NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWNS HAVE BEST SKIING FOR WEEK-END

With the temperature hovering between freezing and 28 degrees, skiing conditions this week have been as favorable as at any time during the winter. Cannon Mountain, Franconia Notch, Pinkham Notch, and Waterville Valley, all in New Hampshire, offer the best skiing for this weekend.

There are 105 inches of snow with 27 of powder on Cannon Mountain, where the weather is cloudy and the temperature 28 degrees. In Franconia Notch the snow is 65 inches deep and also has 27 inches powder, with the temperature slightly under freezing.

Waterville Valley has 63 to 75 inches of new snow covering the surface. With the skiing good and the temperature 28 degrees, Pinkham Notch reports 65 inches with powder. North Woodstock, Vermont, also reports deep powder over a breakable crust.