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Indy Pass adds Hickory Ski Center

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GRANBY, COLORADO – Today Indy Pass announced they are working with Unofficial Networks to provide financial assistance to Hickory Ski Center in Warrensburg NY. The goal is to help Hickory secure the insurance needed to run lifts for the first time in eight years.

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Hickory Hill was founded by veterans of the 10th Mountain Division in 1946 and has been part of the community since that time. Faced with rising costs for lift inspection and insurance, the ski area faces an uncertain future. Recently Hickory laid out the numbers and the challenge inspired Tim Konrad, publisher of Unofficial Networks.

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Indy Pass adds 50+ Partners, Pass Sales Resume

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Grand County, CO. (October 10, 2023) – The Indy Pass announced today that 54 new partners have signed on for the ’23/24 season, including some big resorts in Europe, Japan, and Western Canada, and dozens of independent Alpine and Nordic resorts across North America.

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Montana Snowbowl

With a vast network of trails linked by more than 80 modern lifts, the Skiwelt is one of Austria’s largest and most popular interconnected circuits. Featuring dozens of on-mountain F&B huts and nine authentic villages offering a wide variety of accommodations, it’s a setting well-suited for a classic Austrian ski vacation.

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Rebuilding Snow Ridge

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In the evening on Monday August 7, severe weather ripped through southern Lewis County in New York. The next day the National Weather Service in Buffalo confirmed that the storm was an EF-3 tornado with wind speeds topping out at 140 mph. The storm carved a path of destruction 16 miles long and 700 feet across at it’s widest point. The last time an EF-3 tornado touched down in New York was back in 2014.

Tornado path map courtesy localsyr.com

The storm’s destruction began near West Leyden and stretched northeast to Turin NY. The Village of Turin was subject to significant damage. Snow Ridge Ski Resort and the West Wind Motel, 1/2 mile north of the ski area were hit hardest. After that, the long rampage ended; beyond the West Wind Motel damage was minimal.

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