Monday Jan. 19, 2026 [https://www.newenglandskiconditions.com/viewreport.php?reportid=4130]
30 of 68 trails (Snocountry’s#) trail count totals are a double ended sword, either 44-67-90% open. 5 of 5 lifts, 27°F, mostly cloudy with some sun around noon, snow showers early & late, no wind. 3″ new. 5″ in 24 hrs, 11″ last 7 days. Powder on packed powder. Only FG I encountered was after noon on Upper Maple Slalom.
The conditions were great and held up all day. The staff were all great. Food ok. They had sections open or working on areas that have I have not seen open on my paltry 1 or 2 trips/year in the last few seasons. And despite the # of cars in the lot, the trails and lifts were uncrowded and the lodge manageable. Which based on other reports was not the case on Sat. & Sunday.
New to me this year:
New parking entrance and sign located before the old entrance. With actual parking lot attendants.
No picture taking required when redeeming Indy pass.
I’m not 100% sure if this is new - In the lower base lodge they removed a corner room in the back and made it all one open area.
They renamed the Lostbos Cabin to the Alpine Cabin. They built a lower deck, supply multiple beach chairs for the lawn and expanded the cabin with an overhang for the loud speakers and wood pile. They removed most of that dangerous stairs that use to lead up to the deck. Now it is just 3 risers between the new & old deck. Takes up quite a bit of real snow-estate.
They are building a post & beam Sugar Shack a quarter way down Sugarbush. On the trail map it says COCOA & CANDY. Must be to counter act the champagne. It is just post & beam now but there was a crew there.
They had or were making snow under the double on the two cliffy areas. They had done the summit cliff & they had one pointed down the cliff below Roller Coaster. Neither spot was close to openable.
Now the complaints.
The 1st run off the triple two people unloading at the top fell, the lift didn’t stop which resulted in someone on our chair falling and they banged themselves up. It doesn’t help that there is no downhill getting off that chair. I watched a number of people getting whacked by that chair. Because its too low & when you stand up you can’t go as fast as the chair which whips around the wheel and hits you in the back, hip, elbow, butt, you name it.
Just before 3 PM I was headed up and it slowed to a crawl and stayed at that speed the rest of the day. By crawl I mean it was a 15 min ride vs 9.
Over at the J-bar they have an impromptu sign there to watch your head. I forget the exact wording, I think it mentions the wheels. After a few rides upon a restart mid-hill, Whack! The wire rope hits me right on top the head hard. I mean hard. Did the same to my wife. I’m real glad we had a helmets on or it could have meant a trip down to Memorial. Rocket21 you listening? er Reading?
