What time of year?

It depends on how the rest of the spring goes, but there likely will be some snow on the summit trail. Weather this is just some left over snow in the shadow or a substantial covering that impedes hiking can't be determined yet. Also, realize that snow can still fall and accumulate up there in May. I'm pretty sure the toll road doesn't open until later.

A bigger issue, though, will be the mud. The higher the elevation, the longer mud season lasts. I usually don't try to hike in the higher altitudes of the White Mountains until July.

Sorry this is the only time you can visit, but it really isn't a good time for what you want to do.

I don't know the names of any in that area, but I know care up in that region is scarce enough that many patients will travel an hour south to see their provider.

If you have any special medical needs, don't wait until you arrive to try to find care.

Snowing heavily right now in the hills above St. J about 10 minutes to the west. No idea how much of this is accumulating in town.

Other than the second mounain in the background, it looks not unlike Cannon Mountain.

As a physician, let me say this. If you require any kind of specialist care, particularly psychiatry or dermatology, do not move to Vermont. It is very hard to get my patients into see certain specialties in a timely manner.

The main restaurant is pretty good too.

For breakfast, they replicate the typical spread you will find at an Austrian Alpine hotel better than anywhere else I've found in the US.

This. If the trail is groomed, this really is the only easy way down the mountain.

Burke's definition of intermediate would be a black diamond at many other resorts. Big Dipper and Willoughby are fun, but they have some rather steep sections.

Mont Tremblant.

I've only liver here for a little over 5 years, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone with beads in their hair.

Not enough of a beard.

You can't see the runway from this spot, but airport traffic goes right over the shopping area in Williston. I've seen them fly over here a few times, and I don't even go there very often.

There probably isn't a set schedule released to the public, although I'm sure the unit has an internal schedule to manage their required flight hours.

Huge need for all of these in the Northeast Kingdom.

And needles, probably.

Caledonia.

I haven't seen a ski resort in Vermont and New Hampshire that don't have a good selection of pistes for beginners (only Stowe might be a little weak in this department among places I regularly ski).

The distinction I have noticed is how much the resorts can offer to intermediate skiers. At the pure beginner level, you should be fine.

Somewhere in Vermont, I'm hearing a sad trombone "whomp, whomp".

This gets to probably the biggest reason why we have such a hard time recruiting skilled health care workers to the state. The stock of decent housing to attract professionals just isn't here. Much of it was picked up by telecommuters during the pandemic. So now, you're left with either something unaffordable, or a very cheap house that needs tons of renovations. There's not a whole lot in between.

Allow me a brief rant... as a physician, I hate those irrelevant questionaires too. If they were 't mandated, I would do away with about 75% of the questions. I completely against this move in medicine to turn doctors into social workers. I have all the respect in the world for social workers, but I am not trained to do their work. I am trained in medicine. There are other professions that can help people in need connect them to resources, but nobody else can treat that person's diabetes, pneumonia, hypertension, etc. That's my job and that's what I studied and trained for over a decade to do.

I'm a primary care physician, and I can tell you that most of my acute, same day appointments are usually booked by 8:30 in the morning. We seem to be over the minor COVID surge we had in the fall, but we're now seeing a huge wave of flu. And there's also a shortage of tamiflu, so I really can't even do much at this point other than recommend medications for symptomatic relief. I know there's also a lot of RSV going around too, but I don't see kids in my office.

We're not short of flu vaccines, and the vaccine so far appears to be pretry well matched to the predominant strain this year. Take that as a PSA to get a flu vaccine.

Looks like a snow labyrinth to the cat.

No, you did not make "a simple request to stay on topic". This all started when I posted a picture of my Bernese enjoying our first big snowfall. You immediately called it "low effort dog-spamming" and acused me of... what did you call it, "karma-farming", or "karma-mining"?

Instead of just ignoring a post you had no interest in, you immediately made rude, nasty comments on a good-faith post that was only intended to provide a little Vermont winter levity. I'm glad that others starting sharing the joy of their dogs enjoying our amazing Vemont winters. Believe it or not, this is not about you, no matter how hard you seem determined to make it so.

Because guess what? This Reddit isn't only.followed by people who live in Vermont, but also by people who may want to visit or even move to our state. Let's give them something fun to appreciate once in a while. We get it that you don't like dogs, but a lot of people love them and they appreciate the many outdoor opportunities this state offers to have fun with their pooches.

That was the first thing I thought of too.

This kind of reminds me of Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. Well done.