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One of Californiaโ€™s Oldest Ski Areas, Badger Pass, Cancels Season Due to Lack of Snow

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One of Californiaโ€™s oldest ski resorts, Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park, has announced it will not open for the 2024-25 season due to insufficient snow. The decision, made in collaboration with the National Park Service and Yosemite Hospitality, was shared in a social post on Monday. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 4 Feet For California This Week Despite recent [โ€ฆ]

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Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area, Californiaโ€™s Oldest Ski Resort, to Return to its Original Name

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The original names of popular landmarks in Yosemite National Park were restored Monday after a more than three-year legal wrangle involving the parkโ€™s former concessioner, its new concessioner, and the United States government was settled. DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. (Delaware North), the United States of America, and Yosemite Hospitality, LLC (Aramark) have settled the lawsuit filed by [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 19, 2019
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Badger Pass Ski Area Is Open!

    Badger pass ski area is open! Although itโ€™s no longer called Badger pass, but this famous Yosemite Ski & Snowboard area is open today, January 14th, 2017! Theyโ€™ve got 4-5 feet of snow for the last storm. Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area has it all, and makes it easyโ€”from getting here to renting equipment to taking lessons. Youโ€™ll [โ€ฆ]

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Claire Weiss | January 14, 2017
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7 Ski Resorts Close on the West Coast Due to Low Snow

Four more West Coast resorts have closed for due to low snow, adding to the 3 Californian ski mountains that closed last week. In Oregon, Mt. Ashland Ski Area, Hoodoo Ski Area, and Willamette Pass Resort have all stopped operations until they get enough snow. Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska has also suspended operations. Badger Pass, Dodge Ridge, and Mt. Shasta, all in California, have been closed for over a week. โ€œWe probably could have limped along with some of our learning-area terrain open,โ€ said Sean Waterman, a [โ€ฆ]

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ameliatraynor | January 28, 2015
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