Post Mortem on a Ski Vacation
Last week, February school vacation week in Massachusetts, I went up to New Hampshire with my family skiing for 5 days. Day 1 we went cross country (see: ). Day 2 and 5 we skied in Jackson. Day 4 we skied in North Conway.
The conditions for all days were the best I have ever seen in my 20 years of skiing in New England. Cranmore is the larger of the two mountains that we skied, and maybe because of this and the bigger crowds I found the conditions to be icier than Black. On the subject of crowds, Black never ceases to amaze me. Granted it is a smaller mountain so many pass it up for its bigger cousins. But because of this it is never crowded. I got in 15 runs on our first day there and this was with the going on. In contrast, Cranmore was much more crowded and I only managed 7 runs in the day there.
More snow if forecast for tonight so New England skiers head north while the skiing is good - it could be another 20 years before we see conditions this good.