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After a Rocky Start, Snow Conditions are Improving But Only One Multi-Resort Pass is Sill Available for Purchase
Mother Nature is being fickle this year with her allocation of snow. Western resorts are doing well for the most part. New England and the Mid-Atlantic continue to bounce back…
Perfect Storm: Warm Temps, Blizzard, Covid, Staffing Shortages – Happy New Year!
It’s “The Perfect Storm”. Spring-like temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic have prevented resorts from making snow even at night putting the kabash on holiday revenue, New England is on-again, off-again, Lake…
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The Start of the 2021-22 Ski Season Resembles a Dickens Novel
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. That opening line from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities might just sum up the start of the…
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From Drought to a Snow Dump in Just a Couple of Weeks – But Where!?
December started out looking quite bleak for ski resorts. On December 7, the The Snow Industry Letter trade newsletter was citing the lack of snow in various parts of the…
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XC Skiing Offers Affordable Winter Outdoor Recreation Without Long Lift Lines
This article was originally written by Roger Lohr, co-founder and editor-in-chief of XCSkiResorts.com. It has been edited to better fit this format and type of content. Cross country (XC) skiing…
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A Blizzard in Hawaii? Can the Rest of Snow Country be Far Behind?
Isn’t it interesting that Hawaii just got hit with a blizzard while Utah and Colorado are still courting the snow Gods who are starting to hear their pleas. The forecast…
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Will the Snow Sports Industry Ever Really Be “Inclusive”?
Since 1978, I have been involved in various capacities with the snow sports industry. My observation is that the industry always has struggled to create a more “inclusive” community in…
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Will $200-Plus Day Tickets Scare Away Potential Skiers and Snowboarders?
The 2020-21 U.S. ski/snowboard season turned out to be the fifth best with 59 million skier visits according to the industry trade group National Ski Areas Association (NSAA). It was…
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Baltimore Ski Club Organizes Non-Ski Trips to Broaden its Scope: Croatia (Oct/2021)
What do ski/snowboard clubs do when hitting the slopes is unlikely? Well, they travel to “parts unknown”. Recently, I joined a group of Baltimore Ski Club (BSC) members on a…
Baltimore Ski Club Organizes Non-Ski Trips to Broaden its Scope: Croatia (Oct/2021)Read More
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