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SKI, Snow, Resorts News, Mar 27, 2012


Weather forces ski resorts to make an early exit
Rutland Herald
By Bruce Edwards Already facing a challenging season from a lack of snow, Vermont's ski resorts were hit with a double whammy last week with weather more like July than mid-March. It left Vermont with only four of 18 resorts still open: Killington, ...
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Warm spells affecting Eastern ski areas
ESPN
Just three weeks ago northern New England was reveling in the biggest storm of the year with some resorts receiving upwards of 50 inches of snow. But now, East Coast ski areas are recovering from a record-breaking warm spell that resulted in several ...
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New England Ski Resorts Fire Up The Snow Guns
Transworld Business
By Jamie Magyar Loon Mountain, Sugarloaf and Sunday River ski resorts fired up the snow guns this morning in hopes of sustaining decent conditions into April. Despite high temperatures that have caused several Eastern ski resortsto close for the ...
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Snow report: Several Tahoe ski resorts get 6 inches; 2-3 feet expected this week
Examiner.com
More than a foot of fresh snow was reported today (March 26) by several Lake Tahoe ski resorts. And the good news is, there could be much more on the way for improved skiing and snowboarding conditions. There is a chance of a foot of snow dropping on ...
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Three East Coast Resorts Remain Open Despite Heat
Ski Channel
While most ski resorts in the East are shutting down after last week's heat wave, Sunday River, Sugarloaf, and Loon Mountain are cranking out snow and watching the skiers and snowboarders roll in. They are determined to making the season last into ...
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Maine resorts launch late-season snow-making effort
Lewiston Sun Journal
By Scott Thistle, Regional Editor As temperatures dipped Monday, two ski resorts in Maine fired up their snow-making systems.Snow guns were in operation at Sunday River in Newry on Monday morning. As temperatures dipped Monday, two ski resorts in ...
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Lewiston Sun Journal
Heavenly, Kirkwood extend their seasons
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
After a long, dry winter waiting for snow, the Sierra finally received enough of the white stuff in March to cover all the boulders and cabbage. Just in time … for the end of the season. Usually, resorts turn off the lifts and put the snowcats in ...
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Lake Louise Cranks up Spring Skiing And Events Until May 6
OnTheSnow.com
Alberta's Lake Louise has seen record snowfall this March. Thesnow, combined with spring events, will keep things hopping for skiers and snowboarders at Lake Louise until closing day in early May. The resort runs full on until May 6, 2012. Skiing ...
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OnTheSnow.com
Skiing Spring Powder In The Canadian Rockies
Huffington Post
Except for the swish swish of our skis, it is silent and it would be peaceful except I'm thinking about the Lake Louise Ski Area with 4200 skiable acres on four mountainsides. How will I be able to keep up with Becky and Sarah?
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Heavenly, Kirkwood ski resorts in Lake Tahoe extend the ski, snowboard season
Examiner.com
Thanks in part to an abundance of snow that has arrived in March, both Heavenly and Kirkwood ski resorts in Lake Tahoe have announced that they will extend the season for skiing and snowboarding. Both Heavenly and Kirkwood are owned by Vail Resorts.
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North Lake Tahoe Recreation Update
YubaNet (press release)
March 26, 2012 - Another storm will roll into North Lake Tahoe this week and meteorologists are predicting up to 3 feet of new snow by this weekend.Resorts and Towns' Update: Ski Magazine recently ranked the Reno-Tahoe International Airport (a ...
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Ski Bums at Soup Kitchens: Warm Winter, Hard Times in Mountain Towns
TIME
In ski towns where the local economy is heavily dependent onsnow, however, the winter of 2011-2012 has been a disaster, and unemployed and underemployed resort workers have grown increasingly desperate. In most years, trails and chairlifts at the big...
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TIME
Eastern Ski Season Melts Away
First Tracks
Online Media Lake Placid, NY - Premature spring warmth has all but wiped out the ski and snowboard season in the eastern US and Canada. In the eastern US, only nine resorts remain in operation today, including four in Vermont, two in New Hampshire and ...
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First Tracks
Jackson Hole Wraps up Season April 8, Prepares For Casper Lift Upgrade
OnTheSnow.com
Wyoming's Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is wrapping up itsski and snowboard season, but the resort has plans to lure more intermediate skiers and riders to the slopes. A lift reconstruction project this summer is intended to enhance lift riding and ...
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OnTheSnow.com
Still time for Spring skiing at Salt Lake City, UT ski resorts.
