Temps have dropped at Crabbe...

Took advantage of yesterday's warm weather to slap a new Crabbe Sticker on the car. We had a perfectly sunny warm day until about 4pm yesterday, then clouds rolled in and things got dark. Some light r**n overnight and before dawn things were below freezing again. At 7am, there were flurries in the air and when the lifts started turning it was snowing pretty hard. Conditions overnight were too soft and wet to groom, temps have dropped since then and the snow is pretty firm. Look for conditions to be hard until we get a bunch of new snow. Our crews will be out tonight slow tilling our groomed trails in an effort to try to soften things up. No worres, there's a huge amount of snow at Crabbe Mountain. There's even some snow in the forecast early this week. Let's hope it's a big one! - SB

Biggest Powder Day in a long time...

Jason, finds some really deep snow on Harold's or Island Lake?

Stefan, coming over Harold's Headwall

Well that was quite the snowstorm Sunday/Monday... 55cm of light fluffy snow, or 22 inches! But who's counting, right? Anyone who skied Tuesday would agree, biggest powder day in a really long time! Pug's was waist deep, Harold's and Norm's seemed like you were Cat Skiing. Such an epic day and we thank everyone who took the morning off work to come ski & ride some of the lightest, deepest powder we've seen at Crabbe in a long time. This put's our Snow-to-Date Total to over 10ft this season. Did I hear more snow on Sunday? - SB

Congrats Ski Racing Club...

The host Crabbe Mountain Ski Racing Club enjoyed a medal fest at the Altantic Cup series of races held on the weekend at the Lower Hainsville facility.

Skiers from the local club earned 24 medals overall in the competition which featured 70 alpine ski racers between the ages of 13-20 from the Atlantic region.

Competition was held in each of super giant slalom, giant slalom and slalom disciplines.

When it was all said and done, Lincoln Esau was the most decorated of the Crabbe Mt. competitors with four golds competing in the K2 (13-14 years of age) division. He also garnered a bronze as the third fastest competitor overall.

Philip Soicher earned three gold medals and a bronze competing in the J2 (ages 17-18) division. He also won a bronze among the fastest competitors overall in his age bracket.

Cathleen Trafton earned a pair of gold medals, a silver and a bronze medal competing in the K2 girls division. She also won two bronze in the fastest overall competition.

Sebastien Pacey-Smith had a gold and two silver medals in the J2 division and added a gold and a silver for overall fastest within his age category.

Elizabeth Teague added a silver and bronze medal in the J1 (ages 15-16) girls competition.

Source: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/582538

22 inches of new snow...

There is so much new snow at Crabbe right now. This last storm dropped 55cm of light fluffy snow on the mountain. That's 22 inches. Get here early Tuesday for your powder fix. There were a few people out on the mountain today earning their turns. Andy, Lee and Mike hit up Chairline and King's Horn. Then later in the day The Young Family skied the Glades for some freshies. Tony and Sue even went out for a snow shoe. Jay and i also did some earn your turns skiing today. All i can say is wow!!! - SB

Let it snow!!!

We've really been so fortunate with snow this year and last. There's so much snow at Crabbe right now, last week we saw 50cm fall between Saturday and Thursday. Check out the above snowfall map for the storm tonight. - SB

8.4ft of snow so far this winter...

Jay skiing late Thursday afternoon.

More snow for this morning... 20cm of white stuff! That puts us to 50cm of snow in the last 7 days!!! 15cm on Feb. 14, 15cm on Feb. 16 and 20cm on Feb. 19.... and doesn't even include the 1 or 2cm on a few other days. Conditions are stellar! make it a 3 day weekend. - SB

Snow, snow and more snow...

Bruce Logan sent along this great early morning shot. Thanks Bruce.

15cm of snow on Saturday, then out of the blue 15cm of snow again on Monday, now the forecast is calling for 15cm+ for Thursday/Friday. Here's hoping for 25cm. - SB

15cm today...

Snowed all day today... lots of wind until about 2pm... then it snowed even more. Definitely over 15cm. Get some rest, DD Glades, Pugs and Steve's are going to be awesome in the morning! - SB

Snow yesterday...

Yesterday turned out far better than expected. Mixed precipitation in the morning turned to SNOW by 2pm and it snowed into the evening add a little overnight grooming and the trails are in perfect shape!
Right now there's a film crew here on behalf of NB Tourism, filming Crabbe as part of a winter fun commercial, to be aired on TV next winter. The forecast for Saturday is calling for snow. - SB

It's snowing...

Alot of freezing rain this morning... then at 2pm it was like someone flicked a switch... SNOW! It's snowing hard right now. Fresh snow for the am... we'll see! - SB

A ton of snow at Crabbe right now...

Things are looking like they may warm up a bit today. Lets hope our 1325ft elevation will minimize our window of warm weather. On a good note, there is a ton of snow at Crabbe right now and the moguls on Elgee's are forming nicely, if things do warm up they should be good and soft! - SB

Moguls on Elgee's Bumps...

The moguls are forming nicely on Elgee's.

Huge stock piles of snow at the bottom of the Chairlift.

If you've been down Elgee's this week you would have noticed there are MOGULS!!! That's right back by popular demand, Elgee's Bumps! We've had alot of calls and emails asking for bumps this year and last, so we're bringing Elgee's back. This weekend be sure to try out the bumps and not to worry there's a groomed strip down the left side. If your new to moguls, use the groomed strip to jump in and out of the bumps.

Snowmaking crews have also been working hard putting down a thick layer of snow in strategic areas around the mountain. Mainly across the top and bottom of the mountian, Upper Tippy and Upper Flume. We want to be very ready in case things ever decide warm up a bit. - SB

Memorial Race This Sunday...

The Ski Racing Clubs Annual Memorial Race is this Sunday... here's the details:
Sunday, February 8th
Registration: 8:30am-9:30am Main Lodge
Race Starts at the top of King's Horn: 10am
Registration: $5 All Ages Welcome
This event is put on by the Ski Racing Club

The snow is amazing right now, Diddle Daddle Glades is one of our favourites right now. Grab a trail map and explore the entire mountain. - SB

Fizzle...

Looks like the snow originally forecast for Tuesday is fizzling out. Oh well, I'd rather get 5cm of snow than any kind of liquid precipitation. The snow is soooo good right now. - SB