MANSFIELD, Ohio – Snow Trails, located just south of Mansfield, will open on Thursday, the first ski resort in Ohio to open this season. Mad River Mountain, northwest of Columbus, will open Friday.

The ski season is well underway, and resorts across the country are competing to attract winter-sport enthusiasts and après socialites who have hundreds of destinations to choose from. To help narrow ...

Starting Thursday, visitors can snowboard, ski and go snow tubing. The Vertical Descent Tubing Park is also open, with a 100-foot vertical drop down the first 500 feet of the lane. Snow Trails said ...