It seems as if the season has finally turned the corner.
"I think it has and the message we are trying to get out there is — come to the mountains because there is plenty of snow," Catamount Vice President Rich Edwards said on Friday. "The base depths are good now and they became good in a hurry."
Temperatures have been cold enough overnight — generally in the mid-20s and below that — for snowmaking in the higher elevations for about two weeks.
Mother Nature has also been cooperating. A storm came through the Berkshires and into southern Vermont on Friday and dropped anywhere from 6 inches to a foot on the trails.
If you are thinking about heading out Sunday or Monday, here's a look at what is open within a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Greater Hartford area.
CONNECTICUT
• Sundown - 15 trails and base depths of 24 to 40 inches.
• Mount Southington - nine trails and base depths of a foot to 23 inches.
• Mohawk Mountain - 13 trails and base depths of 12 to 36 inches.
• Woodbury - a half-dozen trails and base depths of 15 to 30 inches.
MASSACHUSETTS
• Jiminy Peak - 38 trails and base depths of 15 to 40 inches.
• Catamount - 25 trails and base depths of 16 to 32 inches.
• Butternut - 22 trails and base depths of 14 to 34 inches.
• Wachusett - 17 trails and base depths of 18 to 40 inches.
VERMONT
• Okemo - 72 trails and base depths of 26 to 32 inches.
• Stratton - 63 trails and base depths of 23 to 31 inches.
• Mount Snow - 36 trails and base depths of 14 to 34 inches.
• Magic Mountain - eight trails and base depths of 8 inches to a foot.
• Bromley - 27 trails and base depths of 10 to 20 inches.
