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I noticed that too. Never been to whiteface, but the thought had crossed my mind to ski them this week and was surprised they were closed when I checked the report yesterday. I know when they open its only for like a day or two under perfect conditions, but thought maybe this would have done it...Maybe with the warmer winter the falls aren't completely frozen over..Anyone know the when the last time they were open? The go-pros I've seen of that terrain looks sick.

I saw the chairs were off the quad at around 11 and thought there was no way they would open it. Went out after lunch and got some of the first runs in... You are not exaggerating!! Maybe ski patrol and people who work at a resort see that sometimes but for the average skier, it was unbelievable...From the four runner on the way up, it sounded like people were having orgasms in the woods...Best skiing in along time. The top of Starr and Hayride were just sick.

By far, best day of the year at Stowe. Lines were long in the morning but after lunch the four runner went on line and it was incredible out there. Literally, powder up to my knees on Starr. It is a great weekend to get out there in nne. The snow is that good right now.

Was at hunter today for a few hours before heading up to Stowe for the weekend..it was bulletproof, un-skiable ice...some of the worst conditions I’ve seen this year. They had tons of guns blowing but wasn’t really helping yet. Must be killing them to blow so much so late in the season but they really have no choice..it was that bad. Stowe on the other hand should be awesome in the morning.

Driving up to Stowe tomorrow for a few days...I know winds are going to roar in the morning..anybody have any thoughts on likelihood of upper lifts spinning at all tmrw? I know at jay, they would probably be shut all day but don’t know how Stowe gets effected and whether they would give it a go in the afternoon.

Doing Stowe for the first time at the end of the week...Any recommendations on what is skiing the best and where the best woods are? How are the front four skiing? Trails like that I really only like to tackle with really good conditions so I'm not in over my head.

Going up there Thur-Fri-Sat...Keep that look and throw a little fresh snow in the woods after the storm Thursday and I'll be ecstatic. Really looking forward to Stowe.

It’s Awesome watching them fall in love with Skiing and boarding so young. My daughter just started this year at 4..two lessons and she already has better form than me. No fear at that age helps too.

Mt. Snow yesterday. Started off kinda crappy with lots of ice and hard pack but got good by lunchtime with the 3-4 fresh. Even during snow, there are a couple trails on the north face that just stay slick no matter what; jaws in particular.

Jay today...foggy up top but the snow was incredible, especially the woods.

How was the north face? Looks like they finally opened some of the natural trails over there,

Probably about 3 feet in the last week here at jay..looking forward to hitting this tomorrow!

I know it’s a different world up here, but at jay, there is probably 3 feet

Yep...great trail; seems like it goes on forever and has that middle of the woods feel. Castlerock run and paradise were good too. Didn’t hit rumble because the cliffs on Liftline to get in looked slick and beat and with those conditions, they were probably past my ability level. Looking forward to getting back in the glades at jay next week. They should be sick if the forecast holds.

Went with your reviews and did sugarbush instead of k-mart today. Any blue groomers off super bravo were slick and beat. Castle rock was by far the best area. The snow quality held up well, tho you really had to watch the rocks. they have a decent base, but def need the refresh coming later this week..oh, and the top of mt. Ellen like f.i.s., death trap until they refresh. Great day tho....my advice would be to just stay in castle rock or mid mountain blacks on mt. Ellen the next couple days if anyone goes up.

Classic jay day today..moderate snow all day, frigid temps and deep powder woods. The glades skies awesome and there was about 10 fresh. NNE mountains did really well. The top chutes were deep as hell. Crossover trails a little icy but overall, what an amazing day!

How did the upper trails hold up? I’m assuming anything without snowmaking is done for the next few days?

Jay put on their snow report to basically, stay home this weekend. They all but guarantee any upper mountain lift will be on wind hold and don’t expect this weeks conditions (like pf is posting from Stowe). I would expect the same all over Vt. Killington, Stowe and jay did really well this week so I don’t think this weekend’s crap will be a total wipeout. They should recover quickly and next weekend looks better.

Probably going to change 100 times but it looks like the far northern vt. ski areas (i.e. jay, Stowe, smuggs) would flip and maybe put some powder on top of the early slop. Could wind up being decent..any thoughts guys?

Killington is kinda crispy out there despite about 2-4 fresh. Anything with pitch is pretty slick. Might just be spoiled after last week in the glades at jay. Still enjoyable though, as long as you know what’s under the surface. They do have the mountain lit up with guns, trying to re surface.

Another 6-8 out here at jay. Friggin awesome out here. Dropped ropes on almost the whole mountain and the woods are sick. Tram went on wind hold at lunchtime, but the freezer is still spinning.

I think coverage is fine..was there last week and they had blown a TON of snow during that cold few days..might be icy; not sure how they got thru yesterday but the coverage was there.

What a needed refresh this was up at jay..it was almost unskiable earlier in the week, but it’s just enough packed powder today. They dropped a ton of ropes even in the glades. Awesome out there and it looks like we could get a good upslope dumping in the next few days. I would guess stowe is much improved as well.

Was puking snow up here at jay about an hour ago. Slowed down, but still steady. I’d guess about 8”.