Northeast Ski Resorts Recovering from Irene
Lincoln, NH - Even though Killington sustained the most high profile damage of any U.S. ski resort from Tropical Storm Irene, with a portion of the Vermont ski area’s K-1 Base Lodge collapsed and washed-out bridges leaving the town a virtual island, other resorts across New England and New York State are busy cleaning up and repairing damage caused by the storm’s prodigious rainfall that brought record flooding to the region.
Loon Mountain, in Lincoln, N.H., lost its main entrance from State Route 112 when storm waters flooded the Pemigewassett River and undermined a bridge accessing the parking lot. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation closed the bridge on Sunday evening and state engineers were on site on Tuesday to assess the damage and get repair work started. Repair work began Tuesday afternoon before a portion of the bridge collapsed early Wednesday morning. The collapse did not stop repair work, which continues today.
“The good news is that we are open and work has already begun to repair the bridge. We were very fortunate that we did not sustain any further major damage, as did several other resorts and many other areas in New England,” said Rick Kelley, president and general manager at Loon. “We’ve had great cooperation and assistance from the Town of Lincoln, the State of New Hampshire, and the utility companies.”
Summer activities at the resort continue. There will be no impact on Loon’s winter operations and alternate plans are already in place. For now, vehicular access to the resort is available via the ski area’s secondary entrance at South Peak. Loon Mountain officials announced this afternoon that a temporary pedestrian bridge will be in place by mid-September, in time for the New Hampshire Highland Games. After the Highland Games the pedestrian bridge will be removed and will be replaced by a temporary two-lane bridge to accommodate vehicular traffic. This bridge will be in place prior to the beginning of Loon’s winter ski season and will remain in place until after the season ends.
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A landslide also occurred above the resort's Sachem chairlift. The resort's primary access road remains impassible until likely sometime this weekend, and there was damaged sustained as well by the Okemo Ridge Road. This Friday's Jackson Gore concert
Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley will unveil free, public Wi-Fi when the winter season opens as part of a mountain-wide technology upgrade. Cataloochee Ski Area usually opens near Thanksgiving. The Foundation of MedWest-Harris and MedWest-Swain
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Also on board again this year is Big White Ski Resort and Silver Star. They have donated an opening day lift ticket voucher for every bag, valid Dec. 3 at either location. If they open early, it will be valid for that day as well, so the voucher will
West Ridge of Quandary. Should be no big deal, I'm sure just some lost, or thinks they're lost, hiker. They'll get to the truck in 20 minutes, we'll be stood down before I even get to the trailhead. No biggie. I probably shouldn't even go,
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Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort announces hiring Jodi Taggart as the new SnowSports Director. Long-time Director, Sally Brawley resigned her position at Mission Ridge in April 2011 to take a position as Director of Parks for Eastmont Metro Parks & Recreation.
Jodi and her family are moving to the Wenatchee area from Hood River, OR where she worked as a full-time instructor at Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort. Prior to moving to Hood River, she worked 8 years at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Sandpoint ID., with the last 3 years as the Snowsports School Assistant Director. “Jodi brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Lesson Center including all aspects of ski and snowboard instruction as well as program and staff development”, said Mark Milliette, General Manager. “We did a fairly extensive search for this position and of the SnowSports school and resort”. “Jodi stood out as the person to take our SnowSports school to the next level”, Milliette says.
Jodi Taggart has a B.A. from Washington State University and is a 17 year member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America. Her instructor credentials include Level III Alpine and Snowboard. As a member of the Professional Ski Instructors-NW and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors-NW, Jodi was the organization’s Newsletter Editor and the Board of Directors, Children’s Committee Chair. As the Junior Education Team Coach, she developed, implemented and facilitated a children’s educator curriculum for ski and snowboard instructors. “Mission’s a great mountain and I’m excited to have this opportunity to be part of the community and to guests”, said Taggart.
Jodi’s family includes her husband Roger Taggart, 2 year old daughter Nikole and Avalanche (Yellow Labrador). Roger is a standout FIS Level United States Ski Association Alpine Coach with over 25 years experience in ski instruction and coaching. Roger and has been hired as a coach by the Mission Ridge Ski Team.
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