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Category: Travels with Woody

12/18/17 Whaleback!  Weekend!  Woody!

12/18/17 Whaleback! Weekend! Woody!

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Rick Bolger
Plenty to talk about after a busy weekend of openings in the east, some familiar names on the World Cup tour, and a troublesome lack of snow in parts of Colorado. But first we get a terrific report fr... Read More
2/8/17 -- Wednesday with Woody & World Championships!

2/8/17 — Wednesday with Woody & World Championships!

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Rick Bolger
8 February 2017 — Back in action after a week in Colorado, doing…research.  Yeah, research, that’s the ticket…plenty of goings-on in ski country, FIS World Cup Championships a... Read More
1/23/17 -- Blizzards, closings, lift evacs, & Woody hunkers down for the monsoon

1/23/17 — Blizzards, closings, lift evacs, & Woody hunkers down for the monsoon

January 23, 2017January 27, 2017 Rick Bolger
23 January 2017 — Let’s kick it off with the most important headlines, first we look to Kitzbuehel where Italian Dominik Paris won his second Hahnenkamm. In other words, “El italiano... Read More
News Roundup 1/12/17 -- Travels with Woody, Round 3

News Roundup 1/12/17 — Travels with Woody, Round 3

January 12, 2017January 27, 2017 Rick Bolger
12 January 2017 — The weather-related openings and closings continue from coast to coast; Arapahoe Basin did manage to reopen yesterday; COO Alan Henceroth said on his blog “About 100 cars... Read More
News Roundup 1/3/17 -- Travels with Woody, Round 2

News Roundup 1/3/17 — Travels with Woody, Round 2

January 3, 2017January 27, 2017 Rick Bolger
3 January 2017 — Pleased to provide this update from Woody Bousquet, our favorite scribe from the Banana Belt: Early in Christmas Week, Killington reported that this year’s snow total of 6... Read More
News Roundup 12/19/16 -- Just Like a Yo Yo

News Roundup 12/19/16 — Just Like a Yo Yo

December 19, 2016January 27, 2017 Rick Bolger
19 December 2016 — Mountain ops at resorts across the country feeling just like a yo yo today as frigid temps last week rose to balmy highs yesterday, followed by another plunge…operators ... Read More

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