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DAYTON – Warm, rainy weather has hit Ski Bluewood hard. Sunday the resort closed for the season, skipping the annual Bluewood Bash.

In his end-of-season letter, General Manager Kim Clark wrote: “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....