St. Paddy's Day Sunburns

There were a lot of people enjoying the nice spring weather over St. Paddy's weekend. Since it was the last weekend for the Sherburne Express to run, most of the college students and high school students were riding through the park getting in their last chances to ride the lower mountain.

Kalmen Rosenfield, coordinator of snowboarding lessons and snow sports, said, "On St. Paddy's day it was a beautiful day out, there were all the college kids getting rowdy in the park and a good amount of people up top with a little bit of a line at the upper lift."

Sunday, March 18 was Kalmen's last day of work since the bottom of the mountain was closing, but it didn't keep him from enjoying the warm weather at Burke.

Lucas Pelletier, a cook in the cafeteria at the Mid Burke lodge said, "it was really busy on St Patrick's day because it was really nice outside; we made a lot of food; we made corn beef and cabbage with carrots and potatoes and sold a lot of that, it was a really busy day and close to the last days of the year."

Burke was filled with people wearing green and celebrating with Irish food and lots of drinking. The Bear Den Lounge extended their patio to make room for all the skiers and snowboarders celebrating even after the lifts were closed for the day.

Brandon Villeneuve, a snowboarder and LSC student said, "St. Paddy's day was pretty busy but the conditions were absolutely beautiful. Sunny bluebird sky. There were definitely a lot of people celebrating on all the trails. It was great with everybody in the holiday sprit and being very friendly."

Even though Burke's ski season is coming to an end people are still enjoying the warm weather and wet snow.

"The snow was kind of weird but fun because it was so wet and so movable you could really get a good edge in, even though it kind of tossed you off in different directions," said Villeneuve.

The warm weather brought out students, tourists, and everyone else who loves celebrating St Patrick's Day weekend to ride Burke and enjoy drinking at the bars afterward. Even when the lifts were closing for the day, the bar and patio was packed with people celebrating, and enjoying the last weekend of full mountain accessibility.