On the Cusp of the Season

Do you feel that, smell that? For the first time in a while, ski weather yesterday. There was a noticeable chill in Boston. It smelled like snow, damp and cold. At noon the shadows were long form the angle of the winter’s sun.

There is reason to be excited. Our first significant snow event is overdue. With a cold snap gripping the region over weekend many resorts are on a mission to provide terrain for Thanksgiving. The snow making systems are throttled. The higher elevations also picked up and inch or two of snow Monday and every bit helps.

When is your favorite mountain going to get the lifts spinning? Take five minutes and check out one of the new looks on the site this season, the improved Snow Country pages: LINK (this is a great resource for you all season long)
In the News: Sugarloaf/USA, ME opened for skiing and snowboarding Monday. Their local celebrity and Olympic Gold Medallist, Seth Wescott, was granted the privilege of making the first “official” run.
Lift tickets are currently $29 (that is a deal probably soon to change) and the resort has 2 miles of skiing covering almost 2,000 vertical feet on the Tote Road trail (terrain to expand with ticket prices).
Wescott enjoying the moment ~ pic provided by Sugarloaf/USA, ME

Off Piste: I was thumbing through the latest issue of Skiing Magazine. In the Trends, Tech and Style section they have been plugging reader submitted Jargon. The word in the December issue…
Pullet n.: Hairstyle consisting of a mullet pulled back into a ponytail. Favored by Harley-riding, East Coast ski bums.
EXTRA: Click the Skiing Magazine link above, they have a “Best of James Bond on Snow” section up.
People, WE ARE DUE for a big snow season! It is going to be a skier’s winter.
Be ready!
S.G.