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What's your opinion on the fate of the Connecticut ski industry? The winter of 2013/2014 looks to be mild for the first half, unfortunately. Will rising temperatures shut down the mountains for good? The past few years haven't been nice either (I go skiing at Mount Southington every week during the winter).
What's your opinion on the fate of the Connecticut ski industry? The winter of 2013/2014 looks to be mild for the first half, unfortunately. Will rising temperatures shut down the mountains for good? The past few years haven't been nice either (I go skiing at Mount Southington every week during the winter).
The article is full of hyperbole. No ski area's south of vermont in a few decades? Has anyone actually looked at the average temps/snowfall in Berkshire county in MA as 2000 foot elevation? That article is stating that it will warm so drastically that they won't have a ski area. Nonsense. There are ski area's right now in nj. You're telling me berkshire county will become more warm than nj in a few decades? Give me a break! Anyway, I don't think average snowfall is going down that much over the next few decades and that fake snow is absolute garbage compared to the real thing anyway. It's nothing like real snow. The consistency/feel ect. It's always funny how these ski areas talk about how great their snowmaking is. Fake snow is better than grass, but doesn't hold a candle compared to the real stuff.
From the website and what I have heard it looks like it will be nice and may have more amenities than ski Southington. I like ski Southington but it will be nice to have a choice.
This was the other day in CT.. Cold enough to make snow at the start of November. Last winter was a big year but I don't have backup for that statement. Just going by how much snow we got. 2010-11 too.
I think the article was very misinforming too. Even if CT is seeing fewer colder days during the winter, say, compared to 50 or 75 years ago, any change won't be very disruptive as temps will remain cold enough for snow on the slopes, regardless. It will be interesting to compare the Power Ridge area to Mount Southington, Ski Sundown, Mohawk Mountain and Woodbury. Powder Ridge may be more vulnerable with its proximity to the coast. I think they will be popular being so close to New Haven/New Haven metro though.
This was the other day in CT.. Cold enough to make snow at the start of November. Last winter was a big year but I don't have backup for that statement. Just going by how much snow we got. 2010-11 too.
STAY AWAY FROM SKI WOODBURY(go to southingon, powder ridge, ski sundown, or Mohawk)
That ski/tubing area(woodbury ski area) is incredibly dangerous and mismanaged. Go to yelp and check out all the bad reviews. http://www.yelp.com/biz/woodbury-ski-area-woodbury Check the unfiltered reviews as well. There's a reason no other ski area in ct is open. Also, numerous local news outlets have reported on how unsafe that ski area is. They don't even have a ski patrol!
The article is full of hyperbole. No ski area's south of vermont in a few decades? Has anyone actually looked at the average temps/snowfall in Berkshire county in MA as 2000 foot elevation? That article is stating that it will warm so drastically that they won't have a ski area. Nonsense. There are ski area's right now in nj. You're telling me berkshire county will become more warm than nj in a few decades? Give me a break! Anyway, I don't think average snowfall is going down that much over the next few decades and that fake snow is absolute garbage compared to the real thing anyway. It's nothing like real snow. The consistency/feel ect. It's always funny how these ski areas talk about how great their snowmaking is. Fake snow is better than grass, but doesn't hold a candle compared to the real stuff.
I agree that it is total hyperbole that there will be no ski areas south of Vermont. There are plenty of Ski resorts (though small) that do well in southern NY state and Massachuttes. Places like Albany, Worchester, MA, ...etc get 75 to 80 inches of snow on average in their mts areas...and they stay below freezing from December though mid March. It would have to warm a great deal to affect them.
Places like CT or NJ are a different matter I think, though. CT never had any real ski industry and what it had has struggled since the 1940's (long before climate change was an issue). In fact, I remember a book done by a Central CT State University professor (Allan Smith) around 1982 that showed that the CT ski industry (or what there was of it) would always struggle because the winters were too wet and had temps above freezing for too long. That was 31 years ago - so it's nothing new.
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