best skiing in years and warmer (but not too warm) with no wind

INTRODUCTION
It's been a week of trailbreaking, and now weekend skiers can benefit from all the earlier hard work. The specific report below may not really be necessary because pretty much anything is now skiable. The weekend looks very good with a lot of sun and temperatures in the 20s. Warming up to the 30s early next week, but no real melting anticipated, and the temperatures will be back below freezing by Friday.

JACKRABBIT TRAIL
In general, every section of the Jackrabbit Trail has good cover and has been broken out.
McKenzie Pass Section: Fully skiable from Whiteface Inn Lane to McKenzie Pond Road. 
Old Mountain Road Section: Fully skiable. 
Paul Smiths Section: At least a track broken by a few skiers on all of the trails starting at the VIC. To date, logging has prevented a through ski from the VIC to Lake Clear, but this new snow may have covered up the logging efforts. Reports welcome.  
Other sections:  Craig Wood to Lake Placid Club section is skiable, and the new snow has smoothed out the new section around Scotts Cobble. The connections to Cascade Welcome Center are also skiable.

GROOMED CENTERS

        ADK CASCADE WELCOME CENTER (PREVIOUSLY: CASCADE CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CENTER)
         https://adk.org/cascade-welcome-center/   518-837-5047
           Km Open and Groomed:  15  Track Set:  15
           Remarks: All regroomed and track-set. 

         SCOTTS COBBLE NORDIC CENTER
         15 km of groomed trails on Craig Wood Golf Course - rentals, lessons operated by High Peaks Cyclery. Trail fee of $15/day - $10/half-day. Residents of the Tri-Lakes area ski for free (Donations appreciated)       scottscobblenordic.com.
518-523-9811 or 518-523-3742
          KM Open and Groomed: 15  Track Set: 10k
          Remarks:  
          MOUNT VAN HOEVENBERG:
        https://mtvanhoevenberg.com/daily-update/   518-523-2811
          Km Open and Groomed: 55  Track Set: 45 km  
         Remarks:  Set track on all of the Legacy trails on the south side (a.k.a. cross-country side) including now the Porter Mt. Loops. Trails on the north side (a.k.a. biathlon side) also packed and mostly track set. 

​           PAUL SMITH'S VISITOR INTERPRETIVE CENTER:
         https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/trailconditions/  518-327-6241
           Km Groomed and Open: 45 km  Track Set:  25 
           Remarks:  Set track on the wider trails where the Pisten-Bully can be used. Other narrower trails open but not all have been packed.
            DEWEY MOUNTAIN:
           https://www.facebook.com/deweymountainrecreationcenter  518-891-2697
            Km Open:  15   Track set: 7 km
             Remarks: Lower mountain trails groomed and track-set.  Upper trails also groomed but not set. Ungroomed upper trails now have good cover.

           TUPPER LAKE X-C SKI TRAILS
           https://www.facebook.com/Tupper-Lake-Groomed-XC-Trails-102907273119538/  518-359-8370
            Km Open: 10   Track set:   10
            Surface Conditions:  Packed powder
​        Remarks:  No specifics on snowfall or overall snow depth, but their Facebook page just mentioned the work required to deal with the deep drifts.   

BACKCOUNTRY CONDITIONS
Finally true mid-winter conditions.  Wednesday 2/19,  report from Lake Colden says the snow depth at the cabin is  51".  Now 6-7 feet of snow with deeper drifts at 4,000 feet. Finally, even the roughest routes (ie. lower Wright Peak and Marcy) are in good shape.  

Whiteface Highway: As has been the case for over a month, the highway is fully covered, but still with a few sections that are narrow or bare given the high winds. 
Connery Pond to Whiteface Landing: ​Skiable.  Alternatively, the ice is safe to cross, thereby avoiding that initial hill. 
Marcy Dam, Truck Trail: Good skiing all the way to Marcy Dam. Meadows Lane now blocked off for the winter. Park on the left to leave room for ranger vehicles with snowmobile trailers in the event of an emergency. 
Fish Pond Truck Trail:  Very skiable all the way to Fish Pond. Lake ice safe for the alternate return.
Hays Brook Truck Trail: Definitely skiable to both the Sheep Meadow and Grass Pond.  Parking lot has not, unfortunately, been plowed, but the brave can try with 4WD.
Newcomb Lake Road: As usual, the best skiing.  The side road to Moose Pond also has good cover with only minor and easily circumvented blowdown reported.
Gulf Brook Road to Boreas Ponds: Good coverage.  Some plowing for 2-4 cars reported as of 2/10.  Parking on the shoulder is legal, just not all that desirable. 
​Raquette Falls: Skiable, but no report on either whether it is broken out or whether it is still possible to drive beyond the town plowing and park at the trailhead. 
Avalanche Pass: Now very skiable past Marcy Dam, and the pass has great cover. Lake Colden now has 51" of snow.  Avalanche Lake and Lake Colden are crossable. Caution is always advised near the outlet to Avalanche Lake as there are recent reports of skiers/snowshoers breaking through. If in doubt, take to the trail on the west side about 50 yards before the outlet and cross on the bridge. 
​Ausable Lake Road: With the new snow, now fully skiable. .
Wright Peak Ski Trail:  Skiable after it diverges from the hiking trail, and maybe now not so rough getting from the point where one joins the hiking trail to where the ski trail diverges. Still, there will be a snowshoe trench on the hiking trails portion.
Mt. Marcy Ski Trail:  With the new snow, now skiable until the ski trail junction above 50-meter bridge. Good cover above that elevation, but there are many blowdowns that have been reported earlier from there to Indian Falls.  Above Indian Falls, plenty of snow, but a snowshoe trench  to deal with.