Skiing Catamount - March 21, 2023

These pictures were taken with my Google Pixel 6a phone at Catamount Ski Area in Egremont, Massachusetts, and Hillsdale, New York on March 21, 2023. There are also some pictures of tree damage along New York 22 on the ride out and of roads and signs on the ride home on separate pages. Images are shown at a resolution of 800x600. Larger image formats are available by clicking the links below each image.

Here's what I posted about the day on the NYSkiBlog: I used my second Catamount Indy day today for a nice day of spring skiing. Things were still firm except where the sun was direct when I got on the snow after 10. The skies were clear all day, with temps starting just above freezing and probably getting just over 50 by early afternoon. Conditions changed as the day went on as you'd expect on a mild, sunny March day. Catapult was my favorite run of the day for sure, and was good on every run. I am pretty sure I hit my top speeds of the season on Catapult today. Ripper was closed when I first went by, then opened up after lunch. Half of it was groomed since the snow, but not last night. My first run down was a little rough, with a lot of areas scraped down to hard-to-edge concrete. On later runs, I stuck to the skiers right near the part that had not been groomed at all and found plenty of nice soft snow to turn in. The glades off the triple chair looked skiable and probably kind of fun but were clearly roped off. The less steep stuff got grabby in spots as the snow really got slushy in the sun by mid-afternoon. As others have noted, last week's storm was really elevation-dependent. Lots of significant tree damage was apparent on my drive, and some on the mountain as well. The natural snow was no longer very deep, and was going fast. On the drive home, lower areas were completely snow free. The deepest snow I saw was in the hills along Route 30 between Schoharie and Amsterdam.