By Judy Colbert judy@judycolbert.com
November 3, 2011 | 9:30 a.m.
Although you’ve barely put away your bathing suits, the folks at nearby ski and winter resorts have been preparing, almost since the last snow season ended, toward this winter.
No, we don’t have 15,000-foot mountains that climb above the tree line, but we do have plenty of options within a few hours drive. Snowmaking starts as soon as two consecutive nights are cold enough to let the frozen mixture stick and accumulate. Tentatively, the slopes are scheduled to open between the day after Thanksgiving and the middle of December, and will stay open until the middle or end of March. They run out of skiers long before they run out of snow, which means plenty of room and no lines for spring skiers.
For now, if you want to interact with the snow with a minimum of time and travel, here are a few suggestions and a short update on some of the “what’s new” information.
At Deep Creek Lake, you can enjoy cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, tubing, ice skating (on an outdoor 50-foot-by-85-foot oval rink), and a mountain coaster at the Wisp Resort. Wisp has the state’s only vertical slope (700 feet) to go along with those other activities and a zip line that runs during the winter. Within the Deep Creek area, you can also go snowmobiling, enjoy a sleigh ride or go dog sledding.
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