Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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Upper FIS is groomed

Posted February 21, 2019 at 8:58 am

Ski Patroller Mike Duncan trail checking Upper FIS

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open! We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. All 78 trails are open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 43 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper Drifter, Hangman’s Drop, and Hibernator for a grand total of 156 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Upper FIS is groomed on skier’s right from Catwalk down to the Doc’s cutoff and from there down it is groomed full width.

New Snow

We received 2 to 3 inches of new snow overnight, 15 inches in the past week, and 303 inches this season so far!

Weather

Currently it is 28 degrees at the summit of Sterling with flurries and winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for a chance of mix early then becoming snow later an inch of accumulation possible with temperatures between 25 and 39 degrees.

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Freshie refill

Posted January 25, 2019 at 4:51 pm

Justin riding a wave of powder

New Snow

We received 6 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 33 inches in the past week!

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 75 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Snake Bite will be closed tomorrow for the Eastern Cup Slalom Race. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 39 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including McPherson’s, Dixie’s Knoll, and Jolly Rodger for a grand total of 151 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Chris finds some fresh snow

Weather

Currently it is 14 degrees at the summit of Sterling with light snow and winds of 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies with temperatures between 4 and 17 degrees.

Events

There too many events to list for all the details just go to our events page to check them out.

Ski Patroller Lee Anderson enjoying the new snow

I would like you to meet another member of the Smuggs Family. This is Dennis who lives outside of Philadelphia. Dennis said that he arrived last night and was pretty excited to see all the new snow when he got here!

Ski Patroller Mike Duncan on Smugglers’ Alley

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Goods in the woods

Posted January 16, 2019 at 8:11 am

Tim likes the steep and deep

My day off is Tuesday, but I could not stay way. I did a few chores at home early then headed to the mountain. I did not have a plan except to search out some fresh snow. I ran into my friends Tim and Ethan. We went powder stash hunting and all had a blast playing in snow-filled glades. I got my fix and was able to go home with a smile on my face. There is so much snow in the woods. I look forward to more of the same today! Photos were taken January 15, 2019.

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 75 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Lower FIS and Norwegian Woods will be closed today due to construction of Flowground on Lower FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 31 trails have been groomed for today, including Ruthie’s, Dixie’s Knoll, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 129 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Ski Patroller Ethan Costello finds some sweet turns in the trees

Weather

Currently it is cloudy and 20 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is cloudy skies with a chance of snow showers and temperatures between 20 and 31 degrees. There is a little snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow night, but the big story is the weekend storm. Saturday night into Sunday we could see up to a foot of new snow!