Somehow managed not to post here all season but it's been a good one - and no, I don't think it's over yet even though it's all been New England for me. Been out close to 30 times, from skinning on local hills after the blizzard to a total of five times (thus far) on Mount Washington, most recently yesterday (with my 12-yo son, making his first ascent).
Strange season in that it started kind of late, right after Christmas, but there were a couple great weeks with lots of snow then (for me including three days in prime conditions at Mad River Glen). We got not one but two January thaws in New England this year and by the end of the month MRG was closed and I was skiing smaller places that made and groomed a lot of machine-made snow - fun too but I'm all about powder and, increasingly, backcountry. In fact for Christmas I got signed up for an avalanche course, scheduled the first weekend in March at Mt Washington, and a month beforehand I had doubts there would be enough snow for it to come off. Then came blizzard to signal a welcome weather pattern change, and it's been largely great ever since.
A handful of highlight photos:
Falldise, Mad River Glen, 1/3
Local earned turns after the blizzard, 2/10
On 2/14 I skinned three "local" hills - Mt Agamenticus in Maine, Powderhouse Hill in Maine and Powwow Hill (formerly Atlantic Forests ski area and before that Locke's Ski Tows) in Amesbury MA. Here's the rope tow power station at Powderhouse Hill:
Deepest pow I skied this season was ~2' at Jay on 2/21-22. These were leftovers in the woods the second day:
Local earned turns with my dog after an 8" snowfall 2/25:
Gulf of Slides Trail, Mt Washington. 2/28 after > 1' of snow. I didn't go any higher than this because of avalanche danger, although others in an advanced avy course who skinned up past me did. (Despite appearances, this shot is looking uphill, with a gully/avy runout in the foreground. Also did something to the Droid so this came out black/white, though I like the effect.)
Our avy class returning from snowpack observations on the west side of Mt Washington, alongside the Cog Railway at the Waumbek Tank, 3/2:
Spring corn on a Friday afternoon at a deserted Gunstock, 4/5:
Closing day at Cannon, 4/14 - a few inches of fresh powder up top, primo corn the rest of the way, with fresh snowfall to boot:
Once again, primo spring corn amid snowfall, this time up in Left Gully at Mt Washington, 4/26:
And yesterday (4/28), after we hit Hillman's Highway, this was near the end of the skiable part of the Sherburne Ski Trail on Mt Washington (with Wildcat in the background)