Danbury, NH – Southern New Hampshire’s Ragged Mountain Resort recently announced over $1 million in resort improvements for the upcoming winter season.  With major upgrades to the water delivery system, Ragged will be able to make much more snow faster and plans to open both Spear Mountain and Ragged Mountain before the all-important Christmas vacation … Continue reading Ragged Mountain Upgrades Snowmaking →

Taylors Falls, MN – The near-term weather forecast looks bleak with rising temperatures and humidity levels, but that didn’t stop Wild Mountain from blowing enough white stuff onto the ground to open for skiers and riders..in a sense, at least…on Saturday. [caption id=”attachment_18487″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Wild Mountain, in Taylors Falls, Minn., allowed skiers and riders … Continue reading Ski Season Starts in the Midwest at Wild Mountain →

Donner Summit, CA – Getting the jump on its competition, Boreal Ski Resort on Donner Summit in California will launch its ski and snowboard season at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Boreal looks ready to go on Friday afternoon. (photo: Boreal Mountain Resort)

Although Connecticut's Woodbury Ski Area has announced plans to open on Saturday there was no sign of a snowmaking effort as of late Friday afternoon. (photo: Woodbury Ski Area)

Newry, ME – An hour after Vermont’s Killington Resort today confirmed a Saturday start to the ski season, Sunday River in western Maine did the same. Sunday River Resort in Newry, near Bethel, will open at the odd hour of 10:01 a.m., a minute after Killington’s start, for the 2011-12 winter season. … Continue Reading … Continue reading Sunday River to Open Tomorrow, Too →

Killington, VT – Vermont’s ski season is open for business. Thanks to this week’s cold snowmaking temperatures augmented by nine inches of natural snowfall, Killington Resort will bring skiers and riders back to the slopes for the kick-off of the 2011-12 winter season this Saturday. The opening will take place nearly nine weeks after

Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – Snowmaking is underway in the Kananaskis Valley west of Calgary, where officials at Nakiska Ski Area say that they’ll open on Saturday as the first Canadian ski resort to do so this season. [caption id=”attachment_18465″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Snowmaking efforts at Nakiska continued yesterday in advance of Saturday's scheduled ski season … Continue reading Nakiska Ski Area to Open Saturday as First in Canada →