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"Wednesday's snowstorm was hit-or-miss for ski areas across the state, with central and Mount Washington Valley resorts enjoying the largest totals, while only a dusting fell on Franconia Notch.Alice Pearce, executive director of Ski NH, the statewide organization that promotes the ski industry, said she got out for a few runs Thursday at Loon in Lincoln and reported the consistency of the snow was \"like butter.\"Similarly, I was at Gunstock Cross Country Center in Gilford on Thursday morning where the snow was delightfully soft, though it was a bit more exercise than a typical midwinter day. By noon, big blobs of snow were falling from the pine branches, and it felt good on my forehead as I kicked and glided through the trails.There was about 5 inches of new snow in Gilford and big snow banks from a series of storms that have added to the nice snowpack in recent days.\"This nice string of storms has dropped 10 to 34 inches of new snow at our areas during the past week,\" Pearce said.All ski areas in the state are expecting a great weekend, with 100 percent of the terrain open.Here's a quick update on new snowfall totals from yesterday's storm around New Hampshire as of Thursday morning:White MountainsBlack Mountain (Jackson) - 14 inchesLoon Mountain (Lincoln) - 13 inchesKing Pine (East Madison) - 10 inchesWaterville Valley (Waterville Valley) - 7 inchesCranmore (North Conway) - 7 inchesBretton Woods (Bretton Woods) - 3-5 inchesCannon (Franconia Notch) - dustingSouthern New HampshireMount Sunapee (Newbury) - 11 inchesPats Peak (Henniker) - 8 inchesGranite Gorge (Keene) - 6 inchesCentral New HampshireRagged Mountain (Danbury) - 10 inchesGunstock (Gilford) - 5 inchesDartmouth Skiway (Lyme/Hanover) - 3-6 inchesSnowmobile trails were in excellent shape for the coming weekend, with riding good to great statewide.Friday is the start of Snodeo at Coleman State Park in the Great North Woods, and Friday is also the start of the World Championship Sled Dog Derby in Laconia.Nordic marathon races are planned this weekend at Bretton Woods, and the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup is set for the weekend at Cranmore. More information on all these events is available at wmur.com/escape-outside.- Paula Tracy writes about the outdoors for wmur.com and can be reached at paulatracy@roadrunner.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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