"Little hill thrills; Seeking cheaper, simpler fun, skiers revive small slopes" by Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff | March 14, 2009
LANCASTER, N.H. - .... New England, blessed this year with abundant snow....
But heaven help them if they connect it to global cooling. Then the little (jewish, of course) agenda-pushing reporter would likely be out of a job.
That's not to say big resorts in New England are suffering declines. In fact, the ailing economy appears to be helping them, too, as some local skiers forgo big-ticket trips out West in favor of staying closer to home.
Still, among those heading to smaller areas, there is a tinge of revolt at high ticket prices. Some small ski-area operators, many of them volunteers who forfeit sleep to run aged snow-making machines in the wee hours of morning, take an egalitarian glee in their jobs....
Not so long ago, just about every New England town with a nearby hill had a ski area. The areas proliferated into the 1960s and early '70s but then ran into problems. Bigger mountains could afford expensive snow-making machinery and lure skiers. Several winters brought paltry snow. An injured skier's lawsuit against Stratton raised insurance premiums for ski areas. Perhaps most devastating, there proved to be too many of the small ski areas. By the 1980s, the vast majority had closed....
Is this a news report or a p.r. release?
Mount Prospect in Lancaster was among the later fatalities. It closed its doors in 1997 after several years of too little snow. The next year, a heavy snow caved in the roof of its lodge....
So AS the BLOGS (and honest scientists) have been SAYING, the COOLING TREND STARTED about ten years ago.
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