The week between Christmas and New Year's is one of the busiest weeks of the year for ski slopes and if you are trying to go the day-of, you might want to check before you head out there because the past few days have been completely sold out ahead of time.
Holiday Valley has begun making snow! Western New York got hit with the first official snowfall of the year and as of Sunday at 1:00 PM, the skiing resort is all guns firing. According to their website,
Guns are running on Yodeler, the Candy Cane loop, Mardi Gras, School Haus, Cindy's, Sunrise, Morning Star and Edelweiss. Mother ...
A lot of my winters as a child were spent going to Holiday Valley. My dad grew up a skier and made sure his kids did too! We would go out west to Tahoe and Angel Fire; we even spent one Christmas at Killington in Vermont. However, many weekends we made the haul to Ellicottville.