. We’ve also enjoyed Smuggs events together like the Top of Notch Snowshoe Dinner, Marko’s Magic Shows, and Goodtime Charlie shows. They are proud long-time Smugglers. On my way to meet them I saw another long-time Smuggler, Anna Willis. In the past 8 years, she’s worked in several departments.

Jade is all smiles as she gets ready to ski Smugglers’ Alley and then Poachers Woods.

Jade is picking her lines in Poachers Woods. This was our trail pick today.

Long-time Smuggler Anna Willis has worked at Treasures Child Care, the Country Store, and now she’s a LIFTIE! Not only that, she’s been skiing and riding here for 15 years (that’s over two thirds of her life).

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Snowmaking in progress

Posted January 11, 2019 at 12:06 pm

Lower Rumrunner

We are presently making snow on Lower Rumrunner. You can tell by the photo that there is a big snowmaking cloud. This snowmaking cloud has brought visibility down to almost zero on Lower Rumrunner. We have closed all trails that end up on Lower Rumrunner because of the low visibility. Our snowmakers will be taking snowmobiles up and down Lower Rumrunner today to check on the snow guns. For everyone’s safety please stay off trails that end up on Lower Rumrunner like Poacher’s Woods, Knight’s Revenge, Shakedown, Rocky Ridge, Attitude, C+, Strawberry Fields, and the Squirts.

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Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains

Posted January 11, 2019 at 10:38 am

Snow Sport University Ski Lesson on Garden Path

New Snow

We received 8 inches of new snow overnight, 38 inches in the past 4 days, and 197 inches this season so far!

Lifts and Trails

We have 7 lifts operating today, including the Madonna I lift. We have 73 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Poacher’s Woods, Shakedown, Knight’s Revenge, and Lower Rumrunner are closed today due to snowmaking on Lower Rumrunner. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 20 to 50 inches.

Amazing conditions

Weather

Currently it is -5 at the summit of Sterling with light snow and winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for light snow another 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible with temperatures between -5 and +5 degrees.

Nordic

We have 19 km of cross country ski trails open and 9 km groomed.

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Powder Days

Posted January 10, 2019 at 5:30 pm

Dean enjoying the amazing conditions

New Snow

We received 16 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 30 inches in the past 3 days! We could see another 3 inches of snowfall tonight.

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have 76 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Lower Rumrunner and Poacher’s Woods will be closed on Friday due to snowmaking. We are not making snow on Poacher’s, but it brings you to Lower Rumrunner. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 20 to 50 inches. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, that’s a grand total of 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Ken in the white room

Weather

Currently it is still snowing and 10 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 25 mph. Tonight’s forecast is snow up to 3 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for light snow 1″ of accumulation possible with temperatures between -4 and +5 degrees.

Tony finds some nice snow in the woods

Powder skirt

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Fresh snow, more trails, and 139 acres of freshly groomed terrain

Posted March 3, 2018 at 8:21 am

Lower Morse Liftline

We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We now have 50 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We received 3 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 6 inches in the past week. The Extreme Skiing Challenge is being held today on Full Nelson. The Teton Gravity Research Stokemobile is in front of the Base Lodge today, stop by and check it out. Upper Pipeline, Poacher’s Woods, Hangman’s, and Upper Exhibition are now open. 35 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper FIS, Smugglers’ Alley, and Snow Snake.

The Village Lift