Berkshire East, MA - 2/23/26

[toast21602]

Welp, the plan to "chase" the snow kind of worked. When I saw early Sunday morning that the storm might skunk the LV and move coastal I made a game time decision to try and chase some soft turns. Hit Mohawk Mountain yesterday to split up the drive, and stayed south of VT to try and get some snow.

Woke up to about 6" of snow and saw that Berkshire was reporting the same. By the time I got there around 8:15 about 2" more had fallen and probably another 2-4" of powdery chalk fell throughout the day. Another Indy Pass gem. Lots of really great runs here. Plenty of steeper trails, really great trees to dip into, and all around fun spot. By far the best ski day that I have had this season.

 

Edited February 23 by toast21602

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

You had your powder baskets so ready for action.  

[PSUFrankenstein]

Nice.   Only been there once but I had a good time.   Are you hitting any other places?

[toast21602]

9 hours ago, PSUFrankenstein said:

Nice.   Only been there once but I had a good time.   Are you hitting any other places?

Catamount today is the plan.

[PSUFrankenstein]

Nice.  Butternut is close by too and should be $40 lift tickets...if you felt like hitting 2 places today. 

[toast21602]

48 minutes ago, PSUFrankenstein said:

Nice.  Butternut is close by too and should be $40 lift tickets...if you felt like hitting 2 places today. 

I contemplated Butternut but I’m just going to hit it and quit it today at Catamount. I will likely be back up this way this season, I hope. 
 

Have you been there before? Thoughts?

Edited February 24 by toast21602

[PSUFrankenstein]

18 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

I contemplated Butternut but I’m just going to hit it and quit it today at Catamount. I will likely be back up this way this season, I hope. 
 

Have you been there before? Thoughts?

Yep I hit Butternut and catamount in the same day last winter...I think the pics are in the Indy-ish long weekend thread.  Butternut doesn't have any real steep stuff but its a fun place and the grooming was great.  I think its 40 dollar lift tickets non holiday Monday through Thursday and $25 lift tickets on non holiday Fridays.  

 

Catamount is great too, but i know you've been there before.  Catamount definitely has steeper trails and a better bar/lodge

[trackbiker]

Berkshire East skis much bigger that it's 1100 vertical. Big variety of trails. Since they added the HSQ it's getting more well know. Also, people avoiding the Mount Snow day ticket prices since Vail bought them have migrated to Berkshire East.

Bousquet might be interesting for a morning on the way to Catamount if you've never been. Skis bigger that the trail map suggests as well.

[toast21602]

1 hour ago, trackbiker said:

Berkshire East skis much bigger that it's 1100 vertical. Big variety of trails. Since they added the HSQ it's getting more well know. Also, people avoiding the Mount Snow day ticket prices since Vail bought them have migrated to Berkshire East.

Bousquet might be interesting for a morning on the way to Catamount if you've never been. Skis bigger that the trail map suggests as well.

Bousquet was on my list but it opens at 12 on weekdays and I was in for a morning session today. Looks super cool and might make that a pit stop on the way up if I get out this way again. 
 

and yeah, Berkshire skis way bigger than it is. Really awesome place.