Marble Mountain sets goal of Boxing Day opening

The Marble Mountain ski resort says if Mother Nature keepsbringing snow and sunny skies, the facility will be open on Boxing Day.

"If we keep getting the snow and the conditions we have been getting the past few weeks, It's shaping up to be a very good winter," said Melissa Dwyer, general manager at the Steady Brook resort.

"If the weather stays the same, and if we can get our snow guns producing on a regular basis, then yes we should be open on December 26th."

That's early for the resort, which has had trouble in recent years with spotty snowand equipment problems including a lightning strike.

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Some enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders can't wait for the official opening and have made their own trails, something Dwyer warned against.

"We do have ski patrol working, but they are getting ready, making the mountain safe, currently adding tower pads to the mountain and doing their safety checks. So for the time being, we ask people to say off the mountain until we open," she told CBC News on Thursday.