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Liberty Mountain Resort to Host Fall Festival and Ski Swap October 17

Liberty Mountain Resort to Host Fall Festival and Ski Swap October 17

Liberty Mountain Resort near Fairfield, Pennsylvania, will host its annual Fall Festival and Ski Swap on October 17, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include used equipment sales, $25 ski and snowboard tunes, food trucks, live music, children's activities, local vendors, and displays of the machinery used to prepare the mountain for winter.
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Mid-Atlantic Skiers' Forecast

Updated an hour ago

A warm, mainly dry Saturday will give way to a wet and increasingly breezy Sunday across much of the Mid-Atlantic. The higher mountains should be cooler, with Saturday highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s at Snowshoe, Timberline, Wisp, and Beech Mountain, compared with upper 60s and near 70 around Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Rain is likely Sunday and may linger into Columbus Day, especially across western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the southern Appalachians.

The wettest and windiest conditions are expected Saturday night through Sunday at Snowshoe, Winterplace, Beech Mountain, and Sugar Mountain, where fog may also reduce visibility. Eastern areas such as Bear Creek, Liberty Mountain, and Massanutten should be warmer, reaching the lower or middle 70s at times, with showers rather than an all-day washout after Sunday. Tuesday brings a brief improvement with sunshine for most areas, though scattered showers remain possible in the north and west.

Weather Fact of the Day
A mountain can split a freezing-rain storm into dramatically different worlds. Cold air often hugs the valleys while slightly warmer air rides over the ridges, so a lower-elevation road may glaze with freezing rain as a nearby summit receives sleet or snow -- a dangerous elevation boundary that can shift by only a few hundred feet.
DCSki regional outlook based on National Weather Service forecasts for Mid-Atlantic ski areas.
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SnowBrains Oct 8

ThirtyTwo Releases Snowboards for the First Time

ThirtyTwo, long known for boots and apparel, has entered the snowboard market with a 12-shape collection spanning park, powder, all-mountain, women’s, men’s, and youth models. The launch expands the brand’s product footprint alongside its existing bindings line.

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Snow-Forecast.com Oct 8

Northern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #335

Finland’s Levi and Ruka have begun the 2026-27 season using snow preserved through summer, while Kläppen has opened a snow-farmed terrain park in Sweden. Alpine glacier skiing has also expanded, although warm conditions continue to delay or limit openings at several traditional centers.

Read at Snow-Forecast.com
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