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Swiss Valley in Jones stoked to ski later into season with ample snow


A few red-winged blackbirds and a flock or two of sandhill cranes arrived over the weekend. Maple sap was running. Like usual for the start of March.
But it still isn’t a usual winter for ski resorts. If it were, the downhill season at Swiss Valley Ski & Snowboard Area in Jones would toast its finale this Sunday — typically a week into March. Instead, spokesman Mike Panich says the resort has booked its “Slush Cup” contest (a sort of farewell party) for March 14 with the option of staying open even longer if the weather permits and visitors keep coming.
Snowmelt or not, the resort recently looked more like it was ramping up operations, not chilling out, stoked by the momentum from a super-busy season when weekend ski rentals often ran out. Jamie Stafne, who oversees operations, says this season’s attendance will surely “blow the record for the past two decades.” ....

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5-minute bird counts to track climate change. And the latest on great Michiana skiing.


Ready for a winter scavenger hunt? This one combines the brief focus of speed dating with the patience of bird-watching.
You adopt a 6-mile square. On one morning, select and visit 12 spots within that square, typically the habitat of a given bird. Spend no more than 5 minutes at each spot and look or listen for only the specific birds on your list. There are just a handful, and they’re common enough that you don’t need to be an expert to identify them: a white- or red-breasted nuthatch, Eastern bluebird, American goldfinch or Eastern towhee.
Then report your findings. The data will feed into the national Audubon Society’s Climate Watch program, aimed at tracking how birds may be shifting their territories based on regional changes in weather and, as a result, habitat. ....

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How we're adapting to new comfort zone and masks on Michiana ski slopes, trails


Cross-country skier Helena Russell enjoys an old ritual from back home in Sweden that has become a hallmark of COVID winter.
She finds the picnic table and crackling fire pit that normally aren’t there by the nature center at Love Creek County Park in Berrien Center — an offering in case you don’t want to hang out inside.
Then Russell, who now lives in St. Joseph, sets out snacks on the table and, before perching herself on the cold wooden bench, lays out a furry sheepskin she’s had for years. She’s also used stadium and camping mats or even newspapers inside of a plastic bag in the past — for a cushy tush during a post-ski meal. ....

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Winter start-ups
• Downhill skiing: Swiss Valley Ski & Snowboard Area in Jones fired up its snow guns Monday night and will continue making snow each night this week as long as there’s the right combination of temperatures below 28 degrees and dry enough air, says Mike Panich, who’s helping with public relations and management. Timber Ridge and Bittersweet resorts near Kalamazoo also started making snow. Opening dates are yet to be determined. When Swiss Valley does open, Panich says, there will be food service but not for indoor dining, per state restrictions; you’ll have to eat outside, like at a picnic table or in your car. See my Nov. 25 column for more about what’s new this season at Swiss Valley. ....

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