Blatant homerism Pt. 2

And yes, we have a ski season.

One of the more significant losses which have resulted from being afflicted by MS is that I can no longer ski. Once I got turned onto the sport, around '81, I found a way to get as much time on the snow as possible. It started as being a 'rental rat' at Sugar Mountain to get an employee pass but eventually included a stint as the friendly lift attendant who made sure you knew you were remembered. This photo, if I am not mistaken, shows the lift house at the base of the 'to the top of the mountain' yellow lift which was my station.

Frigid fall opens ski slope early

From left, Sugar Mountain Ski Patrol members Todd Bolyea, Dirk Krause and Brad Blackwell prepare to tie tower padding to risky slopeside areas. Sugar Mountain began making snow on Tuesday morning and officially opened the slopes on Wednesday — its earliest ever. Brad Moretz of Appalachian Ski Mountain said the staff would test the slope’s new double-capacity pumping system Thursday and hopes to begin making snow immediately. “We are shooting to open by Friday [Nov.] 16,” he said.