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Category Archives: News
44″ superstorm was this weekend in ’93
This past weekend at Snowshoe may have seemed a little wet and warm, but 16 years ago skiers were treated to a whopping 44 inches of powder, according to one source. This was the so-calles “superstorm” that smothered the eastern … Continue reading
House o’ Year yours for under $1.6 million
Lovely pictures in Country Living magazine point to lovely living on Cheat Mountain, and now the #1 shelter mag’s “House of the Year” can be yours for $1.575 million, according to the listing for 19 Meadows Drive at Intrawest’s Playground … Continue reading
12-year-old girl dies in ski accident
A Virginia Beach girl on a spring break trip with her parents and three brothers lost her life March 5 in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia medical center after a ski accident at Snowshoe. According to media reports, the … Continue reading
Condo pricing gets aggressive
At first, it might look like a misprint, a swanky 2BR condo listed for sale at $329,000 at Snowshoe’s luxe Soaring Eagle Lodge amid a pair of other 2BRs, each asking at least $166,000 (i.e. 50%) more. Over in the … Continue reading
Intrawest feels the heat in Hawaii
Snowshoe’s owner, Intrawest, is on the receiving end of a spate of lawsuits for a development that isn’t going the way some would-be buyers would have preferred, according to The Maui News. About eight percent of the buyers in phase … Continue reading
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Local sewer plan gets national diss
A plan to upgrade the sewage system for Snowshoe Resort got a big hard slam from columnist Ted Williams in FlyRod & Reel magazine. It seems the $23+ million state- and federally-funded project wants to take part of the historic … Continue reading
Roanoke TV ‘caster explains all the snow
A Roanoke television meteorologist explains how Snowshoe has been robbing Virginia of snowfall all season. In the report, Snowshoe’s communications manager, Laura Parquette, appears on camera to say that this has been the biggest October-to-January snowfall in 13 years
Snowshoe’s having a really snowy year
It’s been a snowy year at Snowshoe. According to the official site, there have been 183 inches so far. That’s more than the annual average, and there’s still a month of winter left. All 60 trails are open, and the … Continue reading
Remember the founder, Doc Brigham
Thomas A. “Doc” Brigham, the man who started Snowshoe Mountain Resort, is fondly remembered by friends and associates in High Country Press, a northwest North Carolina newspaper. Now commemorated at Snowshoe by the naming of the main transportation center, on … Continue reading
Aspen guy claims Snowshoe’s doomed
Snowshoe is doomed by climate change, according to the enviro director of Aspen Skiing Company, Auden Schendler. His blunt prediction: “Snowshoe— gone,” came in the March 2008 edition of Ski Area Management magazine. There, he also predicted that Stowe would … Continue reading
