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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this development has moved Okemo from the small, family mountain to the large resort category of ski areas. The nice thing about Okemo is that it hasn't lost any of its friendliness...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

While Okemo does not have any special college ski weeks like some of the other places, the resort does try to attract students. The only mountain to offer a student discount, Okemo sells mid-week lift tickets for $13.50 (half of the regular $27) to anyone with a valid college...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

Heading up one of the new summit triples, and then down "World Cup" we were a little disappointed. The night before the sno-cats had ground up the snow into golf ball-sized chunks--not the greatest surface for skiing. But the lower half of the mountain had been spared the sno-cats' wrath and was as good skiing as we would see on any mountain that...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

With all the new improvements, Okemo has definitely made it as a major mountain. Like all Vermont areas, however, it is dwarfed by its northern neighbor Killington...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

Killington isn't a mountain; it's a combination six-mountain mega-area, complete with more than 100 trails and 17 lifts. But don't be fooled by its size; bigness doesn't necessarily mean greatness...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Vermont's Best White Powder | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

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