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National Geographic recently put out their list of the World’s 25 Best Ski Towns. Two New England ski destinations are on that list: North Conway, New Hampshire with seven different downhill areas and six Nordic ski centers within an easy drive of town and plenty of after ski fun. Stowe, Vermont – Luxury lodging, . . . → Read More: Two of the Best Ski Towns in the World are in New England The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism has teamed up with ski resorts throughout the Commonwealth to create a great way for you to save money on lift tickets, lessons, or receive other deals. All you have to do is text a keyword to 74642 to receive a text on your phone that entitles . . . → Read More: Text Your Way to a Massachusetts Ski Deal The good news is that the last storm was mostly snow up north and almost every ski area in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont is reporting the pickup of new natural snow. With this influx of snow the conditions have improved markedly. While there still are a lot of closed trails, those that are . . . → Read More: Substantial Improvement in Northern New England Skiing Today Mother Nature is smacking us with another weather event. In Southern New England (CT & RI) it is raining. In Massachusetts it started as rain/snow and changed to a wintry mix and then all rain. Northern New England got some accumulating snow in the morning, but true to Mother Nature’s uncooperative nature, that . . . → Read More: Mother Nature Only Partly Cooperating for Skiers The winter with no snow continues to present challenges for skiers and ski areas. I guess calling it a winter with no snow is a bit harsh as some areas of northern New England have seen some of the natural stuff. But snowfall totals are way below normal going into the second week of . . . → Read More: Winter 2011/2012 a Continuing Challenge for New England Skiers Cranmore Mountain Resort has a bunch of fun activities planned for the new year. Events happening in January include: January 6: Ticket roll-back day where the price of a lift ticket is only $9. January 7: Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge Cranapalooza – Cranapalooza is a festival of music, entertainment and games Darkside – Night . . . → Read More: Cranmore Kicking of the New Year in Style While eastern and southern New England are still getting rain, the Berkshires and northern New England are finally starting to see some snow. This Friday check-in on New England skiing finds most ski areas open but still operating at a small fraction of their capacity. Open trail counts are going up slowly as they . . . → Read More: New England Ski Conditions Improving  Leave a comment  Connecticut, CT Outdoor Activities, CT Skiing, MA Outdoor Activities, MA Skiing, Maine, Massachusetts, ME Outdoor Activities, ME Skiing, New Hampshire, NH Outdoor Activities, NH Skiing, Rhode Island, RI Outdoor Activities, RI Skiing, Vermont, VT Outdoor Activities, VT Skiing  Ski Resort All right, technically it is not winter. It does not really arrive for another 5 days. And Mother Nature is being very literal about it. The words for this week were warm and rain. I checked yesterday and it was warm and raining all the way up to Bar Harbor, ME, Burlington, VT, and . . . → Read More: Winter 2011/2012 Continues to Be a Challenge Leave a comment Connecticut, CT Outdoor Activities, CT Skiing, MA Outdoor Activities, MA Skiing, Maine, Massachusetts, ME Outdoor Activities, ME Skiing, New Hampshire, NH Outdoor Activities, NH Skiing, Rhode Island, RI Outdoor Activities, RI Skiing, Vermont, VT Outdoor Activities, VT Skiing Ski Resort Unseasonably warm temperatures and a lot of rain have not been helping out the New England Ski industry. For Southern New England (CT, MA, & RI) Mother Nature has pitched almost a complete shutout with only 1 ski area, Woodbury in CT, reporting 2 trails open. Natural snow finally made an appearance in the . . . → Read More: Slow Start to 2011/2012 New England Ski Season Leave a comment Connecticut, CT Outdoor Activities, CT Skiing, MA Outdoor Activities, MA Skiing, Maine, Massachusetts, ME Outdoor Activities, ME Skiing, New Hampshire, NH Outdoor Activities, NH Skiing, Rhode Island, RI Outdoor Activities, RI Skiing, Vermont, VT Outdoor Activities, VT Skiing Ski Resort For the upcoming first weekend of December here are the ski areas that are open and the ones planning on opening: In Connecticut: Open: Woodbury Ski Area In Maine: Open: Sugarloaf Sunday River In Massachusetts: Plan to open 12/1/2011: Ski Ward Plan to open 12/2/2011: Berkshire East Blandford Plan to open 12/3/2011: Bousquet Jiminy . . . → Read More: New England Skiing Starting to Gear Up |
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