Area Ski Season Gets Under Way
By MANLEY J. ANDERSON
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12/8/2006 - Not everyone was unhappy with Thursday’s lake effect snow storm.
Larry Doyon of Mt. Jewett, Pa., became the first skier of the new season at Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville when the slopes opened Thursday with a good turnout of locals attending, said Jane Eshbaugh, marketing director.
She said three lifts and four slopes were open during the day, with at least two more lifts and several more slopes expected to open by the weekend.
Ms. Eshbaugh said the ski area will be open every day and night from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
She said snow making began Dec. 2 with temperatures mostly very good for the procedure and with water available from the 62 million gallon Spruce Lake, built at the top of the hill at the resort.
The marketing director said HolidayValley has a capacity for making twice a much snow as previously and can produce the equivalent of a foot of snow an hour on 21/2 acres.
Linda Johnson, public relations director at Cockaigne Ski Center on Thornton Road, Cherry Creek, said its formal opening is today.
‘‘We’re getting an awful lot of snow right now,’’ she said at noon Thursday.
She said the area received between 10 and 11 inches of fluffy snow Wednesday, and since then has received wetter base-forming snow.
Ms. Johnson said the snow was packed one time by noon Thursday and was expected to be packed twice more before opening for the season, which is from 1 to 5 p.m. today and continuing from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
She said Cockaigne then will begin regular hours of 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays , 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays. The resort is closed Mondays.
Wednesday nights are for adults, with 10 trails and one lift expected to be in use this weekend and then all available slopes and lifts to be in use.
Peek’n Peak Resort at Findley Lake opened its season at 9:30 a.m. Thursday with four trails and two lifts in use, with natural and made snow combining for an 18-inch base, said Chip Day, vice president of brand management.
He said five more trails and two more lifts are expected to be in use by Saturday, with construction of 14 more trails and three more lifts planned.
Larry Doyon of Mt. Jewett, Pa., became the first skier of the new season at Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville when the slopes opened Thursday with a good turnout of locals attending, said Jane Eshbaugh, marketing director.
She said three lifts and four slopes were open during the day, with at least two more lifts and several more slopes expected to open by the weekend.
Ms. Eshbaugh said the ski area will be open every day and night from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
She said snow making began Dec. 2 with temperatures mostly very good for the procedure and with water available from the 62 million gallon Spruce Lake, built at the top of the hill at the resort.
The marketing director said HolidayValley has a capacity for making twice a much snow as previously and can produce the equivalent of a foot of snow an hour on 21/2 acres.
Linda Johnson, public relations director at Cockaigne Ski Center on Thornton Road, Cherry Creek, said its formal opening is today.
‘‘We’re getting an awful lot of snow right now,’’ she said at noon Thursday.
She said the area received between 10 and 11 inches of fluffy snow Wednesday, and since then has received wetter base-forming snow.
Ms. Johnson said the snow was packed one time by noon Thursday and was expected to be packed twice more before opening for the season, which is from 1 to 5 p.m. today and continuing from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
She said Cockaigne then will begin regular hours of 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays , 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, and 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays. The resort is closed Mondays.
Wednesday nights are for adults, with 10 trails and one lift expected to be in use this weekend and then all available slopes and lifts to be in use.
Peek’n Peak Resort at Findley Lake opened its season at 9:30 a.m. Thursday with four trails and two lifts in use, with natural and made snow combining for an 18-inch base, said Chip Day, vice president of brand management.
He said five more trails and two more lifts are expected to be in use by Saturday, with construction of 14 more trails and three more lifts planned.
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