Shawnee Mountain, PA, Conditions Report: A Flashback to My Childhood This report is from Friday, January 24, 2025 On paper, Shawnee Mountain does not offer a lot to write home about, even by Pennslyvania standards. The mountain is small, old school, and really only an ideal place to spend a day if you are a beginner or intermediate skier or rider. And while that makes this place a write-off for […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 27, 2025 1 Comment
Whiteface, NY, Conditions Report: A Mountain from the Rockies, in New York Report from Saturday, January 18 – Sunday, January 19, 2025 For someone who has never skied Whiteface before, you sure hear a lot about what this place is like as an East Coast skier. It’s icy. It’s absolutely freezing. It’s got a bigger vertical drop than most West Coast ski areas. It offers some of the most challenging in-bounds skiing on […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 23, 2025 1 Comment
Gore Mountain, NY, Report: The Most Under-Appreciated Ski Resort in the East? Report from Sunday, January 17, 2025 It’s 6 a.m. on a Friday and I woke up in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. I load up the car and off we go, following the Hudson 4 hours dead north to the Adirondacks. While I pass several ski resorts on my drive, including Hunter and Windham Mountain […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 20, 2025 0 Comments
Berkshire East, MA, Conditions Report: Fresh Turns in Western Mass Report from Saturday, January 11, 2025 For most East Coast skiers, when you think of ski destinations you quickly look north to the famed ski states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Yet out to the west in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts lies Berkshire East, a mountain that swings above its weight class when it comes to what one […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 16, 2025 0 Comments
Pats Peak, NH, Report: The People’s Ski Resort Through and Through Report from Friday, January 10, 2025 Suppose you survey the attitudes of skiers across North America to see where the biggest areas of improvement lie for most ski areas. In that case, one can quickly identify a couple of things: access, affordability, and inclusion. These concepts, as simple as they are, are currently not being fulfilled by many of the […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 15, 2025 0 Comments
Smugglers’ Notch, VT, Report: Light Powder—is This Vermont? Report from Friday, January 10, 2025 We arrived at Smugglers’ Notch (or “Smuggs,” as the locals call it) in the early afternoon. The drive was easy, and we found parking conveniently in the front of Lot Three, just a short walk to the Madonna & Sterling Base Lodge. The resort spans three mountains: Morse, Madonna, and Sterling. We began our […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 13, 2025 0 Comments
Sugarloaf, ME, Report: Soft, Springlike Conditions for Winter Break Report from Saturday, December 28, and Sunday, December 29 Sugarloaf in Maine is the second largest ski area on the East Coast, with just over 1,300 acres of terrain for skiers and riders to enjoy. The resort often has some of the best conditions in the Northeast due to its north-facing, high-elevation terrain, and robust snowmaking system, which covers about […] Conditions Report Jake Benton | January 3, 2025 0 Comments
CEO Davey Pitcher Discusses the Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO, Expansion Project Wolf Creek Ski Area, nestled in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, is celebrating its 85th season this year. Renowned for having “The Most Snow in Colorado,” with an average of 430 inches annually, Wolf Creek attracts skiers not only from across the region but also Europeans eager to explore the American West. The majority of patrons come from Texas, […] Industry News Brett Ploss | December 17, 2024 1 Comment
Your Guide to Ski Areas in Michigan’s Mitten This comes from someone who has skied all 23 of the 2024-25 operating Mitten resorts… In February 2024, I completed my seven-year quest to ski all 23 operating ski areas in the Mitten (lower half of Michigan). This includes at least multiple rope tows, as some areas do not have chairlifts. Now that these resorts will be opening in the coming […] Brains Brett Ploss | December 13, 2024 0 Comments
Wildcat Mountain, NH, Conditions Report: Cold Week Equals Great Conditions for the Weekend Report from Saturday, December 7 After a week of some seriously cold temperatures, open East Coast ski areas have been popping up left and right. Natural snow had also fallen throughout this last week, which was a nice addition to snowmaking efforts. Some resorts received only a dusting, with others receiving almost a foot. Now, with 12 resorts open, skiers […] Conditions Report Jake Benton | December 8, 2024 0 Comments
