It’s been a reasonably warm fall season with many beautifully dry days featuring blue skies to enjoy the foliage, but the change in seasons is becoming evident now as we approach the end of October and move into a much wetter pattern. It’s interesting to note that over in New Hampshire, Mt. Washington had multiple episodes of snow in August, but they didn’t record any snow in September. This new influx of systems into the area has seen a return of their snow however, with multiple accumulations over the past few days.
I haven’t seen any reports of snow here in Vermont prior to yesterday, but now they’re coming in, so this stretch likely marks the kickoff to the 2025-2026 Vermont snow season. Yesterday morning at 9:40 A.M. Powderfreak reported that the precipitation was snow above 3,500’ on Mt. Mansfield, and later in the evening there was some video posted of the snow falling up at Jay Peak. There was also a post showing what was probably the first snowman of the season on Whiteface. As of this morning, Powderfreak posted images of snow falling on Mt. Mansfield and then the initial accumulations up at the Cliff House. The first accumulation of the season was recorded at the Mt. Mansfield stake, and by the afternoon, accumulations had made it down to the middle elevations of Mt. Mansfield, so there we go – the Vermont snow season is on!