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The start of the winter season has been difficult for snow sport enthusiasts across Vermont. Save for a few December inches of snow including one storm that brought rain, a flash-freeze, near-record wind and lightning the floor of the earth has.
Scientists in Vermont have documented the state’s rapidly warming winters. As snowmakers hustle to keep pace with the changes in weather conditions, skiers are feeling the impacts.
Heavy, wet snow could knock out electrical power, especially in the Champlain and lower Connecticut River valleys, the National Weather Service has warned. Higher elevations, particularly in southern Vermont, will have the most accumulation.