Photo above, schist is the silvery/grey stuff they had to dig out at Magic Mountain VT in order to pour tower footings for their new quad summit chair. Magic has a few more footings to go, as well as ...Read More
Dropping temps and cooperative humidity levels enabled snowmakers to light ’em up on both sides of the Continental Divide this morning; that’s a distant view of Loveland’s efforts ab...Read More
Q. When does a lot of snow become too much snow in ski country? A. When it forces road and resort closure for avvy danger! That’s the story this morning in Summit County Colorado; I-70 closed be...Read More
Happy President’s week, school vacation week, etc…couple of signs that popular resort methodology may have a few cracks in the armor…first up, Peak Resorts‘ big NY property Hun...Read More
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
Quick report today, photo above this morning from Boreal in the Tahoe region shows that some resorts are getting pretty serious with their pre-season snowmaking tests. Boreal is often one of the ear...Read More
When we shut down this blog in June, left off with the heartbreaking story of Bode and Morgan Miller losing their young daughter Emmy in a tragic swimming pool accident….so we’ll kick the ...Read More
Vonn wins again, Triple Peaks casts its lot with Vail Resorts, lifts, bankruptcy, east coast skiers say better late than never…so much to talk about, let’s get right to it…biggest ...Read More
First up, looks like something really is happening at presently shuttered Tenney Mountain Ski Resort in Central New Hampshire. An angel investor type stepped in and bought the place a few years ago am...Read More
Shout out to Loveland in Colorado, they’ve got Chair 9 open, that’s the lift that goes up to the Continental Divide and really puts them into the “big” category. They also dese...Read More