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Kki Bluewood's general manager just announced that, due to warm and rainy weather forecast, this will be the closing weekend at Bluewood. See the end-of-season announcement letter from General Manager Kim Clark below:

To All Our Friends and Family,

Ski Bluewood will be closing for the season at the end of the business day this Sunday, March 15th. This decision was a tough one with only two or maybe three weekends left in the year, but the forecast for the week ahead is for possible rain and very warm temperatures.

Our maintenance crew has done a fantastic job of farming snow out of every area we can find, and we have the mountain ready for this weekend. With that said, we are out of areas to get snow, and this has added to our decision.

It has been a challenging season for winter recreation in the Northwest to say the least. We have been open for 51 of 52 scheduled days this season and have had some fantastic days up on the mountain. A lot of you have been there for a majority of those, and I want to take this time to personally Thank each and every one of you who have come up to the mountain this winter. It is Guests like you that keep us all coming to work every day.

Our family, including our owners and team members, want to invite you up for one last weekend of fun and memories on the mountain.

While our traditional year-end Bash won't happen this year due to this earlier-than-normal closing, we still have miles of smiles awaiting you.

Hope to see you all on the mountain this weekend. Bluewood: Your Mountain Is Waiting.

Thanks again,

Kim Clark

General Manager, Ski Bluewood