3 though it is raining outside. You can find some snow in the mountains. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from cataloochee ski area. Lauren. Ski season is in full swing. Today is day 35 of business this season and things are looking up. 3 3 the ski area is now open seven nights a week. Extending their hours through 10 each night. Over the past week, cataloochees snowmakers have been blowing snow. It is the goal each year for the ski area to remain open throughout march. The snowmakers here at cataloochee know how to work against the adverse conditions, like the warm weather, to make it feel like winter in Maggie Valley. So much so, that they are up for a National Award for snowmaking. Plus, they are trails in the future. 3 3 we continue to do a lot of infrastructure work on our snowmaking, getting ready to add some more trails over the next couple of years. A lot of times, its more than a one year project. It takes years to get pumps and pipelines and stuff like that in, before you actu