The Southeast’s Ski Season Comes To A Close On Easter Sunday
It’s the last day of the season, and it looks like Mother Nature decided to push off the rain for all of us trying to get some last minute turns…
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Meltdown Games Continue At App Ski; Closing Day For Beech And Bryce
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. In the spirit of the Irish holiday, spend your morning watching this Teton Gravity Research video featuring music from The Dropkick Murphys. And wake up, SkiSoutheasters.…
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Meltdown Games Are On; Lees-McRae Champions Yet Again
The season ain’t dead yet! Yesterday, I just wrapped up my third day in a row on the hill. Since my FirsTrax duties have eased up Monday through Friday, I’ve…
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Fresh Snow At Snowshoe, Beech, And Sugar; A National Championship For Lees-McRae
The snow gods giveth, and the snow gods taketh away. We’ve got fresh snow at Beech, Sugar, Canaan Valley Resort, Timberline, and Snowshoe this morning. But we also have the…
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Closing Weekend At Wisp; Beech Mountain Banked Slalom Canceled Due To Rain
There’s a large part of me that wishes I wasn’t sitting at my desk writing today’s FirsTrax for you today. That’s because I – and dozens of others – were…
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Closing Day At Ski Sapphire And The Omni Homestead Today
Closing time. You don’t have to go home but you can’t ski here. It’s closing day at Ski Sapphire and The Omni Homestead today. If you’re debating whether or not…
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Spring Skiing Is In Session; Park Rat Classic And Richard T. Trundy Memorial Sugar Cup Go Off Today
The writing is on the wall, meteorogically. It’s all about survival right now. That’s what chief meteorologist Brad Panovich said in his forecast this morning. “Don’t let the warm weather…
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Frigid Temperatures This Morning; An Accidental Private Mountain Experience
Winter has come back and it is demanding its presence be known. It’s a cold one out there. Thanks to Appalachian Ski Mountain’s Luke Berger for the photo of the…
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Canaan Valley, Timberline, And Winterplace Suspend Operations Today; Indy Pass Prices Remain The Same For Next Year
The wrong kind of storm is coming. There are thunderstorms forecasted throughout the southeast today, and several ski areas will suspend operations in an attempt to preserve the snow and…
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Winterplace Suspends Operations For Wednesday; A Big Air Contest In Saudi Arabia
If you had plans to hit Winterplace tomorrow, you may need to reconsider. The resort will suspend operations for February 28 due to the rain that’s in the forecast. The…
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Spring-Like Monday Skiing; App Ski’s Heroes on the Mountain Event Coming Soon
My plan was to be at Winterplace sometime between yesterday and Tuesday, to enjoy the ski area’s 28 open trails and inch of fresh snow before its meltdown weekend takes…
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