Author: Rick Bolger
More Opening Scheduled, SkiCo Suit Resolved
Leading off with a retraction; reported yesterday that eastern Pennsy’s biggie Blue Mountain would be adding a new intermediate trail this season — they won’t. They’re not sure... Read More
Vote Early, Vote Often! Plus our annual Pennsy Update
I figure today is a good day to update the off-season news from one of our “swing states,” which in the case of Pennsylvania, is actually a swing commonwealth….Biggest news I suppose... Read More
November’s Typical Tricks
On one hand, early snowfall has prompted a handful of openings, but on the other, November is up to her usual tricks of temperature swings and mixed precipitation. The recent World Cup opener on the i... Read More
Wildcat Early Opening Report
This past weekend Wildcat New Hampshire recorded their earliest official opening in the resort’s 60+ year history. As usual Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent, was right in the thick o... Read More
More Openings Tomorrow
Mentioned earlier in the week that Mount Snow VT was ready to crank it up tomorrow, indeed they are…Peak Resorts must be on some kind of early opening kick; they’re also gonna spin at Wild... Read More
10/23/18 — Wild Mountain Takes Midwest Honors
As in, first to open with lift-served skiing and boarding in the midwestern states — that’s small but mighty Wild Mountain in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. Lifts spun at Wild on Sunday, and as... Read More
10/22/18 – Sam’s Sunday Sunday River Report
We were fortunate to have our New England correspondent, skier extraordinaire Sam Shirley hit the slopes at the Riv this weekend. He’s a busy guy; in addition to studies at U Maine/Farmington,... Read More
10/18/18 Tomorrow is Game On, East and West!
Killington made it official this morning, the Beast of the East will drop the ropes on the North Ridge section (that’s the old Glades, for us oldtimers) with up-and-down loading on the K1 gondy ... Read More