Winter, wherefore art thou? Why have you foresaken us?
This has been the winter that really wasn't. It took forever to get cold, we didn't get much snow, and it's already looking like mid-April. The trees are budding, some are in full bloom. Massanutten was never fully open and probably won't be open much longer. I saw today that because of the weather (70s tomorrow after rain tonight) that they're closing for the next two days although they hope to make some snow after that and reopen for the weekend. Wisp, in Western Maryland, has closed for the season. Ski areas in the Mid-Atlantic area are really hurting this year. In New England they're doing fine; they've had plenty of snow although they've had warmer than usual weather recently as well. It's the resorts in the West that hit the jackpot this year. More snow than they know what to do with, unfortunately they can't ship it east.
Winter is basically done. I only got skiing once this year and it looks like that's it until I go to Colorado. I've already decided that I'll probably get lift tickets two days we're out there but we'll see. On the one hand it's on towards spring and summer fun. On the other Whitney still has a lot of snowboarding left.
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