December-Soaked Storm Thaws Rinks, Quickens Slopes
While outdoor rinks lost ice to the rain, skiers and snowboarders enjoyed faster slopes.
DULUTH, Minn.- Wednesday night’s unprecedented December thunderstorm froze things to a halt at local outdoor hockey rinks like Duluth Heights, but proved beneficial to skiers and snowboarders. “Warm-ups and stuff like that have taken us out but not rain like that. Not rain where we’re getting thunderstorms and kids are running down in the middle of the night from the…