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CHARLEMONT — Snow has been made and crowds have turned out to ski and snowboard at Berkshire East despite relatively balmy daytime temperatures and rain throughout the past week.“Mother Nature may be on strike,” said Berkshire East Manager Jon...

CHARLEMONT — Snow has been made and crowds have turned out to ski and snowboard at Berkshire East despite relatively balmy daytime temperatures and rain throughout the week.“Mother Nature may be on strike,” said Berkshire East Manager Jon Schaefer by...

Josh Blyler won the race at the Ultra4 Nitto Tire Nationals, while Vaughn Gittin Jr. took home the National Championship.

2 skiing deaths tragic part of challenging year for Berkshire East Berkshire East Mountain Resort’s ski trails in Charlemont. STAFF FILE PHOTO Berkshire East Mountain Resort in Charlemont upon opening for the season in December 2020. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz Berkshire East Mountain Resort’s base lodge in Charlemont. Staff Photo/PAUL FRANZ Published: 4/15/2021 6:55:52 PM CHARLEMONT — On March 12, 2020, Berkshire East Mountain Resort closed for the season earlier than expected in an effo...

Wrong message Published: 2/2/2021 1:05:27 PM In my opinion, it is irresponsible of The Recorder to publish photos of people (who are not in the same “pod”) in close proximity to one another not wearing face masks. For example, on the front page of the Recorder on Jan. 29, there is a large photo of U.S. Rep. Neal having a conversation indoors with Jon Schaefer at Berkshire East Mountain Resort. Both men have their face masks down around their necks. I believe that this sends the wrong messag...

The Massachusetts Ski Business Is Booming As People Clamor To Get Outside Snowboarders step off a chairlift at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, in Princeton, Mass., in this file photo from December 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Good luck getting tickets this holiday period if you want to ski in Massachusetts. A combination of pent-up energy, early season snowfall and tough COVID restrictions in other New England states has pushed demand through the roof. “As we headed into this season, we antici...

Photograph courtesy of Berkshire East and Tino Specht Jon Schaefer grew up in Charlemont, a community of nearly 1,300 that lies between Williamstown and Interstate 91. His family owns the local Berkshire East Mountain Resort, where he and his siblings, and most everyone in the hill-towns region, learned to ski. Some Schaefer family members became racers, traveling to compete on some of the world’s most daunting and magnificent alpine heights. “When you’re in a little town in New Zealand a...