BARTLETT — “So it looks like winter finally came — on Jan. 20, no less,” laughed Doug Garland of Bear Notch Ski Touring and Snowshoe Center Friday morning, with 7 inches of fluff on the ground and snow still falling lightly.
With more snow predicted for Sunday and then also on Wednesday, it is finally looking like Old Man Winter is making his arrival and we snowsports lovers are rejoicing.
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