Now that the dust has settled after arguably the most dramatic meltdown for Midwestern and Eastern winter sports since the first rope tow started to pull skiers up the hill at Suicide Six in Vermont back in the 1930's, I don't have nearly as many resorts to talk about as I did the last time I wrote this discussion. Skiing and riding in the Midwest, mid Atlantic, and Southeast was wiped out as the snow got "microwaved" by record heat, with temperatures reaching the upper 70's all the way up into southern Quebec. Not just for one day, mind you, but for nearly a week! Digging into the records produced 1910 as the last time a March warmup of this magnitude took place in the Midwest and East. Now, while the heat took its toll on resorts from the Dakotas to the Maritimes, the rest of the GLOBE was running below normal with respect to temperature, as it has for most of the rest of the world since the first of the year. While the Midwest and East were dealing with heat, western resorts were enjoying a snowy spell of weather, although there were times when snow levels were elevated a bit, due to an injection of some milder air from the subtropical branch of the jet stream. The season was dealt a blow in the East, for sure, but 11 resorts in New York and New England are still in operation, and it is worth noting that many of them resumed snowmaking in the past 24 hours as a shot of very cold air moved in from Canada, where a half a dozen or so resorts remain in operation in Quebec. Now that the heat has been beaten back, there are actually a couple of opportunities coming up for snow in the East over the next couple of weeks, so if you have plans to ski or ride over Easter weekend, keep the faith!