Mad River Glen Throws In Towel After 44-Day Ski Season; Normal Is 100 Days
On the day that legendary Vermont ski area Mad River Glen announced it was taking the unusual step of closing for the season after a frustrating snow-deprived year, it snowed lightly on its nearly bare slopes.
“I think someone upstairs is playing with us,” Eric Friedman, marketing director of the ski area in Waitsfield, said Monday. “All you can do is laugh.”
The dusting Monday wouldn’t have made any difference and certainly could not salvage the 2016 season, which was a washout for many ski areas because of this year’s El Niño. The weather system brought milder temperatures and bouts of rain to much of the Northeast. “It’s a tough pill to swallow for our people because they’re so hardcore,” Friedman said. “We flat out ran out of snow.”
So far this year, Mad River Glen has gotten a paltry 112 inches, compared to 275 inches last season, Friedman said. Because the ski area has less capacity than major resorts to make its own snow, it is much more dependent on weather.
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