The sales were in Rimfire Lodge and Highland House projects. Rimfire opened in June and is 85 percent sold, while Highland House, which will open in June, is 75 percent sold. The new lodging at Snowshoe is the most obvious sign of a renaissance going on at the resort. Rimfire sits where an old, tired lodge used to stand, while Highland House is rising in a former dirt parking lot. As building continues over the next few years, Snowshoe Village will be a jewel in the style of other Intrawest resorts such as Mont Tremblant and Stratton.
Frugality reigns Frugality among our New England brethren is pretty much a given.
Now a Vermont skier, Chris Estes, has put together a newsletter, Ski Cheap, that reports on deals and ways to save money while skiing or riding. Contact Ski Cheap, PO Box 429, Chester, VT 05143. Injury update Researchers recently reported in a snow sports trade magazine that there is no relationship between bindings and serious knee injuries, despite claims and inferences by binding companies that their products could reduce knee injuries. No one product has been identified that can sense and respond appropriately to potentially injurious loads. Johnson, with Jasper Shealy, University of Rochester, and Carl Ettlinger, have studied knee injuries for 27 years.