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News Round Up -- Openings Galore, Timberline to Reopen, Tribute to Snowboard Pioneer

News Round Up — Openings Galore, Timberline to Reopen, Tribute to Snowboard Pioneer

November 26, 2019 Rick Bolger
Cold temps and early season snowstorms have led to a plethora of early openings east, west, north and south…Utah faves and neighbors Alta and Snowbird have announced they’ll be opening on ... Read More
Game On!  Welcome to the 2019-20 Season

Game On! Welcome to the 2019-20 Season

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Rick Bolger
Summit County Colorado was in quite a tizzy this weekend as Keystone announced Friday afternoon that they’d be open for skiing Saturday. Word made its way up the hill to our friends at Arapahoe ... Read More
Season Speeds Along

Season Speeds Along

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Rick Bolger
Recent FIS World Cup women’s downhill globe winner Nicole Schmidhofer recently participated in the FIS Speed Skiing World Championships in Vars (FRA) and posted a top speed of 217.590 kph, good ... Read More
Wintry Mix

Wintry Mix

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 Rick Bolger
I know, I know, we all despise that forecast. But it is March, and like it or not you’re in for it. Mystery photo above certainly shows how good things are in some spots — see if you can g... Read More
It's Wednesday, and the Season Marches On...

It’s Wednesday, and the Season Marches On…

March 6, 2019 Rick Bolger
Except at Mountain High in the Angeles National Forest; they’re taking the day off due to a late season snowstorm — check out the photo above. Southern Californians tend to be rather parti... Read More
Snow of Donner Party Proportions

Snow of Donner Party Proportions

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Rick Bolger
So it was the 26′ snow depths near present day Truckee CA that tied up the settlers in 1846 and led to the incidents forever naming Donner Pass. Well we aren’t quite to that depth yet, but... Read More
Lemmons and No Lemons

Lemmons and No Lemons

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Rick Bolger
First up the Lemmon, as in Mt. Lemmon Arizona, our photo above. Here’s a report from Gustave Sexauer, who surprisingly rates it among his favorites in the smaller/throwback ski area category: We... Read More
Highs, Lows, Deep Snow, and Retirements

Highs, Lows, Deep Snow, and Retirements

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Rick Bolger
Starting with high, as in Mountain High in Southern California; they’ve got a good pile of snow on the ground but still need a lot more to get the East Base cranking. Quite a bit expected this w... Read More
Winter Reboots & New York State of Mind

Winter Reboots & New York State of Mind

January 14, 2019 Rick Bolger
The season needed a serious reboot after early January’s rains and soaring temps, and last week/weekend, Mother Nature delivered. Nowhere more apparent than California — we’ve heard ... Read More
Western Wednesday

Western Wednesday

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Rick Bolger
Let’s take a romp around the Western States for some news and noteworthy stuff…great news in the Cascades, snow and ice and freezing muck has made the roadway a mess, but The Summit at Sno... Read More
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