Jersey Fresh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
On a side note when are the NJ/PA places supposed to open? I think my brother goes to Blue maybe? I dont even remember anymore what we skied in high school.
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Skiing in the Mid-Atlantic (PA, NJ, DC, MD, VA, WV) for 2014-15
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marzNC
Angel Diva
I think the only date posted so far is that Hunter in the NY Catskills plans to open on Nov. 21. I've heard they started up their snow guns today. I'm hoping that happens and they stay open during Thanksgiving week. I'm driving to Lake Placid for Thanksgiving and could stop by on the way north.
I get the sense that Thanksgiving weekend is a target, but it all depends on the weather. Mid-Atlantic ski areas like to start instructor training on weekends in early Dec if at all possible.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Looks like SkiPA redid the website. From the summary of changes made over the summer, quite a few PA ski resorts are really pushing to find new skiers.
https://www.skipa.com/play/what-s-new-on-pa-slopes-2014-15
Seven Springs and Camelback have built features in the teaching area in order to use "terrain based" instruction for beginners, both kids and adults. For an example of what that means, check out the video that Snowshoe posted on their website.
https://www.skipa.com/play/what-s-new-on-pa-slopes-2014-15
Seven Springs and Camelback have built features in the teaching area in order to use "terrain based" instruction for beginners, both kids and adults. For an example of what that means, check out the video that Snowshoe posted on their website.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Yippee! 
As far as I can tell, every mountain in NC, WV, MD, and VA is actively snowmaking today. Wintergreen has a new webcam that shows Eagle Swoop. Not much wind today at Mnut, so the snow guns are making snow piles fast.
SkiPA says Camelback is looking to open Nov. 28. Snowmaking in progress.
@Marigee : any word about Whitetail's Opening Date?
As far as I can tell, every mountain in NC, WV, MD, and VA is actively snowmaking today. Wintergreen has a new webcam that shows Eagle Swoop. Not much wind today at Mnut, so the snow guns are making snow piles fast.
SkiPA says Camelback is looking to open Nov. 28. Snowmaking in progress.
@Marigee : any word about Whitetail's Opening Date?
Marigee
Angel Diva
@Marigee : any word about Whitetail's Opening Date?[/QUOTE]
If the cold weather holds Whitetail might be open the weekend after Thanksgiving, but the weather is supposed to warm up a little Thanksgiving week, so I am thinking somewhere around 12/6 - 12/13.
We have our annual on-the-hill training Sunday, so I will have better info then.
If the cold weather holds Whitetail might be open the weekend after Thanksgiving, but the weather is supposed to warm up a little Thanksgiving week, so I am thinking somewhere around 12/6 - 12/13.
We have our annual on-the-hill training Sunday, so I will have better info then.
artistinsuburbia
Angel Diva
HV and Springs started blowind snow on Wednesday night and last night got a 2" boost from mother nature and are up to an 8" base on some slopes with no warm weather in sight.
SkiQT
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
marzNC
Angel Diva
Wow, 5 cameras.
marzNC
Angel Diva
In NC, it's more than for marketing purposes this weekend. The forecast for the next week means they can build enough base that it might last through whatever warm weather comes in the next month. At least on the upper slopes. In NC, can ski on a base of 6-8 inches on almost all trails.
One advantage of a tiny place is that it's possible to put down 4-6 inches in 24 hours on 50% or more of the skiable acreage.
Apparently the Snowtime trio in PA are not blowing yet.
Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Snowshoe put it an additional webcam and they promised to add two more soon on their facebook page. Snowshoe is fun to look on webcams - they just had some natural snow, it's cold so the snow is not melting and they are blowing lots of snow.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Temps were in the teens in most places in the southeast (NC, WV, VA) this morning. Snowmaking everywhere in the region last night.
Heard that Mnut will add a third webcam soon. They are getting support from SkiSE for their webcam installations. Same for the new Wintergreen live webcam.
Heard that Mnut will add a third webcam soon. They are getting support from SkiSE for their webcam installations. Same for the new Wintergreen live webcam.
marzNC
Angel Diva
After looking at a temperature map, makes more sense that few places in PA geared up for snowmaking last week. The NC, WV, VA mountains along the Appalachian chain got the low temps a lot sooner and the cold will stay for a while. Massanutten and Wintergreen can exists as ski resorts because they are just far west enough to be in decent snowmaking weather to have a 10-week ski season pretty consistently, with 12-14 weeks a possibility every few years.
This is a temperature map at 1:15pm. The darker blue means 25-30 degrees.
This is a temperature map at 1:15pm. The darker blue means 25-30 degrees.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Ran across the Mid-Atlantic thread from 2009-2010. That year nothing in VA/WV opened until early or mid December. And then . . . there was the huge blizzard around Dec. 18 that closed down roads and airports in metro DC, northern VA, and PA for days. Followed by another blizzard in Feb. First season I had a season pass at Mnut. First time I got to ski powder at Mnut.
