Sunday River, ME, Opens 3 Hours Before Killington, VT, and Is the First Ski Area Open in the Northeast This Season Sunday River, ME, opened for skiing at 9 am this morning. Although Killington in Vermont opens at noon and was originally scheduled to be the first resort open in New England (and the Northeast), Sunday River made a last-minute announcement that they would open at 9 am. This isn’t the first time that Killington’s midday opening has caused them to just […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | November 17, 2022 0 Comments
Killington Resort, VT, Opens Thursday; First Resort To Open in the Northeast This Year Killington Resort, VT, just announced they would open at noon on Thursday. Although it was beaten by Sugar Mountain, NC, to be the first open in the East, it will be the first resort open in the Northeast. Related: Sugar Mountain, NC, Becomes First East Coast Ski Area to Open This Season Update: Sunday River has announced that they will […] Spencer McLaughlin | November 16, 2022 0 Comments
Sugar Mountain, NC, Becomes First East Coast Ski Area to Open This Season Sugar Mountain surprised everyone today by opening for skiing and riding. A lot of people don’t even realize that there is skiing in North Carolina at all, so it may seem almost impossible for them to have opened before anyone in the Northeast. This isn’t completely out of the ordinary though, as North Carolina also beat out the rest of the […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | November 14, 2022 0 Comments
These Are All The New Chairlifts Being Installed in the Northeast This Year After a slump in lift installations during the pandemic, there are a ton of new projects this year and it can be hard to keep track of them. Here are most of the significant (non-beginner) lift installations and expansions happening on the East Coast this year. Vermont Stowe New lift: Sunrise Express Stowe has seen a surge in popularity in […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | November 7, 2022 2 Comments
These Are All The New Chairlifts Being Installed Out West This Year After a slump in lift installations during the pandemic, there are a ton of new projects this year and it can be hard to keep track of them. Here are most of the significant (non-beginner) lift installations and expansions happening out west this year. Colorado Vail New lifts: Game Creek Express #7, Sun Down Express #17 After nearly 4 decades […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | November 4, 2022 4 Comments
What Exactly Qualifies as a ‘Ski Area’? Often times when I hear people talking about the largest ski areas in North America, debate arises as to what qualifies as “one” ski area. At what point is ski area marketing going too far in this regard? Case 1: Long connector trails Example: Smuggler’s Notch, Vermont In this case, single trails provide the only connections between mountains. Resorts with […] Brains Spencer McLaughlin | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: A Case for Stratton, VT – Criminally Underrated Stratton is awesome. In my opinion it is one of the most underrated ski areas in New England. Some people swear against this place, but they end up overlooking a mountain that can provide many great ski days if you ski it the right way. Stratton is about three and a half hours from the New York metropolitan area. If […] Spencer McLaughlin | October 24, 2022 0 Comments
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