Vermont's Mt. Mansfield Is Buried Under More Than 100" of Snow

Stowe is clearly benefitting from the wintry weather. There has been 279” of total snow this winter, including 18” in the last week. There are 122 out of 127 trails open.

“Looking ahead, while we wish this rain-free stretch would go on forever, we do need to acknowledge a period of unfavorable weather is coming on Wednesday and Thursday,” the snow report online says. “It is inevitable, but it has been two full months since we’ve had one of these systems. The snowpack will be fine and should absorb the mid-week weather, but the surface conditions are going to change. Make sure to get out tomorrow to savor the final bites of these delicious current conditions.”

Meanwhile, just down the road at Smuggler’s Notch Resort, the mountain got 2” of snow overnight. There are 74 of the possible 78 trails open, and 34 of those trails are groomed. There has been 304” of total snowfall this season, according to the report. The snow depth is 28 to 52″.

The snowiest winter in Mt. Mansfield’s history was 1968/69. The snowpack got as high as 112”.

Those out west might not be impressed with a 103 inch snowpack, but the East Coast is having a phenomenal winter so far. The snowier-than-normal season has been a long time coming to many who ride and ski the east.

Jay Peak, in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, has received more snow this winter than Utah’s Alta and Wyoming’s Jackson Hole. Just Timberline in Oregon and Mt. Baker in Washington have gotten more snow so far this winter. As of last week, Jay Peak had roughly 350 inches of snowfall.