Mount Southington Defies Weather, Opens Over Weekend

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Despite warmer temperatures and rain last week, Mount Southington opened for the 2022-23 season on Saturday.

"We had a better snowmaking window than expected," general manager Jay Dougherty said. "We should be in pretty good shape heading into the vacation week."

On Saturday, Mount Southington was featuring terrain for all abilities Up the center, Avalanche was open for the intermediate to advanced skiers and snowboarders. A corresponding lift was also running.

To its left, looking uphill, two were green trails — Dom's Way and Stardust — were open with a corresponding lift. In between those two was a terrain park with two boxes, a rail and a jump.

At the far left, looking uphill, the learning area was open with both a chairlift and magic carpet.

Base depths were 6 to 12 inches. Some thin cover was showing up in the afternoon Saturday, but few people complained.

Dougherty said the mountain was receiving a forecast of cold nights for most of this week and that meant the snowmaking crews would be busy trying to open more terrain. Dougherty said he hopes most of the mountain can be open for the crucial week between Christmas and New Year's days. He said the new terrain-based learning course should be set up in time for the vacation period. Click here for a sneak preview.