Notchview, at over three thousand acres the largest of the 91 properties of The Trustees of Reservations, presents extensive terrain for cross-country skiing . . . twenty (more or less) miles of trails, most groomed, some tracked only by skiers who precede you; open field touring; unplowed town roads (beware of snowmobiles); and endless bushwhacking, the true cross-country.
At this elevation, an average two thousand feet or better, snow conditions are generally reliable, among the best in the Berkshires. Weather-wise locals assert that hilltown Windsor accumulates 45 inches more snow than Dalton, its low-lying neighbor, and averages temperatures 10 degrees colder than in the valleys.
Some years you can ski here before Thanksgiving and after Easter. Cross your fingers that this will be one of those winters!
Got Tur!