Snowology Weather & News

12/18/2025

Sometimes people use our coverage to hunt pow and great conditions, and other times people use it to avoid bad conditions and operational issues related to the weather. This storm is of course the latter, but the coverage is no less useful especially with the start of the holiday ski season upon us. Friday of course is a tough day in most of the region though there will be a hittable window in some places, and on Saturday we'll have some remaining wind issues that deserve your attention along with your edges given the refreeze that the region will experience.

Sometimes people use our coverage to hunt pow and great conditions, and other times people use it to avoid bad conditions and operational issues related to the weather. This storm is of course the latter, but the coverage is no less useful especially with the start of the holiday ski

12/17/2025

Spotted today in the wild of the Northeast by Lincoln Riddle. Thanks for the share!

12/17/2025

This was sent to us by a subscriber who called in sick to work today in order to soak up the pow and the obviously great views. Snowvember and Deepcember have been pretty good to the Northeast, and especially the likes of Stowe.

12/16/2025

Everyone loves Snowology in large part because of the snow, but if you are going to be out skiing or riding this weekend then our insight can be even more valuable with the incoming r@!n on Friday, the flash freeze that follows, and the wind through Saturday. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't go, rather it means you should pick your time and place carefully, prepare for the conditions, and set your expectations appropriately in order to maximize your enjoyment. Snowology is way more than a weather app, it's a guide to Northeast skiing and riding that merges the weather with the what to expect as far as conditions and operations goes.

Now I know that everyone loves Snowology in large part because of the snow, but if you are going to be out skiing or riding this weekend then our insight can be even more valuable with the incoming r@!n on Friday, the flash freeze that follows, and the wind

12/16/2025

We have a bit of wind coming in during the day on Wednesday that will increase the risk of wind holds by the hour across parts of New York and Vermont and possibly into New Hampshire.

𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: snowology.com/alert-251216/

12/15/2025

There was a small avalanche today at Holiday Valley on a trail known as The Wall which has a 40° pitch, though only over a short distance. The trail was apparently closed and no one is known to us to have been injured. This is one of three avalanches in the western reaches of the region in the last 2 days that we are aware of. Firecracker at Holiday Valley also apparently slid, and over at Wisp in Maryland we saw photos of The Face having slid on Sunday. That's how much snow has been stacking up in the recent early season cycle!
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Slopes between 30° and 45° pitches are especially prone to this and there are some other inbounds trails that can let loose, especially with 100% natural snow. Steeper pitches than 45° don't generally hold snow well so they aren't as prone to avalanches. Gore's Rumor and Lies can do this, and Mount Snow's Ripcord is also somewhat notorious for this, even with man-made snow at times, and of course Whiteface's aptly named The Slides which were formed from natural landslides that occurred following heavy rain and are even more unstable now with snow on top of bare rock. Wet slides in warm r@!ny weather where water undermines manmade snowpack can also occur on even softer pitches. Belleayre had a wet slide about 4 years ago that damaged one of their lodges, and Sunday River 2 years ago suffered one that impacted a Gould Academy building during a flash flooding event.
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Thanks to Brandon C. for the photo and the intel. We are only sharing this because it is interesting, but let it serve as a reminder that any steep terrain can let loose some snow, including on occasion inbounds at ski areas.

12/15/2025

We've had quite the run and topped it off with a surprise overperformance in the southern half of the region yesterday, but all good things come to an end. We will have some warming, some sticky snow to contend with on some days, and then a cutter to bring a mixed bag plus wind to the Northeast just before the weekend. We'll help you prepare and maybe choose where and when to go this week.
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𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: snowology.com/week-ahead-251215

12/15/2025

This is just a brief update on lift threatening winds on Monday with added detail from our prior guidance. We will be publishing The Week Ahead on Monday morning covering the encroaching warm air and that cutter on Friday which has a chance of staying mostly snow for some northern areas, though it will likely be impactful to conditions at many ski areas right before the start of a holiday weekend.

𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: snowology.com/alert-251214/

12/14/2025

Here are the top 15 snowfall totals that we found reported this morning with up to 14" having fallen in the Alleghenies, up to 8" off of Lake Erie, and up to 7" in the Poconos. Everyone came in about 2"-4" beyond expectations, likely primarily as a result of super fluffy snow.
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Please share your own photos and locations in the comments!

12/14/2025

A little Mid Atlantic slider action is underway in the Alleghenies. Even Keystoners are going to get in on the pow-fest tomorrow.

12/13/2025

𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: snowology.com/light-storm-update-251213

We sent this update out this morning to subscribers covering the slider that will bring close to a foot of fluffy snow to parts of Pennsylvania today and tomorrow as well as a nice little refresh and the ambiance of fluffy flakes all over.