Smaller, non-corporate resorts generally can’t afford the luxury of early season snowmaking, as it tends to vanish with the warm days that pop up in late November and early December. This season...Read More
Took a year off due to the plague, what the hell. A new plague is upon us, see photo above…Vail Resorts is awash in bad blood, having screwed a number of passholders out of their pass purchases ...Read More
We’re back on it folks — gearing up for another season and plenty of news to go around…First up, indeed Peak Resorts has ceased to exist following the buyout by Vail Resorts Inc., pr...Read More
We’ll kick it off with FIS World Cup news…No real surprises this past weekend in Levi Finland, where reigning overall champions Marcel Hirscher and Mikaela Shiffrin added another reindeer...Read More
Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent, was kind enough to check in this weekend after a surprisingly winter-ish day at Bolton Valley, VT. If you aren’t familiar with it, Bolton was built in...Read More
Reports of closed resorts and closed lifts all over the east coast this past weekend, subzero temps and high winds had Wildcat NH shut down. Brave souls looking to make turns were sent down the hill t...Read More
Shout out to Matthew Micharlsen from the New England ski scene; he’s a fan of this website and squeezes in about 30 days per season using the Max pass…moving across the country, word just ...Read More
Neglected to report that both Bittersweet Resort and Boyne in Michigan opened this weekend, I believe that’s Bittersweet’s earliest opening ever. Boyne was just a one-off, they shut down a...Read More
17 April 2017 — Photo above from this past weekend, courtesy Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent…that’s Waterville Valley NH taken Saturday, Sam sez it was about as perfect as...Read More
16 February 2017 — So much snow falling around the country I can’t even wrap my head around it…snow stacking up and ready to fall any moment at throwbacks like Anthony Lakes up in Or...Read More