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Happy Spring NNE. What a terrific winter for sliding around these hills, one of the best. I was gone all last week to Banff. Amazing to come home to grass and running the dog in shorts. No complaints, the seasons must turn. Last night’s ski with a beautiful sunset to end the winter season .

Primo skate skiing on the fresh tilled. That March sun matters, in the shade very fast conditions, the sun was softening wherever it could land, despite the wind. Backroads doing the same, ice packed to ruts and back again. Nice view from Craftsbury… .

Need the rain to prepare this pack for corn skiing:) Home to 30F and 2” of snow, 2 more than was expecting Certainly a run of conditions to remember! .

We stayed snow at 33F for most of the day yesterday, managed an inch Wild morning to start with a windblown 2-3” Back to winter [emoji3587] Newark, VT, end of February .

Cleared 4” at the house Skied 6”+ at the mountain Nice to be home. .

Checking out the Mountain View’s in Maine for a few days. That late Feb sun has the feels. .

Cleared 5” this morning. Made the drive to Willoughby for a ski which was sketchy but things tapered off around 12:30. Sleet and 30mph winds on Mt Hor made for a quick retreat off the top. A few moments of freezing drizzle and the. Back to heavy snow. Just cleared another 5”. Snowshoeing is a full effort right now out back. Piles are approaching 07’ blizzard height. Been a while since we have had this depth My what a winter .

Amazing how nice 6F without wind feels now .

Woke up to 2” and intermittent kitchen sink conditions. Graupel, sleet, freezing drizzle, snow. Another 1” since the flip to heavy snow at 11:30 Mountain needs a good ski, wind packed and dense “powder”. Definitely not relaxing in the untracked on free heels. Snowboarding looked more enjoyable .

What a wild one today! Got caught in the early morning squall with the dog on the trails, that was fun Cleared another 4”, and now just dealing with drifting Mountain got drifted wicked good. There was a little crust from some freezing rain, but only in certain aspects, skied well. Be on your toes on Big J, we are getting into tree buried deep where the wind is loading it Finished it off with another trail breaking out back. Rare to have a storms timeline snow pack. I know it’s been deeper before, but man what a great stretch of winter fun! .

Cleared 4”, but the chimney is whistling so who knows for sure Started the day with another sub zero dog walk, -8F Some pingers on my way to check the mountain at 1:30. Skied through the break in the action, a wind loaded mess, but only a touch of sleet mixing Curious what the morning brings .

12. Still heavy snow. Off the charts good skiing today .

Cleared 5” new this AM, no mixing up this way Down to 17F now Winter wonderland .

As advertised, coldest start thus far… -17F on top of the hill .

Another polar wax morning, started at 5F, nice in the woods out of the wind with a few inches of diamond dust in Craftsbury. A skim of snow at the house, looks like all the people and animals will be hanging by the woodstove tonight .