Weather
The Northeast stays split through Sunday, with mostly wet spring weather at most Vermont, New Hampshire, and southern Maine resorts, but much better snow production farther north and west at Mont Sainte-Anne and especially Mt. Bohemia. Confidence is highest from Tuesday morning through Sunday evening, when two mixed systems through Friday are followed by a warmer, windier weekend in New England, while the coldest resorts stay cold enough for the best accumulations, peaking around 12-17 inches at Mont Sainte-Anne and 12-20 inches at Mt. Bohemia.
Tuesday into Wednesday, March 31 to April 1, the individual guidance is converging on a wet opening round across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, with the main spread centered on how much cold air hangs on near the Canadian border. That keeps most eastern resorts in rain or a rain/snow mix, with only brief wet snow on the highest terrain and the best early accumulation chances at Sugarloaf and Mont Sainte-Anne. Snow levels during the snowy pockets sit near 0 to 1,000 feet in northern Maine and Quebec but stay too high or too marginal farther south, so most Vermont and New Hampshire terrain is managing weather more than fresh snow. Mt. Bohemia starts colder and can pick up a small dense refresher, while Mont Sainte-Anne stays in moderate-density snow with SLRs near 10-12.
Thursday into Friday, April 2 to April 3, the individual guidance again clusters well on timing but still diverges on intensity and snow-level placement, which is why most eastern New England resorts still look more springlike than wintry. Snow levels rise and fall around the event rather than locking in low, so Sugarloaf looks like the only eastern U.S. resort with a reliable modest pickup of about 2-3 inches, Wildcat is closer to 1 inch, and most Vermont hills stay nearly snowless. Any eastern accumulation is dense to fair with SLRs mostly 6-12. The better chase remains north and west, where Mont Sainte-Anne keeps adding workable snow and Mt. Bohemia looks cold enough for all snow, denser storm totals, and gusty periods that can push exposed terrain into rougher conditions.
Friday through Sunday, April 3 to April 5, the individual guidance is converging on warmer mountain temperatures and frequent strong ridgeline wind across Vermont, New Hampshire, and much of Maine, while staying colder at Mont Sainte-Anne and Mt. Bohemia. For most New England resorts, that means softer spring surfaces, limited new snow, and exposed gusts commonly in the 40 to 60 mph range, locally higher in Vermont. Mont Sainte-Anne should finish this stretch around 12-17 inches, while Mt. Bohemia stacks up about 12-20 inches with the heaviest snow from Friday night into Sunday and SLRs mostly in the 8-10 range. From Sunday night through Wednesday, April 8, the models diverge sharply again: the colder camp would spread a light to moderate refresh of roughly 2-6 inches to the highest northern New England terrain, while warmer solutions keep totals much smaller, so the safer call is only a modest refresh potential before the broader pattern leans milder again later next week.
Resort Forecast Totals (Tue Mar 31 – Sun Apr 05)
- Mt. Bohemia – 12-20″
- Mont Sainte-Anne – 12-17″
- Sugarloaf – 2-3″
- Wildcat – 1″
- Jay Peak – 0″
- Sunday River – 0″
- Stowe – 0″
- Smugglers’ Notch – 0″
- Cannon Mountain – 0″
- Bretton Woods – 0″
- Loon Mountain – 0″
- Sugarbush – 0″
- Killington – 0″
