WENATCHEE — Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort will not open over Thanksgiving weekend due to unseasonably warm and rainy November weather. The resort now targets Dec. 5 as the opening day for the 2025-26 winter season, conditions permitting.

The mountain has fired up as many as 31 snow guns, taking advantage of overnight temperature drops and making steady progress toward preparing the ski area for guests, according to a Mission Ridge news release.

“We’re incredibly proud of our team and the effort they’ve put in during what has been one of the warmest and wettest Novembers we’ve seen in recent years,” Matt Neubauer, general manager at Mission Ridge, said in the release. “Whenever temperatures dipped, even for just a few hours, our snowmaking crew was out there, making the most of every o

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