Ski Areas Greet Snow; Some Resorts Plan Early Openings, Hope to Make Up for Poor Last Season

The Columbian › November 03, 2005

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SEATTLE -- A year after a warm, dry winter doomed most of the ski season throughout the Pacific Northwest, a hefty dose of mid-fall snow has some Washington resorts gearing up to open earlier than they have in years.

"I cannot even see five feet out my window, it's snowing so hard! There's really no sign of it letting up anytime soon," Crystal Mountain spokeswoman Tiana Enger said gleefully Tuesday, as the resort announced it will become the first in the state to open its slopes, on Friday.

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Ski Areas Greet Snow; Some Resorts Plan Early Openings, Hope to Make Up for Poor Last Season

That will make it the earliest opening in a decade at the resort east of Mount Rainier. The seaso...

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