I-Thanksgiving ifika ngesonto eledlule lapha e-US, futhi nayo iqala ekuqaleni kwesizini sonyaka. Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka izinga lokushisa liye lafudumala kunokuvamile, kanti inani leqhwa elisemhlabathini liphansi isikhathi sonke ngenyanga kaNovemba. Kodwa, lokho akusho ukuthi awukwazi ukushaya amathafa empelasonto ezayo eholide, futhi akusho ukuthi inkathi ye-skiing 2016-2017 ngeke ivelele.
Ubani ovulekile? Ngakanani iqhwa elisemhlabathini? Sizobheka izindawo zokubhuka ezinkulu futhi sikunike nomqondo walokho ongayilindela uma uphuma ngempelasonto ezayo.
I-Eastern America
Izifunda zasempumalanga ze-US ziye zafudumala futhi zomile kulo lonke ukuwa, okungazange kwenze izimo zibe kuhle kunqenqemeni yemvelo noma zenze umhlobo wokufakelwa. Kodwa, lokho akusho ukuthi azikho ezinye izindawo zokubhuka eziphezulu ezivulekele isizini futhi zilungele ukwamukela ama-skiers ngeviki lokubonga le-Thanksgiving.
Isibonelo, iKilington eVermont inezinkampani ezimbili ezisebenza manje kanye ne-16 "base, okwanele ukuvula ukugijima kwayo okuyi-4. Intaba ye-Stowe eseduzane ishaya ngokushelelayo ukuthinta ukuphelelwa isikhathi ukuze kuphele isikhathi sabo, ngokuhlela ukuvula NgoNovemba 23, ngoLwesithathu ngaphambi kokubonga i-Thanksgiving. UJay Peak ulindele ukushisa okushisa ezinsukwini ezizayo, futhi ukulungele ukushisa iziqhumane zeqhwa ukuze uthole i-powder yokufakelwa emithambekeni ngesikhathi seholide.
Uma konke kuhamba kahle, bayovuleka ngesikhathi sempelasonto. E-Adirondack Mountains yaseNew York, i-Whiteface Mountain iqala ukuthola iqhwa ekugcineni (4 "emahoreni angu-24 edlule), futhi ihlose ukuvula ngo-Novemba 25, ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokubonga i-Thanksgiving. iholide ihlanganisa iLoon Mountain eNew Hampshire nase-Okemo Mountain Resort eVermont, naseSuarloaf eMaine.
Colorado
Mhlawumbe i-pre-ski ski destination kulo lonke elase-US, iColorado ayizange ibe nezinkinga zalo kuze kube manje ukuwa lokhu. Ngokuqinisekile, i-A-Basin ne-Loveland ivuliwe ngesimiso ngeviki lokuqala lika-Okthoba, kodwa ingxenye enkulu yeqhwa ayizange iwele kakhulu kumaRockies. Noma kunjalo, izindawo zokubhuka ezinkulu kulo lonke izwe zivulekele noma zihlele ngokushesha kakhulu. Ngokwesibonelo, iCopper Mountain ivuliwe ngoNovemba 18 kanti iBreckenridge ilandela ukulandela ngoNovemba 19. UVail uhlela ukuvula ngoNovemba 25, kanti u-Aspen Snowmass unethemba lokuthi uzoqala ukwamukela abadlali be skies ngosuku lokubonga. Ngamafuphi, izimo azange zibe zikhulu, kodwa izindawo zokubhuka zisalokhu zivuliwe ukuze zivuleke ikakhulukazi ngesimiso.
I-Utah
Indaba ifana ne-Utah, lapho bekukhona khona i-powder esisha, kodwa hhayi okuningi njengoba izindawo zokubhuka zingathanda noma. U-Alta, uBrighton no-Snowbird kulindeleke ukuthi bavule ngempelasonto ngaphambi kokubonga i-Thanksgiving, kanti iPark City izolandela u-November 26. Ngeshwa, uSolitude noDeer Valley baye bachitha isikhathi sabo sokuqala ngoDisemba, kodwa iqhwa elisha ngokubonga liye lawa futhi kufanele vula maduzane.
California
Njengoba sonke sazi, iCalifornia ibhekene nesomiso eminyakeni embalwa edlule, futhi ngenxa yalokho ubusika ski scene akuzange kube njalo njalo.
Kodwa, iqhwa liwe ngaphesheya kwesifunda ezinsukwini zamuva, futhi izibikezelo zibiza okuningi ezinsukwini ezizayo. Lokhu kuye kwavumela izindawo zokuhlala ezifana ne-Mammoth Mountain (ukujula kwesisekelo esingu-6-36 "!) Ne-Boreal Mountain ukuvula kakade, kanye nabanye abaningi abazokulandela. Izindawo ezifana ne-Suger Bowl, i-Squaw Valley ne-Heavens zilindeleke ukuba ziqale ukwamukela izivakashi NgoLwesithathu, ngoNovemba 23. Uma uhlela ukushaya ama-slopes eCalifornia kule vhiki yeviki ezayo, amathuba okuba uzojabula ngempela.
Amanye amaHlathi aseNtshonalanga
Ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka entshonalanga ye-US zizoshaywa noma zilahleke kuye ngokuthi uzoba kuphi. Ukuwa kweqhwa sekuqalile ngempela ekugcineni, kodwa kwezinye izindawo kukhona okwamanje okwamanje okwanele ngokwanele sezulu esiphuthumayo ukuze uqale izinto. Ngokwesibonelo, ngenkathi uTaos ephuzile usuku lwawo lokuvula kuze kube nguDisemba 15, uSanta Fe usahlela ukuvula uSuku Lokubonga.
Bobabili i-Jackson Hole ne-Sun Valley bahlose ukuqala ngo-Novemba 24 ngezinsuku zokuvula.
Yiqiniso, kunenqwaba yezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka kulo lonke elase-US ukuthi sasingenaso isikhathi sokuzihlola, kodwa lokhu kukunika umbono omuhle wokuthi ngubani ozovuleka ngesikhathi seviki leholide. Uma ungaboni indawo oyithandayo ye-ski kulolu hlu, qiniseka ukuthi uhlole iwebhusayithi yayo ngaphambi kokuya emathafeni.