Let it snow (please?): Ski resorts hoping the rest of winter is more wintry

Sunday, February 05, 2012
By Lawrence Walsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Unseasonably warm weather across the Midwest and Northeast this winter has dealt a blow to local and regional resorts for the first half of the snowsports season, delivering less natural snow and sustained snowmaking temperatures than in most years.

Still resort officials at Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Wisp and Holiday Valley are staying the course, making snow at every opportunity and offering all-inclusive, money-saving packages to fill rooms and slopes.

And they're crossing their fingers for more "normal" winter weather for the rest of the season.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1207930-287.stm#ixzz1loKhYYjx

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