Snow, cold keep New England skiers, riders stoked into May (The Associated Press)
Skiers and snowboarders at Vermont’s Sugarbush resort right now can spend the morning on the slopes and play golf in the afternoon – testament to the abundance of snow that extended the season at many northern New England ski areas. Sugarbush is one of more than half dozen areas in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine still operating this weekend. New Hampshire’s Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch prides itself on being the state’s last ski area open in the spring but marketing director Thomas Prindle says they haven’t made it into May in more than a decade. ”We’ve had six months of a phenomenal season,” said Prindle, noting Wildcat was the first New Hampshire area to open on Nov. 9.