Skiing Blue Hills Ski Area
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Runs: 10
Distance: 2.98 miles
Elevation: 3,425 feet
Max Speed: 20.3 mph
Avg. Speed: 9.6 mph
Moving Time: 19 minutes, 17 seconds
Total Time: 1 hour, 28 minutes, 18 seconds
Powder day at the Blue Hills? We ended up getting somewhere around 18" of snow from the storm and after digging out and the snow subsiding, Sarah texted me asking if I wanted to meet her at the Blue Hills for some Monday night night skiing... absolutely! I truly had no idea what to expect, but I was sure glad that I dug my car out! When I left home around 6:20pm, snow had started to fall again, and the roads were... interesting! I didn't even try to park in the main lot, so I parked in the north Trailside Museum lot, met Sarah, and we huffed it over to the lodge!
Runs 1-3
Run 1: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.25 mi; 1:28; 338 ft; 17.3 mph max; 10.3 mph avg]
Run 2: Double Chair - Chute - Patriots
[0.37 mi; 2:36; 335 ft; 20.3 mph max; 8.6 mph avg]
Run 3: Double Chair - Patriots
[0.41 mi; 2:53; 354 ft; 19.4 mph max; 8.5 mph avg]
The vibes were good and we were thrilled to learn that buying online meant we had direct-to-lift access. The hill was also delightfully not-too-crowded! The line looked pretty long, but the waits were never awful. Plus, the place was just buzzing with energy and joy! We hopped in line just after 7:00pm after booting up in the lodge and got to it!
Since the Blue Hills doesn't have 100% night skiing, the only three runs that were open were Big Blue, Chute, and Patriots, so we figured we'd just work out way across the hill. Run #1 was down Big Blue (after a reminder on how sketchy the lift is!) and it was SO MUCH FUN! I had never skied in soft powder before, and it was so silly and fun to have my first real experience skiing it be at the Blue Hills! Did I ski well? Absolutely not. Did I giggle the whole way down? Yes!
Run #2 was down Chute and then Patriots. Chute is narrow and was a little skied off, revealing some surprise rocks, but still fun! Patriots was where most of the people were and got a little slow with the fresh snow.
We hit the famous Patriots headwall at Run #3, which was shockingly skied off between the bumps. Still fun! We both agreed that Big Blue was our favorite run du jour. The line was about the same length for all of this, but always moving well. We even saw patrol practicing sleds on Big Blue with a dummy - someone screamed "they have no pants on!" which got a good laugh out of the lift line.
Runs 4-5
Run 4: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.27 mi; 1:35; 344 ft; 17.4 mph max; 10.1 mph avg]
Run 5: Double Chair - Chute - Patriots
[0.40 mi; 2:50; 348 ft; 18.7 mph max; 8.5 mph avg
We decided we'd just work our way across the three runs like a typewriter throughout the night, especially since we were only skiing from 7p-9p. Run #4 was back down Big Blue, and man, it was just such a delight! I was starting to get better at keeping my weight forward to really tackle the bumps, but still had a few moments where it felt like my skis were simply in charge and I was just going along for the ride.
We had a still-very-fun-yet-not-as-fun-as-Big-Blue run down Chute and Patriots. After which we decided we'd just lap Big Blue until close!
Runs 6-10
Run 6: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.25 mi; 1:53; 338 ft; 18.0 mph max; 8.1 mph avg]
Run 7: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.26 mi; 1:23; 341 ft; 16.1 mph max; 11.3 mph avg]
Run 8: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.26 mi; 1:56; 344 ft; 15.7 mph max; 8.2 mph avg]
Run 9: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.24 mi; 1:18: 338 ft; 16.9 mph max; 11.3 mph avg]
Run 10: Double Chair - Big Blue Headwall - Lower Big Blue
[0.26 mi; 1:25; 341 ft; 17.0 mph max; 11.1 mph avg]
The next five runs were all wonderful, joyful laps. Run #8 I performed exceptionally well, which felt GOOD. All five runs were so much fun and if we had more time, I easily could have spent hours rinsing and repeating! Run #9 was likely my least glamorous, as I did something weird, slammed into a bump burring my skies, and FLEW forward in a puff of white smoke - my first yard sale in a while, and definitely first of the season! Due to the nature of the soft snow, I was completely unscathed and just mad that Sarah didn't get to see! We finished our last run right at 9:00pm, packed up, and giggled some more about how much fun we had. The good news was that we would see eachother again VERY soon, as we had plans to ski at Cannon Mountain tomorrow (we planned to call in sick, but both of our schools had a double snow day!).
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