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Yawgoo Valley in Exeter picked up six inches of snow and sleet from the Thursday storm that paralyzed Providence, and owner Max deWardener expects to have five trails open for skiing and sliding Saturday. Four were skiable Friday.
"The start of the season has been awesome," said deWardener, who opened Dec. 4 for his 28th season as owner and 44th at the area, having started as a 19-year-old URI student. "I'm still kickin' and tickin'," he said with a laugh.
Yawgoo's popular learn-to-ski programs have sold out, as they usually do, and 1,800 youngsters will take five-week lessons. Season passes sold out today.
DeWardener hopes to have 80 percent of his terrain open for Christmas week. "And half the tubing park, if not all of it. We have some cold nights coming next week," he said.
He expects a snow-rain-snow mix from the storm predicted for Saturday night and Sunday and said the rain will not affect his base if the temperature stays in the 40s.
Elsewhere in New England, skiers are enjoying mid-winter conditions. New Hampshire areas picked up as much as 10 inches Thursday, and Ski NH is touting the best early-season skiing and riding in years with 16 downhill and 11 cross-country centers already open. Ski Vermont is reporting 15 downhill and 14 cross-country areas open. Mount Snow got 10 inches and had 73 trails open Friday. Mad River Glen was fully open with its 45 trails. Okemo had 91 trails open, Stowe 84, Killington 80, Stratton 73 and Sugarbush 72. Base depths ranged between one and five feet.
Wachusett Mountain received 11 inches and is wide open with 21 trails and six lifts.
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