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Powder Days on the Tug Hill Plateau: Why Skiers Love Snow Ridge’s Deep Snow and Indie Spirit
46 minutes Posted Dec 29, 2025 at 11:00 am.
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If you’ve ever chased a storm on your phone and wondered where all that snow actually lands, this episode is for you. Jane and Steve head west of the Blue Line to the Tug Hill Plateau—one of the snowiest corners of the East—and sit down with Snow Ridge co-owner and general manager Nick Mir to talk powder mornings, small-mountain grit, and why “Ice Coast” doesn’t always apply. Nick shares what it’s really like to run a fiercely independent ski area (yes… sometimes it’s unclogging a septic li...