Cody Buswell, 10, holds onto the tow rope as he reaches the top of the Chapman Hill on Friday. Conditions on the hill are becoming slushy during the day and icy in the evening. Diego Gomez with Chapman Hill expects the ski area to say open until mid-March.

Cody Buswell, 10, holds onto the tow rope as he reaches the top of the Chapman Hill on Friday. Conditions on the hill are becoming slushy during the day and icy in the evening. Diego Gomez with Chapman Hill expects the ski area to say open until mid-March.

Diego Gomez, a tow rope operator at Chapman Hill, maintains the line Friday at the top of the ski hill. Gomez said he thinks the ski area will stay open until mid-March.