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Friday, January 25, 2013

Brighton YouTube Video of the Week: Skiing Down Mt. Brighton

Each week, Brighton Patch will feature videos from YouTube about Brighton.

There's lots of cool stuff going on in Brighton. Luckily, some of it is posted on YouTube. Each week, Brighton Patch will highlight a YouTube video posted about Brighton. This week's pick features a video of skiing down Mt. Brighton using a using GoPro helmet strap and helmet mount posted by YouTube user CManReinhart. Do you know of a YouTube video that highlights Brighton? Send the link to nicole.krawcke@patch.com and it could be featured next week.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Mt. Brighton Has Early Opening; Hopes for Better Season Than Last Year

Mt. Brighton opened for the first time this season Nov. 28.

Mt. Brighton took advantage of the cold weather last week and got busy making snow in order to open early this season on Nov. 28. Although, it's not the earliest opening the ski resort has ever had,  it was earlier than last year's opening of Dec. 3, according to Mt. Brighton President Joe Bruhn. "Anytime you open in November, it's good, but we would have rather of opened a couple days before Thanksgiving because that weekend is a big weekend for this type of business - everybody is home without anything to do on Friday if they don't shop," Bruhn said. "Some years you don't get open in November, other years you get open and you struggle, then make it (snow) again. It's a constant struggle this early. A December opening is late, even for us…

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