How are the natural trails doing at CM? Not looking too good at MRG for mid-March:
Magic only has 106″ (!!!) season-to-date snowfall and only half a dozen expert runs open (who knows what will be left by the weekend). Cannon is at 175″ season-to-date (spot on their annual average, and not an inch more). Cannon has announced they are closed tomorrow due to the weather, I assume Cannon won’t have much left for natural snow trails by this weekend.
Long term prospects for a storm (during what is normally one of the snowiest months of the year) are not great. It is possible we could go the entire month of March with only a few inches here or there…. falling on top of grass in many places.
Regarding this late season vs last year late season, the Mansfield Stake shows how it is very comparable:
Though, last season we were still building snowpack into the first week of March, whereas this year… our last significant storm was mid-February. Otherwise, very similar. We got bailed out late March and early April last season, we’ll see what happens this season. Last season, snow depths in NoVT were almost three feet deeper while the same melt out was happening. Of course, Maine and SoVT have had it worse.
The more I see posts trying to puff this season up, the more I realize how average its been. Which is still above average during the past ten years. But that says more about the past ten years than this season. I’m glad the industry did so well during the vacation weeks. And mid-week skiers have had it very good as most of the extreme wind/cold days and rain/freeze events impacted weekends.
For me, still holding out for third best during the past ten years. But that will go down to fourth best if we don’t get another storm. The great start has been averaged out by a poor end. But… almost 200 miles on the road bike already, which I think is a record for me before April.