Examiner.com
The Spring Break crowds have gone, but great Spring skiing in Utah is far from over. Salt Lake City and Park City ski resorts are reporting individual snowbases of sixty to ninety inches still on the slopes. And today's spring storm has undoubtedly ...
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Sneak peek at 2012-13 ski gear
OnTheSnow.com
The rockers beneath the twin tips provide optimum lift in softsnow, while the ski's camber beneath the binding makes for a precise edge-grip on hard-packed surfaces. An optimally quiet ride is provided by the lightweight Backbone technology in the ...
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OnTheSnow.com
The End of the Snow Sports Season is Near ... Call Ahead Before Going Anywhere
Patch.com
Parts of the message were made from the famous Mad River Glen bumper sticker that dares anyone to "Ski it if you can." The bottom line? Heed the prophet's warning and call ahead to any resort if you are even thinking about getting in some late season ...
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Take a trip to Red Mountain
Mercer Island Reporter
Red Mountain Resort features world-class terrain with 2919 vertical feet of incredible tree skiing, wide-open glades of champagne powder, corduroy groomers, terrain park, easy-to-access backcountry, and even a snow cat operation that runs right there ...
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Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge Celebrates 75 Years
OnTheSnow.com
Its lodge has turned 75 years old, and the ski area is planning a week of events to commemorate the anniversary. Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark, was launched as a project for the Works Progress Administration in 1936.
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OnTheSnow.com
Resort reports record snowfall
CTV.ca
Ski resorts in the Rockies are overjoyed by all the spring snowand some say they have already reached record snowfall levels. Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort has recorded over 909 centimeters or 30 feet of snow since the beginning of its ...
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CTV.ca
'We're married to this mountain. It's the only place we ski'
KVAL
There will be special events throughout the week including nightskiing on Thursday and Friday and an 80s themed day on Saturday. Although last week's storm didn't bring much new snowto the resort, that didn't stop people from hitting the slopes ...
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KVAL
Tahoe ski resorts extend closing dates
Sierra Sun
Squaw and Alpine's 2012-13 season passes will offer free skiing and riding at both resorts starting April 1 through the close of the season. Passes are slated to go on sale on March 27. Heavenly and Kirkwood also announced that they plan to extend ...
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Winter Park's US Alpine Championships a chance to show off snow talent
Denver Post
By John Meyer The US Ski Team's alpine contingent concludes one of its most successful seasons this week with the intramural US Alpine Championships at Winter Park. World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn will race giant slalom Saturday and Ted Ligety, ...
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Winter making early exit in Aspen
Aspen Times
Twenty percent of Colorado's annual snowpack typically accumulates in March, according to Mage Skordahl, assistant snow survey supervisor for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Denver. The state typically hits its snowpack peak in early to ...
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A great season on snow for Alaskans
Anchorage Daily News
Tom Kelly of the US Skiing and Snowboarding Association said she's having the same Pied Piper effect that Koch did more than 30 years ago. "He attracted throngs of new participants," Kelly said. "Kikkan is doing the same thing -- and embracing it.
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Colorado Mountain College's ski area operations program puts on Rail Jam to ...
Denver Post
College students designed and built the course and sought sponsors as part of a ski area operations class. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) LEADVILLE — Students in Colorado Mountain College's snowmaking class made the snow. The heavy equipment class ...
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Wall of fame honours 50 years of skiing
The Free Press
Heiko Socher and his wife Linda devoted themselves to running the FernieSnow Valley ski school and then the resort from 1973 to 1997. Since his retirement from the ski company, Heiko has used his vision to build legendary trails and landmark buildings ...
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Warm weather has snowpack at half of last year's depth
Aspen Daily News
The SkiCo also shut down the Campground chairlift at the Snowmass Ski Areaand closed the terrain it serves. “Slalom Hill is pretty rough top to bottom,” said Rich Burkley, SkiCo's vice president of mountain operations. The snow base on Ajax at ...
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California resorts extend season
PlanetSKI.eu
Kirkwood will keep the same weekend-only schedule as long assnow conditions will support skiing and snowboarding. Theresorts say they are helping those people who bought season lift passes but got little use out of them in the first half of the ...
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PlanetSKI.eu
Heavenly, Kirkwood Resorts to Extend Season
KTVN
The winter storms we got earlier this month brought some significant snowfallto the Sierra -- which means skiers and snowboarders can enjoy two localresorts even longer. Both Heavenly and Kirkwood have announced they'll extend their seasons thanks to ...
