The local ski resort is no stranger to a lack of snow or a fight with Mother Nature. Castle Mountain Sales and marketing manager Cole Fawcett calls this year a “one in 10.”
Alberta has had a couple of cold stretches, including recently. But overall, it has been an abnormally warm winter season, with little snow. Some ski hills have been using snow machines, others have had minor shut down periods. But as Brandon Cassidy reports, at least one resort is back on track and looking to finish the ski season strong.Skiers and snowboarders are flocking back to Castle Mountain now, but Mother Nature had the local ski resort on its heels at the start of the season.
“It was a pretty grim start to the season, morale was down,” said Tahlia Spangen, a lift operator who works for the resort in her first season, originally from Australia. “There was a lot of chatter about if the season will last.” The local ski resort is no stranger to a lack of snow or a fight with Mother Nature. Castle Mountain Sales and Marketing manager Cole Fawcett calls this type of year a “one in ten.”
“Castle has historically been impacted negatively, quite negatively in terms of snowfall,” he said. “And so, the resort made recent investments in snow-making machines … but Castle couldn’t always use them.”Assistant Manager of Castle’s Maintenance Department, Jeremy Hargreaves said. “It was very difficult to continue making snow, the weather was very challenging … Our snowmakers have done very well to get us to this point.
“It’s looking amazing, and the morale is heightened, everyone is on a vibe,” explained Spangen. “It’s so good to be around and to see some smiling faces around castle.”Ottawa police identify victims, suspect in city’s worst mass killing
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