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The first day of the second COVID-19 ski season is in the bag. This was an uncrowded mid-week day at Loon Mountain. With 11 trails open, there was just enough variety to keep going all day without getting bored.
It was a rough season, mostly spent in-state. The lines at WaWa were awful, so I ventured out to Berkshire East, which is a great little place. NH and ME opened up late in the season, so I got to hit Loon, Cannon, and Sunday River.
Day 3: Wachusett![]() | ![]() |
Day 4: Wachusett![]() | ![]() |
Day 5: Sunapee![]() | ![]() |
Day 6: Berkshire East![]() | ![]() |
Day 7: Wachusett![]() | ![]() |
Day 8: Berkshire East![]() | ![]() |
Day 9: Berkshire East![]() | ![]() |
Day 10: Berkshire East![]() | ![]() |
Day 11: Cannon![]() | ![]() |
Day 12: Cannon![]() | ![]() |
Day 13: Sunday River![]() | ![]() |
Day 14: Saddleback![]() | ![]() |
Day 15: Loon![]() | ![]() |
My first “real” day of skiing was in-state, at good old WaWa. It’s possible that COVID-19 travel restrictions may mean I don’t ski a single day outside of Massachusetts. I expect to become acquainted with the likes of Berkshire East and Jiminy Peak before too long.
Thanks to COVID-19, skiing at WaWa is a time-restricted, by-reservation-only affair. I bought my slot for the day’s early session, 7:30 to 11:45. Conditions were about what one should expect for an early season day on all-manufactured snow. By about 9:30 what little powder there had been in the middle of the trail was gone, and I kept to the sides, where it had been shoved.