Snow, conditions, and forecasts
A graduate study finds fewer hours cold enough to make snow near most of our resorts, with big caveats on the data.
NOAA's winter outlook tilts the odds toward a warmer winter in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and a wetter one across much of the region. For our slopes, that makes the snowmakers the story.
As of Oct. 11, 2026, Wintergreen Resort has not posted a 2026-27 opening day. Fourteen TechnoAlpin TT10 fan guns, expanded ATASS, and a CVEC substation are on the offseason list.
Twelve new TechnoAlpin TL8 stick guns, a 700-foot water line, Lower Wisp pipe work, a new lake pump, and Chair 4 tower replacements headline the Maryland hill's 2026–27 upgrades page.
Natural snow is showing on Pacific Northwest webcams—not opening day, but enough to remind Richmond skiers that winter is building somewhere.
While chairlifts sit idle, Wintergreen’s mountain-ops crews are treating the calendar like a countdown clock—fourteen new TechnoAlpin TT10 fan guns, deeper ATASS integration, and a CVEC substation under construction.
Most of the United States is painted mild. The interesting part is the exceptions — and the Almanac’s own city pages do not put Snowshoe in the snowy Appalachians.