Give thanks for snowmaking as ski resorts start to open this Thanksgiving week. First in our region to runs its lifts is Sugarloaf/USA, which opened Tote Road from the top of the SuperQuad yesterday.

First to ride up, then ride down was snowboard rider Seth Wescott, a Sugarloafer who won the inaugural Olympic Gold Medal in Snowboard Cross last winter.

Olympic Gold Medalist Seth Wescott, a Sugarloaf snowboarder, opened the season yesterday with a ride up the SuperQuad and a run down Tote Road
Sugarloaf courtesy photo

The announcement was made yesterday afternoon by Sugarloaf's Bill Swain. He's pictured below with Olympic Silver Medalist Billy Kidd -- who's now with Steamboat Mountain Resort -- at the Boston Ski Show a couple of years ago.

Silver Medalist skier Billy Kidd (left) and Bill Swain, of Sugarloaf/USA, pose at the Boston Ski Show a couple of years ago
Scott Andrews photo

Give thanks for snowmaking this Thanksgiving week. Sugarloaf/USA is now open for the season
Sugarloaf courtesy photo

The SuperQuad will run 8:30 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.; early season tix are $29.

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