Folks… it’s not looking good… Amazing how one week ago was Blizzard fever… we got all this snow… and now Mother Nature has put the afterburners on… As you see the playground is getting small… FAST. Unless we get a BIG storm mid to late March, the season is OVER for most clubs near and

We can now give a little more detail on what we think will happen with the initial storm and significant lake effect snow to follow. This is not the final call… still 48-72 hours out on the heaviest lake effect snows (as of this 6 AM 2/26/20 blog time) and slight changes in the storm

NWS is putting up the Winter Storm Watch flags already for storm + lake effect totals through Saturday 2/29. So we will follow suit in this report with our best idea as of this writing Tuesday 2/25/2020 at 630 AM. If you are reading this anytime after Wednesday morning 2/26/2020 PLEASE double check upstatesnow.com on

Good morning. Get out and enjoy the great riding conditions today and tomorrow. Wherever trails are open, this is the peak of the season today and tomorrow in terms of best snow coverage, trail conditions and cold. The best riding is NOW. Heading into next week this mild winter will start to rear it’s ugly

Accumulating snows on tap especially for areas N of the Thruway overnight tonight and into Tuesday. Will mix with then change to rain in the valleys and especially S of the Thruway. This is a very short and to the point blog as Influenza hit my family on Valentine’s Day… and quite simply… life has

A decent shot at snow overnight Wednesday into Thursday will set up a lot of Upstate for a great riding weekend going into President’s Day! Mild temperatures will continue across Upstate for today and during the day on Wednesday. Mild being around freezing to a little above, especially lower elevations. Areas with low snow cover

This is our latest forecast on what we think will fall through Friday Night 2/7/2020. Tough call for sure. Models all over the place on positioning of the heaviest snow bands… GFS has rain much farther W than the Canadian and Euro. The zone where I think the highest bust potential is, is near a

Slight adjustments to storm #1 forecast for tomorrow. Storm #2 a bigger one on Friday with more snow. And the cold coming behind it for the weekend, particularly Saturday, means we will have the best weekend of the season so far not just for the Tug Hill and Adirondacks but for a lot of Upstate

The Weather Center is getting fired up and ready for battle. As has been the case this winter, borderline temperatures and tougher than normal calls on the snowfall amounts will be the rule. In the meantime it won’t be as warm today but still above freezing. Expect quiet but colder conditions for Wednesday as limited