Early snow will save our season

Last year the entire world was suffering from one of the warmest winters in memory. Global warming had apparentely arrived and the evidence could be seen at glaciers and ski resorts around the world.

World Cup races were being cancelled due to a lack of snow and athletes trained on roller blades in the rain… well accept for our Canadian athletes who benefited from skiing on our own Farnham glacier

It seemed like every mountain or resort not named Whistler was suffering from a brutal season.

This season thankfully started off with lots of snow and enough consecutive cold days for Eastern resorts to make millions of gallons of snow to compliment what mother nature sent to us.  As a result many resorts opened in late November and had substantial terrain open by the first week of December – including Blue Mountain in Ontario which bounced back from a brutal holiday season last year. As a result, you can expect planned resort upgrades to the Orchards to begin this summer.  

Thanks to the early season snow and snow making, Eastern resorts are well prepared for the January thaw that hit us last weekend. If you are planning a trip to your local hill or mountain this weekend, you can still expect great coverage and nearly all the terrain to be open.

The longer term forecast is calling for colder weather to roll in starting Friday of this week and continuing into next week.

Our season has been saved by the early snow and cold whether. wOOt!