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“Historic Season in the Making” As Snow on Vermont’s Tallest Peak Stacks Up

Originally posted on Powder | By Ian Greenwood | Last updated Feb 24, 2025 2:51 PM ET

Mount Mansfield, which stands just outside Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, is having a winter to remember.

On February 20, Stowe Mountain Resort shared on social media that the snow stake at Mount Mansfield had climbed above 90 inches, which is 32 inches above average.

At Mount Mansfield, that places February 20, 2024, in the pantheon of top five snow depths for that date since record-keeping began in 1954, according to Stowe Mountain Resort.

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“This is a historic season in the making!” the resort wrote.

Today, the Mount Mansfield snow stake — which Stowe Mountain resort refers to as "the most trusted benchmark measure of snowfall here in Northern Vermont” — is sitting at a depth of 95 inches.

Within the boundaries of Stowe Mountain Resort, a similarly snowy story is unfolding.

The resort has seen 261 inches of snowfall this season, about 50 inches below its average seasonal snowfall of 314 inches (Stowe Mountain Resort tends to close for the season in April, meaning several weeks remain for more snow to stack up).

According to the resort, current conditions included variable packed powder, powder, and machine groomed.

Elsewhere in Vermont, this ski season has proved even more fruitful. Jay Peak — the state’s snowiest ski resort — has picked up 349 inches of powder this winter.

That places Jay Peak an inch or two ahead of western destination ski areas like Alta and Jackson Hole, marking a notable win for the East Coast snowsports scene. According to the resort, Jay Peak sees 347 inches of snow each season on average.

A brief surge in warm weather could temporarily put the powder party on hold, though.

“For the first time in quite a while, the temperature in the base area has snuck above freezing (34F) and it feels almost spring-like all the sudden,” reads an update from Stowe Mountain Resort published this morning.

“Over the next 24 hours, we are going to have to watch those temperatures and precipitation types to see if we can avoid developing a little crunch to the snowpack.”

The risk of refrozen snow shouldn’t last for too long. By Friday, Stowe Mountain Resort’s weather forecast calls for a low of 2° as winter makes a reappearance.