The cold air that moved in after Thanksgiving timed out with the long lines and sales to bring on the holiday spirit. It is also the time when the attention shifts to the mountains and the start of the ski and snowboard season. This year, early snowfalls at Snowshoe, WV (First on Oct 6 then early November) had high hopes to drop the ropes and open the slopes by now. Unfortunately the warm spell in the past two weeks delayed that opening, but natural snow did fall and the snow guns were fully operational over the past few days.
Snowmaking was also ramping up at Maryland’s only ski resort, Wisp in Garrett County. They too are not open yet.
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