Whiteface Mtn: 02/27/2016

At this point in the season a skier’s got to pick his days. You’re going to want new snow or warm temps and spring conditions. Saturday at Whiteface was neither. We had a great day anyway.

Mont Tremblant, Quebec: 02/15 - 02/19/2016

Sometimes you get lucky. As lousy as this winter’s been, we scored a week of stellar conditions over the February break. Of course it wasn’t pure luck. We stacked the odds in our favor by heading 5 hours north to Mont Tremblant, in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec.

Ironically, the locals apologized for low snow conditions upon our arrival. Apologize, for what? With 30 inches of snow on the ground and the mountain 100% open including glades and natural snow trails, it seemed like we had stepped out of late November right into mid-winter.

Gore Mountain: 02/06/2016

A quick update from skiing Gore last weekend.

There’s no sugarcoating the fact that warm temperatures and rain during the January 30 – February 3 period were a significant setback in what has been a tenuous winter all along. Snowmaking and grooming crews were focusing their efforts over the weekend on repairing and re-surfacing the open trails, and by sticking to the trails that had received the most attention we were able to put together a respectable day of skiing, all things considered.

Park City and The Canyons: 01/31 - 02/02/2016

I’ve loved every one of the western ski trips I’ve gone on over the last several years, but with the east locked in a snow drought this winter, our trip to Park City, Utah was a godsend. As if on cue, the storm cycle that started the day before our arrival deposited 22 inches of fluff during our stay. And that came on top of what’s already been an excellent snow year in Utah.