Hugh's Views - Smugglers' Notch Vermont

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Snowmaking in progress

Posted December 29, 2019 at 11:18 am

We are presently making snow on Upper FIS from Catwalk down to Mulcahy’s Link. Today we have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 22 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. All 22 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 92 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny skies and 23 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is partly sunny skies with increasing clouds later in the day with a high of 31 degrees.

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Streaming Live

Posted April 13, 2019 at 3:54 pm

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. with temps reaching 60 degrees, there was bound to be some melting snow, a few streams, and great spring skiing! I got to make some turns with my friend Bruce Morrisey of smuggsphoto.com. Turnabout was fairplay – he was the subject and I took the photos. Upper FIS to Lower Doc’s was my favorite run of the day.

LIFTS & TRAILS: DELAYED LIFT OPENINGS on Sunday: Sterling 9:00 am, Madonna 9:30 am. Trail counts/grooming determined by conditions. We’ll be closed midweek, April 15th – 19th. On Wednesday, a determination will be made about next weekend’s lift operations.

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Madonna I & Sterling!

Posted April 13, 2019 at 9:10 am

Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs… in this case, they point to fun on our upper mountains!

MI and Sterling are operating today and 59 trails are open including Upper FIS, Doc Dempsey’s, Smugglers’ Alley and more! Spring conditions – be aware of changing surfaces.

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Great spring conditions

Posted April 7, 2019 at 4:49 pm

Lindsey having fun on Upper Madonna Liftline

Currently it’s partly cloudy and 37 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a chance of rain with temperatures between 39 and 50 degrees. Weather permitting tomorrow we plan to have Sterling Lift operating with 30 trails open for intermediates and experts. We plan to groom 11 trails tonight, including Smugglers’ Alley and Black Snake for a grand total of 42 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surfaces are machine groomed and spring conditions with average base depths of 18 to 48 inches. We plan to operate Sterling Lift Monday, April 8th through Friday, April 12th. We plan to have both the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift operating next weekend. We will then close Monday, April 15^th through Friday, April 19^th. We plan to reopen for Saturday, April 20^th and Sunday, April 21^st.

Ski Patroller Linda enjoying the soft conditions

Weeeeeeeeee

Dave having fun on Upper FIS

Spring Tele Turns

Always a good sign

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Today is the last day of lift operations on Morse Mountain this season

Posted April 7, 2019 at 9:31 am

Fist bump to celebrate a great run

Lifts and Trails

Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have 65 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and spring conditions with average base depths of 18 to 48 inches. 26 trails have been groomed for today, that’s 120 acres of freshly groomed terrain. The Black Hole and Freefall are now open from the traverse on Upper FIS.

Weather

Currently it is partly cloudy and 34 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies with temperatures between 35 and 50 degrees.

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Snow Sport University Fun

Posted March 28, 2019 at 9:07 am

The “Purple Painters” group at mid station on Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open. We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Black Hole, Freefall, and Madonna Liftline are open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We should see some spring conditions this afternoon. 38 trails have been groomed for today, that’s 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 33 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 15 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for sunny skies early with increasing clouds and temperatures between 27 and 43 degrees.

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100 percent open

Posted March 27, 2019 at 4:17 pm

Sterling and Mount Mansfield seen from Lower Catwalk

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Freefall, the Black Hole, and Madonna Liftline are open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. Tonight we plan to groom 35 trails, including Bootlegger, Snow Snake, and Ruthie’s for a grand total of 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 35 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for sunny skies early with increasing clouds and temperatures between 27 and 46 degrees.

This was one of the only clouds I saw all day

Events

This weekend we have many events like the Friendly Freeski Challenge, the Blast from the Past, and more many! For all the details check out our events page.

Tele Timmy on Upper Chilcoot

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143 acres of freshly groomed terrain

Posted March 27, 2019 at 8:58 am

Snowboard carve on Lower Morse Liftline

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open! We have top t0 bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Freefall is open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 38 trails have been groomed for today, that’s 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 29 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with temperatures between 20 and 43 degrees.

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Bluebirds and Robin’s

Posted March 26, 2019 at 11:47 am

Double-back to the Double Black!!

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. A sunny, late March day with tons of snow on the slopes and Patrol dropped the rope on Robin’s Run! We are 100% open!! On Madonna Mountain, Freefall is accessible from the Upper FIS traverse, and Upper Liftline can be reached by the Freefall traverse.

Upper FIS with Lake Champlain in the distance (at the top of the picture), and the author’s shadow in the foreground.

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370 inches of snow this season so far

Posted March 25, 2019 at 3:56 pm

Giant wave of snow crashes onto Smuggs

Today was gorgeous with the sunshine and fresh snow! The 1 to 2 inches of fluffy new snow that we received last night added nicely to the 23 inches of snow that we received in the past few days. There are some huge snow drifts. We are stock piling the snow so that we have a nice long season. The conditions are amazing with super deep base depths!

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open! Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Freefall is open from the traverse on Upper FIS. I would like to thank Ski Patroller Ethan Costello for the trail maintenance work he did on the traverse. The snow is so deep, that it was hard to get under the branches on the traverse. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 60 inches. We plan to groom 40 trails tonight, including Drifter, Shuttle, Snow Snake, Curley’s Cutback, Hangman’s Drop, and Upper Pipeline for a grand total of 148 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Fresh tracks

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 15 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with temperatures between 10 and 28 degrees.

Notice the pole that is buried?

#smuggslove

Nice view