In reply to Snowboy:
> ... Is a conspiracy concocted by anti-establishment malcontents?
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> Anyone else out there already set up in a ski-resort looking forward to a long and busy season but still bored out of their minds waiting for snow?
Well I work in the area.
Although tangentially, but perhaps with more hope for your season, I would say that over the last 20 years the season has moved later, starting later and with a longer tail into Spring that before.
(last year notwithstanding of course).