Explore decades of original reporting on Mid-Atlantic skiing and snowboarding, including resort news, feature stories, historical retrospectives, and firsthand reports.
As the 2026-2027 season approaches, DCSki examines the equipment trends reshaping skiing and snowboarding, including BOA ski boots, fast-entry snowboard bindings, narrower carving skis, hybrid touring bindings, more advanced helmets, and lower-impact outerwear. The story also considers which innovations solve real problems for Mid-Atlantic skiers and snowboarders, and which are simply optional upgrades.
By M. Scott Smith | September 12, 2026 Feature Story
Camelback Resort is adding three trails for the 2026-2027 winter season, marking its first terrain expansion in 30 years, while also introducing new mountainside food and beverage options. Nearby Blue Mountain Resort is installing 315 LED trail lights and upgrading portions of its snowmaking infrastructure.
By M. Scott Smith | September 9, 2026 What's New
What do skiers remember decades after their local ski hill disappears? Drawing on nearly 1,600 comments submitted to DCSki's Lost Ski Areas profiles, this story explores the experiences that stayed with generations of Mid-Atlantic skiers: learning to ski, working first jobs, riding rope tows, gathering in small lodges, and growing up alongside neighborhood ski hills that have long since vanished.
By M. Scott Smith | September 7, 2026 1 Feature Story
Wisp and Wintergreen are offering discounted passes, transferable lift tickets, and free beginner programs as part of their Mission Affordable initiative for the 2026-2027 ski season.
By M. Scott Smith | September 7, 2026 News
Masks, reservations, capacity limits, and parking-lot lunches made the 2020-2021 winter unlike any Mid-Atlantic ski season before it. Six years later, DCSki looks back at how resorts and skiers navigated the pandemic and how that period accelerated the shift toward advance ticket sales, mobile passes, online transactions, and other practices that remain with us today.
By M. Scott Smith | September 4, 2026 1 Feature Story
Skiers who buy season passes during the heat of summer receive lower prices and unlimited access once the lifts begin turning, but resorts begin benefiting months earlier. DCSki explores how advance sales help cover offseason expenses, reduce some of the uncertainty of a weather-dependent business, and secure customers’ commitments before winter arrives. Photo provided by Seven Springs Resort.
By M. Scott Smith | September 2, 2026 Feature Story
How much will it cost to get on the slopes this winter? The question has become surprisingly difficult to answer as date-specific ticket prices, advance-purchase discounts, passes, rentals, lessons, food, and travel send each skier’s total in a different direction. DCSki examines the prices Mid-Atlantic skiers are likely to encounter during the 2026-2027 season and offers some practical ways to keep the bill under control.
By M. Scott Smith | September 1, 2026 Feature Story
Fall brings a different kind of activity to Mid-Atlantic ski resorts, with Oktoberfests, foliage chairlift rides, mountain biking, live music, arts festivals, and even a celebration devoted to Bigfoot. DCSki rounds up some of the events worth checking out this fall as the mountains begin their gradual transition toward winter.
By M. Scott Smith | August 30, 2026 Feature Story
Buying a ski pass used to mean choosing a home mountain. And that was pretty much it. Today, Mid-Atlantic skiers must sort through national products, regional passes, reciprocal agreements, limited-day packages, blackout dates, and prices that change several times before winter. It can be overwhelming! DCSki tries to break through the confusion by examining the leading options for 2026-2027 and the skiers each one serves best.
By M. Scott Smith | August 29, 2026 Feature Story
Skiing has become expensive, but bargains have not disappeared. DCSki looks across the Mid-Atlantic for the season passes, night tickets, family programs, lodging packages, and other offers that can still put skiers on the snow without draining the winter budget.
By M. Scott Smith | August 29, 2026 Feature Story