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New England Ski Resorts Fire Up The Snow Guns - Transworld ...
By Jamie Magyar
Despite high temperatures that have caused several Eastern ski resorts to close for the season, Sunday River, Sugarloaf and Loon Mountain resorts fired up their snow guns this morning, as temperatures dipped into the 20s, in hopes of ...
Transworld Business » | Transworld...
Little snow has been rough on Beaver County ski resort | Deseret ...
Eagle Point Ski Resort in Beaver County opened last year. It was a greatsnow year, and it did well. This year, the resort is really struggling because of the lack of ...
www.deseretnews.com/.../Little-snow-has-been-rough-on-Bea...
British Columbia Ski Resorts Score Abundant Snowfall - OnTheSnow
British Columbia ski resorts have been amassing snowfall and offer spring deals. - OnTheSnow.
www.onthesnow.com/news/a/106599
Slippery Slopes: Hot Weather Bodes Ill for Resorts
A year after ski resorts reported a record 60.5 million visits, the season opened last year with early snow and high expectations. But optimism was short-lived as ... If so, please click here to contact the editors of ABC News. Welcome to ...
abcnews.go.com/.../slippery-slopes-hot-weather-bodes-ill-resor...
Snow King ski area OK for historic list
JACKSON — The cable used for the first rope tow on Snow King was purchased from an oil drilling company in Casper and ran through a narrow cut in the forest ...
billingsgazette.com/.../article_c016320a-a5ec-5b31-bc0a-b76f...
South Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts Await Weekend Snowfall - KTVN ...
KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - South Lake Tahoe SkiResorts Await Weekend Snowfall. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In ...
www.ktvn.com/.../south-lake-tahoe-ski-resorts-await-weekend-...
More than 3 feet of snow gives Sierra ski resorts a lift - News ...
TRUCKEE, Calif. -- Skiers and snowboarders in the Sierra woke up on Saturday to fresh snow after a powerful storm in the region.
www.lvrj.com/.../more-than-3-feet-of-snow-gives-sierra-ski-re...
Resorts making snow to extend season - The Ski Guru Blog
That's one way to describe the current state of New England ski resorts, many... That's good news if you're looking to eke out another day or two on the slopes.
www.boston.com/travel/explorene/.../resorts_making.html
Record-Breaking Snowfall for Alyeska Resort | News - The Ski ...
The winter of 2011/12 left most resorts with record low snowfall; however oneresort received record-breaking amounts. The Alyeska Resort, part of the Chugach ...
www.theskichannel.com/.../record-breaking-snowfall-for-alyes...
More Tahoe Ski Resort Snow Pics | Slope Dope | an SFGate.com blog
Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index · News ». Today ... Here are some more fluffy snow pics from the ski resorts. We'll keep posting ...
blog.sfgate.com/ski/2012/03/.../more-tahoe-ski-resort-snow-pi...
Less Snow Bringing Fewer Skiers To Colo. Resorts
Less Snow Bringing Fewer Skiers To Colo. Resorts. Visitation to a number of Colorado ski resorts has been down this ear thanks to less snow in the mountains.
www.kktv.com/.../Less_Snow_Bringing_Fewer_Skiers_To_Co...
Are All East Coast Ski Resorts Closed Early for 2012? - Skiing ...
Across America, there are news headlines screaming about the early closure of ski ... On March 23, the TravelWisconsin.com skiing map showed that thesnow ...
sports.yahoo.com/ski/news?slug=ycn-11148618
Eastern ski areas closing due to warm temperatures - ESPN
Several ski resorts are now blowing snow -- which is very unusual for March -- to salvage and ... Keep it here for the latest news in snowboarding andskiing.
espn.go.com/.../eastern-ski-areas-closing-due-warm-temperatu...
Wintergreen Ski Resort closes early due to lack of snow - WTKR
Wintergreen Ski Resort has closed early due to a lack of snow. The managers shut the slopes down on Sunday.
www.wtkr.com/.../wtkr-wintergreen-ski-resort-closes-early-du...
2012/13 Rocky Mountain super passes unveiled - Ski and Snow ...
FREE Weekly Newsletter: Subscribe ... Ski and Snow News ... Located just 67 miles from Denver, Winter Park Resort has been Colorado's Favorite®resort for ...
www.etravelblackboard.us/.../201213-rocky-mountain-super-...
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