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...whole, the conditions are not encouraging for a good skiing week end. Pinkham Notch and Wildcat Trails: 10" of heavy wet snow, covered with hard crust. Need more snow: Mt. Mansfield: Stew, Vt.; four to six inches of snow with a few bare spots on the practice slopes. Up to 36" of snow on Mountain Tow rd. Nose Dive slide is patched with icy surfaces. Suicide to try this. Lesser trails better than Nose Dive but still bad: Mt. Cardigan; Alexandria N. H.; six and one half inches of old snow on practice slopes, '12" on Duke's trail. Main...
...reports from the Boston Weather Bureau indicate that temperatures over the weekend will rise giving possibilities of rain or a few snow flurries in Norther New England. Reports from Mt. Washington, Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Cardigan, and Gunstock Range indicate several inches of heavy snow on top of a hard crust. While reports are not favorable for the weekend's skiing, it must be remembered that last weekend conditions changed late Friday night making good skiing. This may happen again...
...hard frozen crust (having melted and re-frozen): Ostbye "Skaresmoring...
Alexandria, N. H.: Open slopes of Mt. Cardigan have a hard crust with several inches of wet snow on top. The trails have not been broken but have an unbreakable crust with three inches of corn snow. Laconia, N. H.: Gunstock trails are fairly well covered but unbroken for the most part. Open slopes have abundance of snow but inclined to be sticky. Near melting temperatures. Pinkham Notch, N. H.: Washington and Wildeat trails partially broken. Thirteen inches at summit and 11 1-2 inches average of wet snow over hard crust provides good skiing, not too fast. Stowe...
...little tunneling under the cold crust of facts and figures relating to scholarships uncarths significant features. The distribution curve on the rank list is, of course, far above the general level. More pertinent, however, is an examination of one category of scholarships, the Prize Fellowships, the cream of the crop and President Conant's especial dream children...