Ski Conditions?

[Ralph]

Any decent skiing on the Cat at this point (Nov. 17)? I understand Jay got quite a bit of snow, as well as the Stowe area.

I would suggest dropping the registration process for this forum, if you want to get much activity. The code that had to be entered to register was the most difficult to read that I have ever seen, by far.

[Paul Hansen]

I can't wait to get out skiing myself! (first I need to clean off last spring's klister...)

We'll have a different mechanism for blocking spammers in place soon, but unfortunately such protection is truly needed (otherwise, spam robots would register and post automatically). The current graphic is so difficult because spam-posting software is able to read the easier ones. The replacement system will use photos and/or questions about the trail and I'm sure it will be much friendlier.

Anyway, let's try to keep the discussion here on the snow! You're welcome to use the Contact Us link below to send feedback.

[LewLasher]

I skied on Route 108 today (Sat 17 Nov) from the Stowe side up to the top of the Notch. There was just enough snow on the road for decent skiing, including safe descents through the switchbacks (and no snowmobiles yet). But at the lower elevations (say 1550-1650') the snow was a little on the damp side, causing icy buildup on my waxless skis (because I was too lazy to do any ski preparation for this morning's experiment). And anywhere else (below 1500') there was too little snow even to consider skiing.

So I think it's still a little early in the season.

[brule]

Hi everyone,I am one of the trail chiefs for the most northern section.I skied on tuesday for a couple of hours from the top of route 242.Not in bad shape for so early in the season,I had to work my way around some water but the snow was good.Let it snow.Dave