No New Snow? Here's Why You Should Keep Skiing

Sometimes, the forecasts start yielding diminishing results. I continue to check them—I’m still a skier, after all—but what I find doesn’t spark joy. Cold and sunny for the foreseeable future, they say. Doesn’t Old Man Winter know that we need snow?
One afternoon in the middle of the season, the hill I ski at reported that its upper mountain was closed due to “refrozen, extremely challenging conditions.” My disappointment was immeasurable, and for a mome