There isn't a whole hell of a lot to cover that hasn't already been covered. It's still snowing and it will through Sunday morning and I'm going to dive into some of the nuance surrounding the weekend. Primarily I'm forecasting deep pow, tons of open terrain, disbelief when looking at the date, and wide smiles all over. Let's start off with the Operating Status Tracker for the weekend.
Gunstock and Pleasant Mountain both had their power restored today and will operate this weekend! Not shown on this map are Lost Valley in Maine who also plans to operate however they do not have power at this moment and expect it to be restored before tomorrow. King Pine in New Hampshire will be hosting the Wild Corn Festival from Granite Backcountry Alliance (powered only by your own low speed quads of course).
We are seeing some surprise openings with both Catamount and Berkshire East coming back with $25 tickets for those with a pass to another mountain or who are accompanied by a passholder. Cranmore also announced a surprise opening with $49 lift tickets. We are seeing some ski areas expand operations for the weekend including Pico who has added back their Outpost pod, Killington is opening South Ridge, and Stratton opened the Sun Bowl again. There may be others who light some terrain back up!
I'll cover the Snowfall Outlook for the weekend, and it will still be snowing through Sunday morning (our forecast was through 8AM on Sunday). I'll also cover the Temperature Outlook with some notes about sticky snow potential.