Diamond Peak, NV, Opening Day Report: Great Skiing, Better Views, Now Bring on the Snow Report from December 5, 2024 Another ski resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin has officially opened for the season! Diamond Peak Ski Resort, Nevada, kicked things off on Thursday, December 5, and it was an absolutely beautiful day. We arrived just minutes before the lifts started spinning, geared up, and wandered over to the Lakeview Quad. It was my first […] Conditions Report John Cunningham | December 8, 2024 0 Comments
Waterville Valley, NH, Report: Fresh Corduroy on Opening Weekend Report from Sunday, December 1 After about a foot of snow blanketed the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Thanksgiving, skiers and riders were getting in the mood to start their ski seasons. They didn’t have many resorts to choose from. Bretton Woods, Cannon, and Waterville Valley had all recently opened, and each had about an equal amount of open […] Conditions Report Jake Benton | December 2, 2024 0 Comments
Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO, Conditions Report: Strong Early Season Conditions as the 85th Season Ramps Up Report from November 24, 2024 Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado, opened a month ago as the first major ski resort in North America. Wolf Creek opened 100% of its terrain by mid-November, the earliest ski area in the country to claim that feat, thanks to its usual early-season snow. So it was high time to pay a visit, especially after […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | November 26, 2024 0 Comments
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, NV, Opening Day Report: Love at First Sight? Report from November 8, 2024 Opening day is something that almost all skiers and snowboarders worldwide patiently (or should I say anxiously) wait for. If you’re able to make it, you feel the stoke and gratitude in the air before the lifts start spinning. If you miss it, maybe you get FOMO, or maybe you’re eagerness grows for what the […] Conditions Report John Cunningham | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Bayo, Argentina, Report: The Most Scenic Ski Resort in The World? Report from Tuesday, September 17, 2024 We drove two hours from San Martin de Los Andes along the Ruta de Los Siete Lagos to get to the base of Cerro Bayo. The drive was filled with stunning miradors of the lakes along the route. It was necessary to drive slowly as cows decided our lane was the best place to […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 20, 2024 1 Comment
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Report: Racing The Wind Report from 21 August 2024 Hold fast, hearty skiers and boarders; Ohau is a snow field with a few wild cards to play. This small operation with a big reputation has been dancing between sunbeams and wind whirls for a few days now, and a good ‘whap’ of weather is closing in. Make no mistake, sunbake, night freeze and Father […] Conditions Report Paulie | August 22, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Fiesta De Freshies Report from 9 August, 2024 Enter the White Room. Another funky-fun foot of powder snow has blanketed Ohau Snow Fields. This latest 24-ish hour storm is the second to grace New Zealand’s beautiful Mackenzie Country in fairly quick succession—with more to come. In brief: base is well-established, snowpack is cush (w/a bit of sass for appeal), and everywhere the powder […] Conditions Report Paulie | August 9, 2024 0 Comments
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Report: Situation Goggle Tan Report from 24-25 July, 2024 Calm and cruisie. Tack on the word ‘corduroy’, and that just about says it all about the sliding scene at Ohau Snow Fields in the mighty Mackenzie Country of New Zealand. Inside a bubble of relatively stable high pressure, Ohau’s basically skied the same fine day set to repeat. The surface is compact and growing […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 26, 2024 0 Comments
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Cloud Carving Report from 15-18 July, 2024 A bubble of practically uninterrupted bluebird conditions has made its comfy home at Ohau Snow Fields. The Snow Field’s current remarkable combo of sun-plus calm is a tale of one mighty strong inversion layer, equating to two wildly different worlds. At lake level elevation, New Zealand’s Mackenzie Country has shivered through a magnificently intense hoar […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 18, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: 2 Foot Refresh Hits So Sweet Report from July 2, 2024 A day of dreams just went down at Ohau Snow Fields, in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. A fresh two-feet of glorious powder snow is draped all over Ohau—and there’s still heaps to be had even after shredding bell-to-bell. What follows is an essay in photos captured by the author during a day for the books. […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 2, 2024 0 Comments
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