SUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTERS
ADVERTISE| CLASSIFIEDS| JOBS| E-TRIB
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NETWORK TRIBLIVE LOCAL
Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source
Seven Springs daily snow report with stumbling skier goes viral | TribLIVE.com
Regional

Seven Springs daily snow report with stumbling skier goes viral

Paul Peirce
Paul Peirce
4665846_web1_gtr-7SpringsSnow
Courtesy of Seven Springs
Abbey Way provides a video snow report for Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Thursday with a staged stumbling skier in the background.

Daily snow reports posted by ski resorts often can be boring, simply listing the amount of fresh snow, ski conditions, temperatures and the number of open slopes.

A report posted Thursday by Seven Springs’ narrator Abbey Way via Twitter hit it big, garnering attention across the country with a slipping, stumbling skier in the background barely able to navigate snow-covered steps at the Somerset County resort.

“Yes, we’re aware of the popularity of (Thursday’s) report. It was retweeted by (former NBA basketball star) Rex Chapman, who has 1.1 million followers on Twitter, plus many others,” resort spokesman Alex Moser said. “And we just received a call this afternoon from KTLA News in Los Angeles asking to use it.”

Chapman’s tweet directed followers to watch “the person coming down the steps.”

As Way announced that 16 inches of fresh snow had fallen this week, including 1 inch overnight, and there are 21 open slopes and trails, a skier attempting to navigate the stairs behind her appears to hang on to a rail for her life. After the woman reaches the ground and apparently heads toward the lifts, the skier continues to stumble until she’s out of view.

Pressed about the authenticity of the background activities, Moser relented.

“We’ve been trying to do something a little different this year with something humorous going on in the background … trying to make it a little more interesting,” he said. “Abbey doesn’t usually even know what’s going on behind her.”

Wednesday’s video report featured a person in a dog costume dancing in the background. One over the weekend had a skier in the background holding a cardboard sign reading, “No One Wants to Hear Your Bluetooth Speaker.” Last week, someone photo bombed Way and made snow angels on the slope behind her during the report.

The Christmas Eve report showed the Grinch tackle a skier, only to be roughed up by Santa, Moser said.

Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.

Get Ad-Free >

Categories: Editor's Picks | Local | Regional | Top Stories
Content you may have missed