Canal Trail Skiing up to Pixley Falls

Hey Guys -

Went down (well technically up) the canal trail today from the Trails End to Pixley Falls. The snow depth was just at the limit to be passable - and in some areas it felt like I was skiing more on twigs then snow. It was also a bit icy under all the snow and in some areas mother nature sort of reaches out and grabs your skis! If anyone goes out there you can probably tell from the weird looking snow angel where "mother nature" was able to get a good hold - it wasn't bad, only a little blood :)

Feel free to call my crazy but I just couldn't wait any more to get out!

Ryan

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Ryan... you are the first skier to report on your experience this season. Glad you tried it; sorry it wasn't better. THINK SNOW!!
Thanks,
BREIA

Grooming this weekend?

Hello,

I was wondering whether you might begin grooming this upcoming weekend due to the new snowfall?

Thanks,
Alex
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:25 AM, BREIA wrote:

Hi Alex....
We did not get the dump of lake snow as promised yesterday. Nothing significant is forecast for today or tomorrow. As soon as there is reasonable cover, we will begin grooming, but it's not there yet. We will update the trail conditions as soon as we can groom, so please keep watching that page.
Trails are open if you want to try them; they just aren't groomed. The warming huts are closed until grooming begins.

We are as disappointed as you are!
BREIA
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Skiing?

How is skiing there? Is it worth a 7 hr drive from VA? Anything with a 6 inch + base is worth it.  Andrey Ashburn, VA

BREIA Response: 
Snowfall has been sporadic and light so far this year, and we have not yet been able to groom any of the BREIA trails. There is a light cover on all trails...1-3 inches, except for Jackson Hill trails, which may have picked up several inches late Wednesday and overnight tonight. An assessment as to grooming there will be made early Thursday and a new condition report on all trails will be posted Thursday morning.
Temps are expected to remain below freezing until Sunday, when some rain is forecast.

Hope this helps!
BREIA

Christmas Day 2011 at Jackson Hill

Thanks for your comments, Mark. We will begin grooming as soon as we get a bit more snow. Sorry there wasn't more for you for this Christmas week. We are all a bit disappointed, but looking forward to some significant drops soon!
BREIA

Christmas Day 2011 at Jackson Hill

There was just enough snow for thin but acceptable conditions on Sunday for skiiing in the fields and on the flat trails under the hardwoods. It was scratchy and I had to walk under the fir and hemlock canopy but there was a nice frozen leaves base under the two inches of powder for some decent sliding.

At Jackson Hill you are not only fortunate to be at 1550 ft elevation with coverage when it is bare in Barneveld and Trenton, but your soil is so rock-free compared to many other locations in the Northeast! And being right off Route 12, there are no long local roads to negotiate after having come over 225 miles on interstates!

A very Merry Christmas indeed.

Mark from Norwalk, CT

Re: How are conditions out there?

I skied at the upper trails at Egypt Rd. (Alder Creek Gorge) today, Sat. 3/18 and we had 12-14" of base. Great Spring skiing; 50 deg. and sunny, total cover, corn snow. The local forecast calls for temps around 40 on Sat. and 45 on Sun.(sunny) and chance of rain on Mon. with a high around 50, and a chance of rain or snow on Tues. with highs in the mid-40's. The nights are to be in the 20's and 30's for this period so I imagine the snow will hold up through next week though the perfect day might be Sunday.

BREIA

How are conditions out there?

We're a group from Schenectady called ECOS. We ski on Tuesdays. We're
thinking of coming out to the BREIA trails on March 22 but don't want to
make such a long drive unless we know the conditions. Can someone out
there give us an idea? Thanks!