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Lonely patches of snow melting on the hill. Idle chairlifts. An empty parking lot below. That’s how last winter looked at Mt. Holiday, the ski hill east of Traverse City, which opened for just two weeks last season.
A freakishly warm January and February wiped out snowpack from earlier in the season, and a 73-degree day on February 27 left snow-sports enthusiasts frustrated. In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called the 2023-24 season “the warmest winter on record for the contiguous United States.” As snow turned to slush, resorts were left struggling to adjust.