Lake Champlain just visible in the distance

On Monday I perused almost all of the ski area webcams in the northeast. I noticed that several had made skiable snow during the run of cold nights last week. On the previous day, I even watched a skier, at sunrise, on Stratton's webcam skinning up a nice long patch of snow.

So, yesterday I drove to Bolton Valley - the closest patch of snow - unfortunately I got booted off, even before I clipped into my skis. (Next time, I will do it as a dawn patrol, knowing that all I will have to do is apologize, rather than get permission.)

All was not lost, as I had a good run up the skinning route on the edge of the ski area boundary.