Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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Beautiful sunny day

Posted December 19, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Brian Horton finds some nice snow on Catwalk

It is absolutely gorgeous today with light winds and sunshine! It is currently 20 degrees at the summit of Sterling with sunny skies and winds of 0 to 5 mph. Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating. We have 48 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We plan to open more terrain in the next few days. We are presently making snow on the Practice Slope and at Morse Highlands.

Halley O’Brien from SnoCountry taking in the views from the summit of Madonna Mountain

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More terrain will be open this weekend

Posted December 12, 2018 at 5:26 pm

Tony having fun in the woods

Lifts and Trails

This weekend we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 66 trails open. We also plan to have the Birch Run Terrain Park this weekend. Tomorrow we plan to have 3 lifts operating: Sterling Lift, Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift, and Sir Henry’s Glider. For tomorrow we plan to have 35 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 15 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Black Snake, the Practice Slope, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 70 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 20 to 50 inches.

Snow Reporter checking base deths

Snow

We received 4 inches of new snow today and 22 inches in the past week. This morning’s cooler temperatures made for some amazing blower powder. The season snowfall total is now 122 inches! Today we made snow on Birch Run, Curley’s Cutback, Dixie’s Knoll, and Sam’s Run. Tonight we are making snow on Dixie’s Knoll, Midway, Sam’s Run, and Lower Morse Liftline.

Dave enjoying the fresh snow

Weather

Currently it is partly sunny and 8 degrees at the summit of Sterling Mountain with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temperatures between 19 and 29 degrees.

Matt cruising down the Highway

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Man made cloud over Sterling Mountain

Posted December 10, 2018 at 12:30 pm

Tower Fan Gun and Tower Guns operating on the Practice Slope

We are presently making snow on Black Snake and the Practice Slope. Tonight we also plan to make snow on Birch Run.

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Shoveling the snow out to put the water in

Posted April 7, 2018 at 7:09 am

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The 8th Annual Pond Skimming starts at noon today and goes till 2 pm! Registration in the Yurt at Parking Lot 1 beginning at 10 am. Chillin’ & Grillin’ Tail Gate Party and prize give-away to follow the Pond Skimming in Lot 1. Jammin’ Sam will keep us rocking from 2 pm till 4 pm in Lot 1! See you there. Pond Skimming and Chillin’ & Grillin’ being sponsored by Sierra Nevada.

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Spring conditions

Posted April 4, 2018 at 2:51 pm

Ski Patroller Chris Heimert enjoying the soft conditions on Black Snake

The mild temperatures today made the snow nice and soft. I had a blast carving up Black Snake and Practice Slope. I love how the Practice Slope is nice and wide so you can lay out some huge GS turns. The knob on skier’s right above mid point of the T-Bar is always fun to fly off.

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating. We have 51 trails with terrain for all ability levels. 38 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, that’s 140 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly to mostly sunny skies with a high of 26 degrees.

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Soft conditions

Posted March 30, 2018 at 4:16 pm

Lamoille Union Middle School 7th graders here at Smuggs as part of their Fitness Friday Program. Photo credit: Melissa Piscitelli

We received a dusting of new snow on top this morning. The spring conditions are just so much fun! I had a blast today with good friends Ken and Justin on Sterling Mountain. We enjoyed Hangman’s Drop, Upper Pipeline, Black Snake, Harveys’ Hideaway, Full Nelson, and the Practice Slope. I would have to say that Upper Pipeline was my favorite today. It was recently groomed and was skiing very well.

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 57

Justin having fun on Upper Pipeline

trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 36 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper Drifter, Smugglers’ Alley, and Meadowlark for a grand total of 139 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies early then partly sunny skies in the afternoon with a high of 42 degrees.