Bristol Mountain features many trails ranging from easiest (green circle) to difficult (double black diamonds).

In the autumn they offer Fall Sky Rides using the Comet Express High-Speed Quad chairlift[4] slowed to take 15–20 minutes.

[17] November and December set monthly average temperature records in the northeast[18] amid a very powerful El Niño expected to last the entire winter.

[27] The season ended with a very warm March and spring forecast for the northern United States,[28] and set records for both the warmest and least snowiest winter in several locales in the region, including Rochester, Binghamton, and Cortland County.

[17] By comparison to many of the state's resorts, Bristol fared better, with a decent base that allowed the majority of trails to remain open until March 9,[29] just 77 days into the season.

Area ski resorts including Bristol had already made enough snow to have nearly all trails open through the warm spell,[33] though with below average base depth and spring conditions.

While Bristol only had to cut a few trails after the weekend, well under half of the 50 ski resorts in the state opened for the week of January 23.

[32] Bristol opened for the season on December 11, 2016,[33] after snowmaking and the first significant natural snow occurred in late November.

[34] Early February saw more mild temperatures and rain that again eliminated the small amount of natural snow in the region.

The trend of warmer and more sporadic winters in the 2010s led many ski country resorts to add off-season features such as aerial parks and chairlift rides to move towards being four-season entities.

[17] In late February, as parts of the region broke 70 degrees, breaking records for the warmest February temperature ever in some locations,[35][36] as well as rare mid-winter thunderstorms,[37] a high school Nordic skiing event was moved from Bristol to Gore Mountain due to the poor conditions, while the alpine event remained.

[41] Throughout ski country, the season was good up through early February, with low temperatures and a fair amount of natural snow.

For a second year in a row, a state Nordic skiing event was moved to Gore Mountain amid the bad conditions.

It was the next-to-last link in the Rural Radio Network chain of FM stations broadcasting to farmers across upstate New York.

WMIV was sold to Empire Broadcasting and in early 1982, it changed format to adult standards and its call letters to WYLF.

In 1993, Rock-It 95 added the syndicated Howard Stern Show to its lineup, bringing the station attention and ratings in the larger Rochester market.

[46] Bristol's new detachable chairlift, the Galaxy high speed quad, will only run during peak times such as afternoons and weekends.

Bristol Mountain usually has a winter operating season of about four months (December to March), sometimes opening by late November and closing sometime in April.

During peak times, they use millions of gallons of water per day, megawatts of electricity, and about 20,000 cu ft (570 m3) of compressed air at 90 PSI per minute.

It is a detachable high speed quad chairlift manufactured by Doppelmayr CTEC and installed at the base of Lower Galaxy on the northern side of the mountain.

A fixed-grip quad chairlift installed mid-mountain that provides guests access to easy to intermediate trails and a terrain park.

A fixed-grip triple chairlift installed at the base of Lower Rocket that provides guests access to intermediate to advanced trails.

A fix-gripped double chairlift installed at the base of Sunset that provides guests access to easy to intermediate/advanced terrain (depending on whether Challenger is open or closed).

A conveyor-lift installed in 2008 that services the Launching Pad located at the base of the mountain for beginners and learn-to-ski students.

This is due to the fact that Bristol Mountain first opened in the 1960s, during the space race, and is located a few miles from the CEK Mees Observatory.

Forty-eight-year-old Elliott A. Eklund was pronounced dead at Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua at 8:20 after striking a tree on Bristol Mountain's Shooting Star run at about 7:30.