Ski Bluewood Closes, Skips Year-end Bash

DAYTON – Warm, rainy weather has hit Ski Bluewood hard. Sunday the resort closed for the season, skipping the annual Bluewood Bash.

In his end-of-season letter, General Manager Kim Clark wrote: “This decision was a tough one with only two or maybe three weekends left in the year, but the forecast for the week ahead is for possible rain and very warm temperatures. Our maintenance crew has done a fantastic job of farming snow out of every area we can find, and we have the mountain ready for this weekend. With that said, we are out of areas to get snow, and this has added to our decision.

“It has been a challenging season for winter recreation in the Northwest to say the least. We have been open for 51 of 52 scheduled days this season and have had some fantastic days up on the mountain.”