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elleng

(130,156 posts)
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:16 PM Jan 2021

A solid ski weekend ahead in the Mid-Atlantic with snow showers Saturday.

'It’s another holiday weekend perfectly timed with a cold front barreling down from Canada that is going to dump snow in the high terrain. Conditions will be the best of the season on the slopes in West Virginia, western Maryland and southwest Pennsylvania, with deep bases and fresh powder in the forecast.

Far less snow will cross the Allegheny Front into south central Pennsylvania and Virginia, where conditions won’t be as optimal, but slope bases have held steady this week thanks to subfreezing nights.

In the favored higher-elevation spots such as Canaan Valley and Snowshoe in West Virginia, up to a half foot of powder is possible by Sunday, with more predicted Monday. This is music to the ears for Chip Chase, owner of White Grass Ski Touring Center in the southern portion of Canaan Valley. He said it has been over a week since any fresh snow has fallen.

To the uninitiated, White Grass is one of the few dedicated cross-country facilities in the Mid-Atlantic, with 30 miles of trails and 1,200 vertical feet of elevation change. So it’s not what most people imagine when they think of cross-country skiing through flat woods. When you get to the top, you’ve got more than 1,000 feet of gravity to take you back to the lodge.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/15/mid-atlantic-ski-report/?

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