Quantcast
breaking news

Skiers Enjoying Snowfall

By: Jim Madalinsky
Updated: February 8, 2013
watch video
"It's pretty good here today, got some fresh powder down so it's been some good carving," Arlan Beiler of Nanty-Glo says.

It was nearly a picture perfect day for skiers at Blue Knob Ski Resort. The only trouble was fog.

You kinda can't see where you're going...some of the posts will pop up...the jumps will pop up but you guess take the best you can off of it and hope for the best," Brock Hill of Nanty-Glo says.

Even with some visibility issues, the timing of the snow is something the resort is happy to see.

"The thing that makes the biggest difference is if we get snow on Thursday, Friday or Saturday and they see some snow in their yard and then they come up," Blue Knob General Manager Doug Houck says,

Houck says that timing has been fortunate all season, and it's caused a few new faces to make the trip up the mountain.

"It's my first time out in 7 years. I went to tune my skis up and the bindings broke on them so I had to rent theirs," Barry Stutzman of Johnstown says.

And even though the heaviest snow will be to our east, Houck says he's glad to just have some fresh powder on the slopes.

"It would be perfect if we got one inch every day for the entire season so this 4 to 6 inches we're expected to get is just absolutely perfect," Houck says.

Houck says the winter ski season has been better this year, and the biggest difference is having some snow in the valley putting the idea of skiing in people's heads.

Comments

Readers Feel...

hello
Related Content

Prom season is over and you've still got that dress, but what do you do with it?...

Storms brought trees down all across our region....

Survivors of mental health shared their stories for Mental Health Month....

Karl Hottenstein died in 2006 after a single dose of methadone that wasn't prescribed to him....

A group of local firefighters drop everything to go help tornado victims in Oklahoma.  ...

For his birthday a 14 year old asked for a microphone like the ones he sees on WTAJ. ...

After seeing WTAJ News' story about the Clearfield Salvation Army being out of food in their emergency pantry, another local pantry asked to help....

A car slams into a building, injuring at least four people....

Court appointed defense attorney Tim Burns said he still recovering after being hit in the head more than a week ago by his client....

One man is heading across the country on foot to honor his best friend....

 


 
 
 
 
©1998 - 2013 Wearecentralpa.com
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
All Rights Reserved