CONWAY — It’s a perfect weekend here in the White Mountains, with tons of new powder from this week’s Winter Storm Fern, accompanied by sunshine, thankfully milder temperatures, and not only great skiing but some extraordinary winter events as well.
You know, winter, in Mount Washington Valley, with high snowbanks, glistening diamonds on the snow and blue skies: the way it’s supposed to be, right?
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