Like you, I had never heard of Holiday Valley Ski area either. When doing a search for solid eastern ski areas, Holiday Valley showed up a few times as one of the best. Going north from Maryland into the snow belt just off Lake Erie seemed like a no-brainer. With the kids being off on…
It would not be a ski season in the Becker house without a weekend trip to Hidden Valley Resort in PA. This year’s trip was from January 5th to the 7th. After grabbing the boys from school on Friday the 4th, we headed toward the frigid north in a warm car blasting the third audiobook…
We hit Seven Springs Mountain Resort this past weekend at just the right time. While the whole ski area was not open, most of the runs were skiable. Unfortunately, the big half pipe was still under construction. We arrived late afternoon on Friday and were skiing by 5:00pm. Conditions Friday night were awesome, temps were…
I am a winter enthusiast. There, I said it. I still wake up excited to see snow. There is a good chance that I am more excited for a snow day than my three school-age kids. As a kid, I spent most winters outside soaking wet and sled riding. At 14, I learned to alpine ski…
So, what do you do to when you are a skier that lives in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. and the winter has been more rain than snow? For me, I like to build some puzzles. More specifically, I like to build ski-oriented puzzles. Unfortunately, there are two such puzzles that I have found,…