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Friday. Snow squalls are possible Sunday. TODAY’S SNOWFALL MAY HAVE MADE YOUR COMMUTE HOME A LITTLE SLICK AND SLOW. NBC5’S ALEXIS CRANDALL HAS BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT COVERING THE CONDITIONS. HOW ARE THINGS NOW, ALEXIS? YEAH LIZ WHEN WE WERE OUT DURING THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTE, TRAFFIC DEFINITLEY SLOW GOING AT TIMES. ááAD LIB NOWáá BUT FOR SOME TODAY’S SNOW WAS A WELCOME SIGHT FAST FALLING SNOW… shutting down AND MAKING TOUGH CONDITONS ON THE EXCITED TO take a snow day. GRABBING THEIR SKIIS AND BRAVING THE cold. <ALEX HERNANDEZ, CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE PRESIDENT> <00:00:17:16- 00:00:33:07> <“It’s a celebration of community> CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE in burlington RAIL JAM thursday. <IMGó5303> <ALEX HERNANDEZ, CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE PRESIDENT> <Alex Hernandez: it’s just great to have Champlain students, high school students and professional skiers and writers from around the state. And it’s a celebration of Vermont.”> <IMGó5293> dozens gathered onto finney quad as skiers and snowboarders showcased their skills. THE FRESH SNOW ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF DIFFICULTY TO THE EVENT. <IAN BURKE, COMPETED IN RAIL JAM> <00:00:39:07- 00:00:50:08> <“You would think it helps. It helps when you, you miss a trick and you fall. It’s a soft landing, but it makes it a little bit of a slower conditions out here. So it’s a little more difficult to do those big tricks that people want to see.”> BUT BY THE TIME WEEKEND SKIING ROLLS AROUND, SOME ARE HOPING THE SNOW IS MORE PACKED. COMPETED V-TRANS TELLS US YOU SHOULD STILL EXPECT SLICK CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOUR TIME IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT

Champlain College partners with Burton for rail jam

Fast falling snow Thursday made for a slick and slow evening commute. But, while many were excited to get out of the snow and cold, others grabbed their skis for a rail jam. “It’s a celebration of community. You know, our ski and rid club was able to partner with Burton and put on this amazing winter jam,” said Champlain College president Alex Hernandez. “It’s just great to have Champlain students, high school students and professional skiers and riders from around the state. It’s a celebration of Vermont.”Champlain College partnered with Burton for a rail jam, the first since before the pandemic. The fresh snow added another layer of difficulty to the event.”You would think it helps. It helps when you miss a trick, and you fall. It’s a soft landing, but it makes it a little bit of slower conditions out here,” Ian Burke, one of the participants, said. “It’s a little more difficult to do those big tricks that people want to see.”Burke said he hopes up at the mountains, the snow is packed down in time for the weekend. “Especially up on the mountains, this weekend will be really great skiing once it gets packed down,” Burke said. “Here in the quad tonight, it’s going to be a little bit slower conditions.”

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Fast falling snow Thursday made for a slick and slow evening commute. But, while many were excited to get out of the snow and cold, others grabbed their skis for a rail jam.

“It’s a celebration of community. You know, our ski and rid club was able to partner with Burton and put on this amazing winter jam,” said Champlain College president Alex Hernandez. “It’s just great to have Champlain students, high school students and professional skiers and riders from around the state. It’s a celebration of Vermont.”

Champlain College partnered with Burton for a rail jam, the first since before the pandemic.

The fresh snow added another layer of difficulty to the event.

“You would think it helps. It helps when you miss a trick, and you fall. It’s a soft landing, but it makes it a little bit of slower conditions out here,” Ian Burke, one of the participants, said. “It’s a little more difficult to do those big tricks that people want to see.”

Burke said he hopes up at the mountains, the snow is packed down in time for the weekend.

“Especially up on the mountains, this weekend will be really great skiing once it gets packed down,” Burke said. “Here in the quad tonight, it’s going to be a little bit slower conditions.”