The Mount Washington Marmot News Magazine
NEWS, ACCOMMODATIONS AND REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES ON MOUNT WASHINGTON
Winter / Spring 2011/12
Take a Ride on the Magic Carpet over Easy Acres!
The Resort has invested $3 million into redeveloping its entire learning area, now renamed Easy Acres. Crews spent the summer leveling out the beginners’ ski area by at least 10 feet, widening…
Future Looks Bright for the new Mountain Centre
After months of construction under some of the most challenging conditions a record snowfall can deliver, the Vancouver Island Mountain Centre is open. The wood, glass and stone building perches on…
Ready for a Magic Carpet Ride?
Magic Carpets originated in Denver, Colo., more than 20 years ago, when Rocky Mountain Conveyor & Equipment (now Magic Carpets Lifts Inc.) saw the shortcomings of rope and handle tow lifts, and…
The Blairs IN PROFILE
The mountain life suits Lana and Mark Blair, fulltime residents at Mount Washington Alpine Resort. The couple owns Grizzly Alpine Services, which has the transportation contract in the Alpine Village,…
Summer in Review
Summer was all about the snow at Mount Washington Alpine Resort this year. No, that’s not a typo: there was enough snow left over from a record-setting year that for the first time ever, the Resort…
Tourism Mount Washington Breaks the Trend
In a time when many tourism-based entities are stagnating in a soft economy Mount Washington Alpine Resort is bucking the trend, says Sarah Nicholson, Manager of Tourism Mount Washington. Tourism…
Winter Preview
While Easy Acres and the Magic Carpets are undoubtedly the biggest news for winter at Mount Washington Alpine Resort, some other changes are afoot this season. Night skiing has been expanded to…
The Return of La Nina
Could this be the year of sequels at Mount Washington Alpine Resort? Accuweather.com is reporting that winter will be cold across Western Canada - quite possibly one of the top three coldest in 20…
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News in Brief
Encompassing people, places and happenings at Mount Washington. Mount Washington Alpine Resort had 18 million visitors in 2010... to its website, that is. Resort President Peter Gibson said…
Photo Bombing Sasquatch
These bad boys aren’t camera shy! Three European tourists got the shock of their lives when they downloaded their digital cameras last summer following a visit to Mount Washington Alpine…
Podium of Life... A Way of Life
How many skiers have said they would have loved to spend their school days skiing on the slopes instead of being stuck in the classroom in town all winter? Shane and Corey Harle and their sons Teal,…
Mount Washington Ski Clubs
Mount Washington Alpine Resort is home to six snow sport clubs and one summer sport (mountain biking) club whose members spend their seasons practicing and competing on their “home” hill. Mount…
Jesse Percival... Happy at the Helm of Mount Washington's Pro Patrol
Jesse Percival looks at ease in his small office in the First Aid Building, tucked into a corner of the parking lot below the Hawk Chairlift. The dispatch radio crackles sporadically, and today is a…
Section 8 Snowsport Institute
A company at Mount Washington has been teaching ski and snowboard instructors how to teach for the past four years. This past summer, they took their show on the road to Austria for a week, and their…
Endangered Marmots respond to Coldest Spring in 74 Years with a Boon of Pups!
Extreme cold, and snow lingering well into the summer months, had the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team worried about pups. “We were concerned the results would be similar to last year when no…
