Today’s forecast called for cloudy skies and showers. Yes, there were some showers, but only early in the day. We ended up with partly sunny skies and temperatures reaching 60 degrees at the base and 50 degrees at higher elevations. Things softened up quickly, and ski patrol started dropping ropes. They opened Hangman’s, Upper Exhibition, Lower Pipeline, Bootlegger, Highlande...

Spring is knocking on the door in Vermont, and there’s a whole lot of fun packed into this weekend as we hold onto winter just a little while longer. We’ve got three exciting events happening across the resort (more on those in just a moment), and we’re also getting ready for a seasonal shift.

We officially wrap...

The temperatures dropped last night. All the trees on the upper mountains were covered in rime ice, and they were bright white. The rime ice was from the freezing fog we had overnight. The top of Madonna Mountain stayed in the fog all day, but everywhere else had good visibility. It stayed just below freezing at the summits today, and we hit 41 degrees at the base of Morse, p...

We have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, including Madonna I. We have 31 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable, with average base depths of 12 to 52 inches. Today’s forecast is partly cloudy skies with a high of 42 degrees at the base and 37 degrees at higher elevations. 30 trails have ...

As a new skier, I was feeling properly intimidated about my first lesson with the Women’s Ski and Ride Program at Smugglers’ Notch Resort.