Willie Dunn’s Grille at golf club featured for summer LUDLOW—Okemo Mountain Resort welcomes Ashley Elicker as its new director of culinary services. She will oversee all aspects of the resort’s culinary operations on a year-round basis. Originally from New Canaan, […]
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Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Okemo to host Drive-by Rail Jam, May 28
Sunday, May 28, 12 p.m.—LUDLOW—Although the ski and snowboard season has ended and lifts stopped running more than a month ago, Okemo Mountain Resort still has enough snow in The Zone to host a post-season rail jam! Scheduled for Sunday, […]
Featured, Local News
Spring on the slopes
Spring is here and with it soft bumps for the Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge at Killington and a pond to skim at Okemo this past weekend. Looking ahead, Killington will host its pond skimming event this Saturday, April 15. Such […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Okemo hides a golden egg, holds Easter activities
Sunday, April 16, 8 a.m.—LUDLOW—On Sunday, April 16, Okemo Mountain Resort will celebrate Easter with a sunrise service and an on-mountain egg hunt. The lucky skier or snowboarder who finds a specially marked golden egg in the Easter Egg Hunt, […]
Local News
Okemo Mountain School’s Valentine places second at Junior World Championships
LUDLOW—Okemo Mountain School snowboarder Anna Valentine (Class of ‘18) capped off a strong season with a second place victory in the FIS Junior World Snowboard Championships in Laax, Switzerland, on Monday, March 20. It was the second medal in two […]
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Beer and snow makes for a great day at Okemo
Saturday, April 1, 11 a.m.—LUDLOW—It’s no April Fools’ joke—Okemo Mountain Resort has scheduled an on-the-snow beer festival April 1. Based on the overwhelming success of its three-day summer beer festival called Hops in the Hills, Okemo introduced a one-day winter […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Okemo to host Sugar Daze spring concert
Featuring headliners Magic! and Paul Oakenfold Saturday, March 11, 3:30 p.m.—LUDLOW—While sugar makers all over Vermont will be tapping maple trees and collecting sap for making maple syrup, Okemo Mountain Resort will be tapping into the sweet sounds of Sugar […]
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Skiers and riders to shine at Okemo’s Light the Night rail jam
$5,000 cash and prizes up for grabs Saturday, March 4—LUDLOW—Okemo Mountain Resort will light up the night sky and a specially constructed rail garden on Bull Run, Saturday, March 4, for its Light the Night rail jam presented by Amp […]
Featured, Local News
Okemo to host Grommet Throwdown, Jan. 7
Saturday, Jan. 7 at 12:30 p.m.—LUDLOW—”Grommet” is a widely accepted term for a young person who participates in extreme sports such as surfing, skateboarding, skiing or snowboarding. At Okemo’s Grommet Throwdown, Jan. 7, kids age 13 and younger can spend […]
Sports
Meet Okemo ski instructor Rolf Meyer: joy, meaning through teaching
By Karen D. Lorentz Every once in a while something happens that leads to a new appreciation for what skiing means for people. One of those moments for me was the serendipitous of meeting with Okemo Ski Instructor Rolf Meyer […]