Photo provided by Snowshoe Mountain Resort. T his weekend should offer some great early-season skiing and boarding, after a week of ideal snowmaking temperatures. By Saturday, virtually all ski resorts in the region will have opened for the 2000-2001 winter season. Some resorts already have mid-season conditions. In Maryland, Wisp Resort has 13 trails open with a 20-30 inch base depth.
Conditions are packed powder.
Several Virginia resorts will start running lifts this weekend. Bryce will open for the season on Saturday, December 9, with special lift rates in effect until December 22. Massanutten will reopen on Saturday with 6 trails open and a base of 18-30 inches. Wintergreen has 6 trails open with a 45-55 inch base depth and packed powder conditions. In Pennsylvania, Ski Roundtop has four trails open with an average base of 22 inches.