About Ski Brodie
Ski Brodie is an independent guide to skiing, riding and the outdoors in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts — how the season works, what a first day on snow involves, where the trails go once the snow has gone, and the valley of museums and mill towns underneath it all.
The site publishes four sections: skiing and snowboarding, summer and the outdoors, the Berkshires themselves, and groups and events.
About the name
Brodie Mountain, in New Ashford, was run for decades by the Kelly family and marketed without apology as Kelly's Irish Alps — green-dyed snow every March and the loudest St Patrick's Day in New England. It stopped public skiing in 2002.
The name is kept because this guide covers the hills and the valley Brodie sat in, and because that history is part of what skiing here is. The site has no connection to the former operators and makes no claim to be their successor.
Independence
Ski Brodie is not owned by, affiliated with, or speaking for any resort, hotel or venue. Nothing here is published on behalf of a business, and no payment is taken in exchange for coverage or for a favourable mention. Where a business is named, it is named as a third party.
The practical consequence is that the site says unhelpful things when they are true — that a ski-slope walk is a slog, that a base lodge at noon is unpleasant, that a season pass is a bad buy for most people. A guide that only ever praises is an advertisement.
How it is written
Where something varies between operators or changes from season to season — prices, opening hours, height limits — the site describes how the arrangement works rather than quoting this season's number, and points the reader at the operator for the current value. A guide that publishes prices is wrong within a year and misleads everyone who arrives afterwards.
The fuller account is on the editorial policy page, and how material is sourced is on press, images and sources.
Publisher
Ski Brodie is published by Yannick Bouvard. Full details are on the legal notice page.
Corrections are welcome and are made without argument — the contact form is the way to send one.