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Noah Lizotte comes to a stop Thursday at the end of a run at Lost Valley ski area in Auburn. He and a friend were having fun as their school vacation was winding down. Despite a lack of natural snow and recent warm weather and rain, nighttime temperatures have allowed the snowmakers to provide a good base of manmade snow to keep both lifts and 14 trails open. A new lift is scheduled to begin operating in a few weeks, according to a crew working on it. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Noah Lizotte, right, and his friend Mason Beane fly Thursday afternoon down a trail at Lost Valley ski area in Auburn. They were having fun as their school vacation was winding down. Despite a lack of natural snow and recent warm weather and rain, nighttime temperatures have allowed the snowmakers to provide a good base of manmade snow to keep both lifts and 14 trails open. A new lift is scheduled to begin operating in a few weeks, according to a crew working on it. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Tabor Neale, right, hangs on Thursday afternoon to her mother Logan’s snowboard as they head to the lodge after an afternoon of snowboarding at Lost Valley ski area in Auburn with Tabor’s father, Leland. The family from Alna decided to check out Lost Valley during school vacation. Despite a lack of natural snow and recent warm weather and rain, nighttime temperatures have allowed the snowmakers to provide a good base of manmade snow to keep both lifts and 14 trails open. A new lift is scheduled to begin operating in a few weeks,  according to a crew working on it. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Andrew Gwinn carves a turn Thursday afternoon at the bottom of the Bobcat trail at Lost Valley ski area in Auburn. He was taking a break from his duties as a lift attendant. Despite a lack of natural snow and recent warm weather and rain, nighttime temperatures have allowed the snowmakers to provide a good base of manmade snow to keep both lifts and 14 trails open. A new lift is scheduled to begin operating in a few weeks, according to a crew working on it. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...