Half of ski areas mentioned on the first weekend have turned out the lights for the ski season. Looks like some regions might even get some more Winter weather again this weekend (instead of cold, it would be snow) to delay the Spring skiing again and increasing the odd of more May Spring skiing.
Unlike the abnormal Spring season last year where skiing stopped mostly due to lack of snow issues, many areas last week stopped operating simply because we are in April and not many people ski post-Easter.
Many ski areas are scheduled to closed this weekend; after this, only the diehards will survive. Oh yeah, we had 9 ski areas still open last year at this time, right now we have more that are committed to be open in the third weekend of April. Mad River is looking for a reason to open, while Le Massif is only opening Saturday for its passholders. On the other hand, Saddleback is offering skiing for $29 for passholders from other mountains on weekends in April.
*There are many more deals to be found. Mont Édouard, Le Valinouet, Plattekill, etc.
**Killington just confirmed that the Superstar Express was going on weekends from May 11 and marching to June – weather permitting. Black flies or Bust.
***Forecast precipitation this weekend (rain or snow) is making some areas closed.
Please check directly with the ski areas before heading out; changes in the weather can changed the status of a ski areas in April pretty quickly.
LIST OF 47 SKI AREAS TENTATIVELY OPEN THIS WEEKEND
QUEBEC 19
Montreal, Laurentians and Launaudière
Avila – April 20 (Apr 14 tentative weekend)
Blanc – April 14 (tentative)
Garceau – April 14 (weekend)
St-Sauveur – May 14 (tentative)
Tremblant – April 14 (Fri-Sun)
Vallée Bleue – April 14 (weekend – tentative)
Val St-Côme – April 14 (weekend)
Eastern Townships:
Bromont – April 14
Orford – April 14 (weekend***), then tentative for following weekends (tentative)
Owl’s Head – April 14, maybe more (weekend)
Sutton – April 21 (Fri-Sun)
Québec City, Mauricie to North Shore
Ste.Anne – April 28
Massif du Sud – Friday to Monday until April 14 then TBD
Le Massif – April 13 (Saturday only for seasonpassholders)
Le Valinouet – April 21 (Fri-Sun)(tentative)***
Édouard – April 14 (Fri-Sun)
Chalco – April 14 (weekend only)
East – Gaspé
Comi – April 28 open now then weekends (tentative weekends only)****
Miller – April 14 (weekend only)****
Val d’Irène – April 14 (Fri-Sun)
Outaouais and Abitibi
Camp Fortune – April 14 (weekend) (Thurs-Sun)***
Cascades – April 14 (tentative)
Kanasuta – April 14 (weekend only)
Vidéo – April 20 (weekend)(ski & Sugarshack on 20th)****
ONTARIO : 1
Blue – April 14
Calabogie Peaks – April 14 (tentative) weekend only
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR : 1
Smokey Mountain – open
NEW YORK : 8
Belleayre – April 14 (Thurs-Sun)
Gore Mtn – April 14 (weekend)***
Holiday Valley – April 14
Holimont – April 14
Hunter Mountain – April 14
Plattekill – April 13 (Saturday only)
Royal Mountain – April 14 (weekend only)
Song Mountain – April 14 (tentative – weekend)
Whiteface – April 14 (Fri-Sun)
VERMONT : 8
Jay – April 21
Killington – June** (tentative) – daily operations until May 5 then weekends*
Mad River Glen – April 14 (weekend tentative)
Snow – April 15***
Okemo – April 14***
Smugglers – April 14***
Stowe – April 21
Sttraton – April 14
Sugarbush – May 5 (tentative) – daily until April 28
NEW HAMPSHIRE : 6
Bretton Woods – April 15
Cannon – April 14
Loon – April 14***
Sunapee – April 14
Waterville – April 14
Wildcat – April 28 (considered)*** (daily until April 14)
MAINE : 3
Saddleback – probably late April* (weekend only)
Sugarloaf – late April or more*
Sunday River – April 21 (daily until April 14)
PENNSYLVANIA : 1
Big Boulder – April 14 (tentative weekend)
Seven Springs : April 14 (weekend)***
Ski Mad World’s weekly Eastern Closing 2013 posts:
Go skiing this weekend!!! – Eastern Closing Thread 2012-13 – Part 1
*edit : April 10, 2:15pm
**edit : April 10, 6:55pm (Killington status)
***edit : April 11, 12:00pm, 3:10pm, 4:40pm, 10:40pm (Snow change 14 to 15, Loon the opposite and 7 Springs back on the list and a few crossed out. Okemo move closing one week ahead. Changed Le Valinouet date fom April 14 to 21.
****edit: April 12, 9:55am, 11:55am, 11:15pm : Comi : April 28 instead of mentioning weekends afterwards. Garceau and VBleue closed due to forecast.
Sunday afternoon update:
A few ski areas decided to try to get an extra weekend and make to April 21. The list is still preliminary now, but here are the one talking about trying to move their closing day:
QC: Édouard
ON: Blue Mtn
NY :Gore, Whiteface
VT: Snow
A full and complete update will be made for Part 3 of the Eastern Closing Thread which should be up by midweek.
thanks a lot for this, madpat.