This morning I groomed the skate lanes on Anchor, Seagull, Power Line, Jolly Long, Dog Road, Dear Path to Black Bear, Black Bear, and Roller Coaster. I did not touch the classic tracks.
With 2 cm (sounds better than less than an inch) of new snow the skate lanes will ski very well. I would still say 50% of the trails are good to very good, 45% good, and 5% good to poor with thin spots. All of the trails have leaves and needles mixed in with only a hand full of dirt spots. The Dog Road and Jolly Long are most in need of snow, you can ski around the thin spots but caution is advised. The better conditions are higher on the ridge so unless you can't help yourself wait before you ski Jolly Long.
The classic tracks are glazed/icy with more thin spots and will need more snow before they will get any better.
Still early season conditions not suitable for your good skis.

(Scott Nesvold)

Did a couple laps of Seagull today. The groomer had been out this morning and generally the skate deck is in pretty good shape with just a couple of icy sections, mostly lower down on the trails near the beginning of the loop. They haven't been able to work on the classic track yet, which looked icy and not much fun. There was a bit of debris so you might not want to use your best skis depending on how cautious you are, but I didn't hit anything.

(Paul Belknap)

Steve and I groomed the skate lanes of Jolly Long, Anchor, Seagull, Rollercoaster, Telford and the Sugarbush Dog Trail. I would rate these as skiing good to very good. There are a couple of thin spots on Jolly Long and the Sugarbush Dog Trail. We didn't reset tracks as we thought we would pull up dirt trying to do such, so tracks are glazed to icy.

(Scott Nesvold)

Thanks Scottie and the rest of the Ashwabay grooming crew! John, Scott Wilson, friend Dave and I skied most of what was groomed and it was fantastic! A few low spots had some ice and some areas in the trees had some exposed leaves, but easy to avoid and wonderful skiing. Thanks again, guys!

(Carol Fitzgerald)

I parked at the Jolly trailhead and found that the trails on that side had not been groomed. The coverage between the trailhead was decent, but probably not really deep enough to do a good grooming job. I was able to ski through it though without much trouble and hook up to the groomed areas. Sugurbush had numerous bare spots on it, but most of the other trails were in great shape. The parts that were open, were very nicely groomed and quite a few people were out enjoying the trails. I'd still use B-skis, just in case.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

With 3-4 inches of new snow, Bill, Steve and I did some grooming. We got Anchor, Jolly Long, Seagull, Rollercoaster, Telford, Sugarbush Dog Trail, and Sugarbush classic packed, groomed and tracked. Oppedahl's, the new skate trail, and Raven also got packed. Conditions on the core trails is starting to look pretty good.

(Scott Nesvold)

Perfect winter day to be out skiing so early in year--temp in mid 20's and softly falling snow. Very good conditions on the close-in loops that we skied late this afternoon. Enough skiers out to keep the groomed tracks fresh, but there was a couple inches of snow on the skate deck. Plenty of snow here--no need for rock skis.

(Dave Henning)

This Morning Steve groomed and tracked Sugarbush, Anchor, Seagull, Seagull uphill connector, Sugarbush Dog Trail (from Jolly to Cabin), Rollercoaster, and Telford. There was a couple inches of new dense snow which groomed quite well. I would rate the above trails as very good except for Sugarbush after the cabin which still has some wet spots. By the end of today, the rest of Sugarbush Dog Trail, Jolly Long, Oppedahl's, Deer Path and Black Bear should be packed!

(Scott Nesvold)

Skiing yesterday was very good on the groomed trails. Today there was another 2" or so of powder on the ground so a bit tougher skiing, but not going to complain about having too much snow on Dec 2. Great to be outside and skiing. Thanks for grooming, Scott!

(Aistis Tumas)

With about 2 inches of new snow, I groomed and tracked Anchor, Seagull, Seagull Connector, Rollercoaster, Telford, and Sugarbush Classic - to the tin shed. Most of it ski very well with only a couple of thin spots in the tracks. The exception is on Seagull from the bench to the first yurt, the bulldozer drove out today and left a bit of dirt on the trail. You can easily ski past it by staying on the left side.

(Scott Nesvold)