CONWAY — First, the good news: North Conway was named by readers of USA Today as the “No. 1 Ski Town in North America” (and the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation was ranked fifth in a list of the top 10 cross-country ski resorts).
But the question remains in this "new normal" of pandemic times: What will COVID-19 do to the joy of skiing?
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