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Killington Tests Positive, Shout out to Andes Tower Hills!

Killington Tests Positive, Shout out to Andes Tower Hills!

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Rick Bolger
Fifty years ago when snowmaking really took off in the northeast, there was a constant marketing battle between Hunter Mountain NY, Mount Snow VT, and Killington VT. The ad campaigns centered around w... Read More
Smith Sells Sugarbush to Alterra

Smith Sells Sugarbush to Alterra

November 13, 2019November 15, 2019 Rick Bolger
Amidst a flurry of openings in the northeast, Win Smith stole the headline with the announced sale of Sugarbush Resort in Warren VT to Alterra Mountain Company, which operates some 14 other resorts in... Read More
Midwest Gears Up

Midwest Gears Up

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Rick Bolger
Big chill has arrived in the upper midwest; the roar of fan guns was heard across the region…photo above taken this morning at Caberfae Peaks MI shows that Mother Nature is in on the fun. Caberf... Read More
Welcome 2019-20!

Welcome 2019-20!

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 Rick Bolger
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
Baby It's Cold Outside

Baby It’s Cold Outside

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Rick Bolger
Closings coming fast and furious as the arctic temps set in across the heartland. Northeast, however, conditions are prompting the weekend-only resorts to spin lifts today and tomorrow. Among those op... Read More
Conditions & Kitzbuhel

Conditions & Kitzbuhel

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 Rick Bolger
Schedule in Kitzbuhel is all kinds of turned around due to an up-and-down weather forecast; the main event downhill was moved to today. Italy’s Dominik Paris won this morning; that’s ̶... Read More
Boreal Takes Cali Honors, Lake Louise Gets Another Look

Boreal Takes Cali Honors, Lake Louise Gets Another Look

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Rick Bolger
We salute and thank our veterans today….so Boreal kicked the season off in California on Friday as expected. Photo above taken live this morning; Boreal gets this weird see-saw winter weather wi... Read More
Mountain Creek Sale, Snowmaking Full Tilt Boogie

Mountain Creek Sale, Snowmaking Full Tilt Boogie

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Rick Bolger
News from the ski mecca of New Jersey is that Snow Operating has reached an agreement with the Koffman family to take a controlling interest in Mountain Creek Resort. Snow Operating is a group headed ... Read More
4/11/18 And the season rolls on...

4/11/18 And the season rolls on…

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Rick Bolger
Greetings from Saturday’s mogul skiing event at Killington, VT…news of the hour has to be the season that goes on and on, glad to see it, unfortunately springtime activities are ramping up... Read More
11/6/17 Expanded terrain & more guns coming on

11/6/17 Expanded terrain & more guns coming on

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Rick Bolger
Arapahoe Basin getting a few inches of snow here and there, now open to the summit with the Lenawee Face/Dercum’s Gulch route open…over the hill at Loveland they’ve added Lift 2 whic... Read More
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