Smugglers Notch Conditions Report – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Untracked deepness on Upper F.I.S. [Skier: Ryan Darlow, Photo: Hugh Johnson]

by Ryan Darlow

After a windy, cold, and dry early January, snow started falling during the MLK holiday weekend. Since that initial foot, northern Vermont has been repeatedly blanketed by fast moving fronts generating up slope snow. The few large storms to hit New England this winter have been coastal, and deposited underwhelming amounts of snow in northern Vermont. Regardless, due to the persistent cold weather, the snow coverage all over northern Vermont is substantial. The backcountry is amazing and untracked powder is still abundant in-bounds due to the rapid pace of storms this winter. We have even had a few surprise dumps such as the one last Thursday dropping over a foot of powder on Smuggs overnight.