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Which ski areas do you think will close 1st due to warm weather and rain,I say Cat will close followed by Ober-Gat and maybe Sapphire Valley,The Cloudmont is probably already closed,what say you?
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I think you are spot on. Don't forget about da Wolf! Really feel for the ski areas.
I'm sure they have endured years like this before, BUT how many consecutive years can they take if this continues?
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Luckily they had some business this week,for the next 10 days are going to really suck!Seems like each Winter gets wimpier,I need to find a voodoo woman that doesn't mind cold weather to cast a spell for a mini ice age!
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I say the only ski area in NC to maybe make through this April like January is App because they are small enough to build a good base!As far as north from here I say only WP,SS and Wisp make it through this ridiculous weather!
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dreamnofpow wrote:I think you are spot on. Don't forget about da Wolf! Really feel for the ski areas.
I'm sure they have endured years like this before, BUT how many consecutive years can they take if this continues?
"But how many consecutive years can they take if this continues?" If this kind of weather gets worse,will there still be ski ares in the south 20 years from now?
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I don't want to sound like a Cassandra, hell, I learned to ski in these mountains and I Patrolled (after I got kicked out for pooching the field at Cat and figured out where the fun really was...).

But...

I worked in Antarctica for 12 years. I talked to real honest to gawd scientist. To put it in terms we all get.

There will be good winters, there will be bad winters, then the long range weather will go for 70 to 80 years to a steady pattern.

So, ski as much as you can where ever you can. As long as you can.
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skipanther wrote:I say the only ski area in NC to maybe make through this April like January is App because they are small enough to build a good base!As far as north from here I say only WP,SS and Wisp make it through this ridiculous weather!
I was at App today and I don't think they will make it to next week.
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theKENDOG wrote:
skipanther wrote:I say the only ski area in NC to maybe make through this April like January is App because they are small enough to build a good base!As far as north from here I say only WP,SS and Wisp make it through this ridiculous weather!
I was at App today and I don't think they will make it to next week.
Kendog, how bad was App? We were thinking about possibly heading up this weekend for a night session.
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theKENDOG wrote:
skipanther wrote:I say the only ski area in NC to maybe make through this April like January is App because they are small enough to build a good base!As far as north from here I say only WP,SS and Wisp make it through this ridiculous weather!
I was at App today and I don't think they will make it to next week.
Kendog, how bad was App? We were thinking about possibly heading up this weekend for a night session.
It wasn't bad at all but had less snow than I thought it would. With another week of warm and rain I doubt it'll be that great this weekend.
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theKENDOG wrote:
skipanther wrote:I say the only ski area in NC to maybe make through this April like January is App because they are small enough to build a good base!As far as north from here I say only WP,SS and Wisp make it through this ridiculous weather!
I was at App today and I don't think they will make it to next week.

That sucks...
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