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Snowshoe Village Report on December 18, 2023. Right before the first big storm of the year!

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Monday December 18th Village Report from Snowshoe Mountain Resort.

This is our ‘Village Report’ because we couldn’t go skiing – the weather was crazy at Snowshoe village in West Virginia. As you can see, the wind was howling (not unusual for Snowshoe) and raining. The good news is that the wind and rain left overnight and allowed us a good day of skiing on Tuesday, December 19th.

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