To our Berkshire East and Catamount Guests and Employees: Berkshire East will close for the season today, Thursday, March 12 at 4pm and Catamount Ski Area will not reopen this weekend. COVID-19 has been discovered in the surrounding hill towns and multiple people are being quarantined. To be clear, no known Berkshire East or Catamount customers or ...

Dear Seasons Pass Holders and Friends, As I am sure that many of you have seen, on March 12, 2020 we made the decision to close Berkshire East and Catamount Resorts for winter operations due to the Coronavirus. On that day we chose to lead the ski industry into its early close. Believe me when I tell you that decision was one of the hardest decisio...

COVID-19 AND REOPENING FOR THE SUMMER The safety and wellbeing of our guests, employees as well as the community remains our highest priority. We believe we all have a part to play to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Massachusetts has ordered the closing of all physical spaces of non-essential business and gatherings of over 10 people...

BERKSHIRE EAST COVID-19 PREVENTION STATEMENT COVID-19 and the risk of viral contamination have fundamentally changed the recreation industry, and we have been planning accordingly. As we start looking beyond the immediate crisis, it is clear people are yearning for human connection and a return to the activities they love. We believe that e can sat...

THUNDER MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK IS EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU BACK! THUNDER MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK COVID-19 OPERATIONS GUIDELINES Thunder Mountain Bike Park COVID-19 Operations Guidelines Thunder Mountain Bike Park is excited to welcome you back! We feel outdoor recreation is an important component to living a well-rounded and healthy lifestyle, and we are comm...

SKI WELL, BE WELL LOOKING AHEAD TO THE 2020/21 WINTER SEASON The ski industry values the health and safety of its employees, guests, and communities. The Berkshire East and Catamount teams demonstrated this commitment in March when we led the ski world into shutting down with several weeks left in the season. This was painful for our business, our ...

Hey there Winter Lovers! This letter is to address the COVID-19 elephant in the room. It is time to shed some light on what we are planning for this winter. Without question, we are raring to open for the 2020/2021 season. Yes, there will be recommended COVID-19 state guidelines that we will follow. This will result in a change to the face of your ...

A LETTER FROM JON SCHAEFER On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Berkshire East and Catamount became the first ski areas to shut down for COVID. Within 100 hours, most ski areas in the country had followed suit. The next 16 days were full of uncertainty, nervousness, and fear. At both mountains, we concluded that we would approach the year dynamically. We w...

BERKSHIRE EAST OPENING DAY 2020 Berkshire East will open for the season on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Our snowmakers have been busy getting the hill ready for a great season ahead. But, with the warm temps and rain forecasted this weekend, we are going to keep the snow piled and protected so we can properly take advantage of next week's snowmakin...

REMEMBER TO PURCHASE YOUR PASS BEFORE YOU ARRIVE! Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend! The conditions were great and we loved seeing our community enjoying the outdoors! We would like to remind all mountain visitors that you need to purchase your tickets on our www.berkshireeast.com website BEFORE you arrive at the mountain. As our holi...

A LETTER FROM JON SCHAEFER Happy New Year to every one of you who make up our awesome community! 2020 started in an inauspicious way at Berkshire East and Catamount. As 2019 wound down, a severe ice storm shut down the ski resorts on December 30, and on the 31rst our crews worked tirelessly to reopen the mountains. For me, I spent New Years Eve in ...

"EVEN A TUBE NOOB CAN HAVE A BLAST ON THE SLOPES" "Berkshire East, 66 Thunder Mountain Road, Charlemont; berkshireeast.com: True, it's a little bit of a drive from Greater Boston, but what do we have more of than time these days? Berkshire East has three tubing lanes that are groomed to help you speed all 500 feet down. A "magic carpet" zips you ba...

Check out this awesome Mountain Report video about Berkshire East! We are proud to be an Indy mountain and we love providing 4 seasons of quality outdoor adventure to our community!  

A LETTER FROM JON SCHAEFER Dear Berkshire East and Catamount Passholders and Guests, Ahh, March in Massachusetts, thou art more lovely and more temperate than… than… than, the arctic? Anyway, I am confident that soon enough we will settle into the business of spring skiing -- at least for a few weeks. Or maybe longer? I'm happy to announce that we ...

BERKSHIRE EAST CLOSED FOR WINTER We tried to hang on as long as possible, but Mother Nature has had the final say. Berkshire East is now CLOSED for the season. We stockpiled snow to run as late in the year as we could, but the past two weeks and the recent rainstorms have hit us hard. We want to thank all our loyal skiers and riders as well as the ...