And it just keeps on getting better

UPDATE 11/22/25:
      It did warm up briefly on Friday, but theperatures have fallen back by Saturday morning with no significant loss of snow. Surfaces will be a bit faster than earlier, but not likely glare ice.  In addition to the opportunities reported below, the Fish Pond Truck Trail is now skiable at least as far as the hills at about two miles from the register. Maybe skiable beyond. And Whiteface Inn to the lean-to and top of the pass is possible, although there may be more rocks showing after Friday's brief thaw. 
      Looking ahead, a bit more snow on Sunday before temperatures again rise above freezing, but no more than mid-40s, Tuesday-Thursday. Cooler by Friday, so we're looking at the best Thanksgiving weekend skiing in many years. Let's hope it's even better by Christmas.

UPDATE 11/18/25:
     So far, we can report the following:
          1)  The Whiteface Highway remains in great shape.
          2) There is enough snow in the Paul Smiths area that the Hayes Brook Truck Trail
 is in good shape and very skiable. Some blowdown, but a report below indicate it can be negotiated. Stay on the truck trail and just be careful on the descent to Hayes Brook on the return from the Sheep Meadow.
        3) No direct report from Newcomb, but the video indicates 8" in Newcomb, which is enough for the Newcomb Lake Road to be skiable.
      4) The Marcy Dam Truck Trail has enough snow (4-6") to be skiable to the dam, but the rocks are not fully covered, which significantly reduces the "fun factor" on any of the downhills. You can be tripped up by one rock and could then fall on another rock - not fun. Better to choose Hayes  Brook or the Whiteface Highway.
          The forecast unfortunately includes some rain on Friday before it drops back to around freezing for the coming weekend. No prediction on how much rain, at what elevation, or how it will ultimately affect the skiing. 
           Finally, for those contemplating hiking this weekend, it is full-on winter above about 3,500 feet which requires snowshoes - not just  because of the regulation of that requirement at 8" of snow  but because you are safer traveling with them on your feet. And summit conditions will likely require face masks if it is windy.
      
If you live here, you know it snowed. The actual amounts are very elevation dependent with barely three inches at the Keene end of the Jackrabbit Trail to a report of a foot at the end of Averyville Rd. in Lake Placid.  It will thus require a day or two of checking the popular early season opportunities to have a reasonably accurate report for the coming weekend, but suffice it to say there will be more than the Whiteface Highway for skiing this week and weekend, although the Highway will, of course, continue to be good. 

There will be a slight warming trend toward the end of the week and not much sunshine in the forecast; but surface conditions should not be affected.