New Snow

Fulton County -- Precipitation Reports
Town	Amount	Type	On
Gloversville	1.00"	Snow	11/18/2011
Caroga Lake	4.50"	Snow	11/18/2011
Fish House	1.10"	Snow	11/18/2011
Johnstown	1.00"	Snow	11/18/2011

Nice Opener

Well, we know it's too early for the snow to stick around, but I can't remember a first snow of such intensity in awhile. It looks like areas around Rockwood got 1.75 inches. The snow was dense, sticky, yet lofty.The morning was spectacular with bluebird skies and trees decorated with snow and the reflected light making everything brighter than usual.

Notify me through these posts if you would like to post trail reports here. I think blogger can support up to ten individual posters. But you can always just comment on any post with your own trail reports from Rockwood.

Some of the best magic in the world is snow

My favorite time to ski might be spring. The relief from the cold, and the longer days, make spring skiing as carefree as taking a walk in the summer. If the snowpack is really good, I would say spring is best. The corn snow doesn't stick to your boards in above-freezing temperatures, a light sweater is all you need for a top layer, and your form is usually pretty well tuned from the winter. Unless you're talking about skiing directly after a big snow during the heart of winter and making first tracks through snowclad woods, spring skiing is something for which to make time.

Just for the record,--not that I made a visit to Rockwood to verify,---the skiable snowcover left the trails approx. April 6th. Plenty more time to ski in the Adirondacks.

Hoping the Foothills ADK chapter can organize a clean up of the downed limbs in the trails at Rockwood this coming summer or fall.