It’s all over but the shouting for Maine’s ski areas but the addicted have three other New England holdouts.
Black Mountain in New Hampshire and Jay Peak in Vermont will be open through May 17 before they close up shop.
It’s Black’s latest closing ever.
The final brave soul is Killington in Vermont, which will be in business weekends til all the snow melts.
Unfortunately the Maine mountains have called it a season for a reason.
Back in the day, Sunday River and Sugarloaf ski area were owned by share holders and competed for skiers by seeing who could open first and close last. Now both are owned by a company from away and pennies are counted. Snow making is run on Maine’s very expensive electricity and once a base is down for the Christmas season, they hope snow will fall from the sky. This was not a heavy snow year in Maine, so both areas closed in early.