Still another suggested, NRA like, that it is the improper use of poles by hikers, not the poles that damage the trail. Hikers appear to be poles apart in their feelings about these devices. Look for the issue to be debated often in the 2000s. The early season brought warmer temperatures than resort operators had hoped for, and there has been a minimum of natural snow. Resorts have concentrated on getting key slopes open.
None has everything open.
Some of the niceties of the business have been put on hold. Half pipes, are an example. Snowshoe was the first resort in the region with its half pipe in operation. Resorts are seeing a steady increase in snowboarders. When that sport was new, Wintergreen, near Waynesboro, Va., was one of several resorts to ban the use of snowboards.