WASHINGTON– Winter is planning an equinox encore this year, but it’s too late for most of the region’s ski resorts to cash in. Several inches of snow could fall late Saturday and Sunday but the lifts will be still above the ski slopes nearest to Washington D.C.
Wintergreen Resort closed its doors last Saturday – its Slide & Splash Bash came to a close with temperatures near 60 degrees.
Liberty Mountain Resort and Whitetail Resort in southern Pennsylvania closed on Sunday as rain showers splashed on their slopes.
Wisp Mountain Resort in western Maryland also closed its ski and ride operations last Sunday but the snow tubing course and Mountain Coaster remain open.
Snowshoe Mountain will be open for business during the weekend snowfall. Located in east central West Virginia, the resort sits on one of the tallest ridge lines in the Allegheny Mountains. A spokesperson for the resort says that its elevation above 4,800 feet often allows for a longer ski season. The resort is scheduled to remain open through next weekend.
The National Ski Areas Association estimates that the average closing date for U.S. ski resorts last year was 4.3 days earlier than the projected closing date. The national average was influenced by a dearth of snow on the west coast and inter-mountain region. Many resorts in the Northeast fared better. Data for the 2015-2016 season was not yet available.
