Early snow

The North Country has been blessed with a good amount of early-season lake-effect snow. While it seems most other parts of New England woke up to some powder this morning, we have been skiing all week. Star Lake has been prime, and after a day of "skiing it in" we had a track suitable for fast skating intervals. The big treat came yesterday as a good amount of additional snow fell even down in the lower elevations (campus) and combined with cold temps (single-digits this morning). This means that in a few minutes Ethan and I are bringing out the groomer! We'll try Higley first, and perhaps Star Lake. We'll also try to call on some people in the know to figure out of a trip to the VIC at Paul Smiths or Van Ho is worth a trip either tomorrow or Sunday.

The new Big Rig truck was prepared for grooming with our snowmobile this morning

Intervals in a blizzard at Star Lake on Wednesday. Headlamps have become the norm

Check out www.xcearlysnow.com for the latest ski info (or to submit your own report!). It's a great site by some SLU alums. I've already submitted quite a few posts as my job currently connects well with the purpose of the site right now...