Unfortunately no new snow to report. Despite the warm temps Sunday afternoon, the sections of trail that have snow coverage are still hanging on and won’t take much to have early season skiing on these segments. The trails are frozen hard and await fresh snow! We are keeping an eye on a possible system to move through later this week. Check back for the latest!

The recent cold temps have set up good ice on the lakes and ponds. We have been ice skating on the lake and also skiing on the western edges. The coverage is thin but the skiing is doable with caution. The ice thickness on the lake is being reported from 5-7″ and there was a small pickup driving on the lake over the weekend!

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Just a few dustings of snow to report this week. We are waiting for more snow to groom and open the trails. The temps have been plenty cold!  The lakes, ponds and sloughs are making good ice which is great before the snow comes and we have been enjoying ice skating on the lake and skiing on the lake as well. Skiing on the lake is “fair” with a very thin cover and best skiing is on edges. Little Sugarbush has been “noisy” as the ice expands and contracts! We have been taking advantage of the dry weather and working on the trails, fine tuning here and there, clearing deadfall and putting up signs. There are sections of crusty snow patches here and there with Twin lakes trail holding the most snow and also Suicide hill. It won’t take much snow to open up Twin lakes and the other trails are in great shape as well. Signs of wildlife seen in the woods with tracks, beaver activity and the winter birds making sounds.

We received 4″ of snow mid November and were able to groom and ski about 10 days, including on Thanksgiving,  before most of it melted off.

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Another light dusting of dry fluffy snow overnight, accumulating to less than an inch. We are waiting for more snow to groom and open the trails. The temps have been plenty cold!  We have been taking advantage of the dry weather and working on the trails, fine tuning here and there, clearing deadfall and putting up signs. There are sections of crusty snow patches here and there with Twin lakes trail holding the most snow and also Suicide hill. It won’t take much snow to open up Twin lakes and the other trails are in great shape as well. Signs of wildlife seen in the woods with tracks, beaver activity and the winter birds making sounds. The lakes, ponds and sloughs are making good ice which is great before the snow comes and we have been enjoying ice skating on the lake  Little Sugarbush has been “noisy” as the ice expands and contracts.

We received 4″ of snow mid November and were able to groom and ski about 10 days, including on Thanksgiving,  before most of it melted off.

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