Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Fantastic Snow!

Simply incredible skiing and riding conditions for this late in the season.  99% open, packed powder surface and GREAT DEALS - $40 8 hour lift tickets, $30 4 hour lift tickets and a $59 lift and rental package.  Discounted skiing and riding along with 25 trails open and tons of snow = incredible value and good times!

POND SKIMMING - Don't miss one of the best events of the season.  Make plans to participate and/or cheer on the competitors - Saturday 3/22.

Slopes:

Skiing and Riding on 25 trails with 3 lifts operating (Big Acorn, Blue Ridge Express and Highlands Express). OPEN - DAY ONLY - 9a to 5p.  Machine groomed packed powder surface.  Outer Limits is un-groomed and bumped up.

Terrain Park: 

Upper Diamond Hill Progression Park - OPEN - A frame box, disco box, 2 small jumps, small bonk, 2 - 16ft flat boxes, propane tank hip and a mini quarter pipe.

Main Park - OPEN - triple jump line (2 medium and 1 large), camo tank set up down, 20ft flat rail, 20ft "slim jim" pipe, side by side rail going into a 20ft down box.

Lower Dobie Park - OPEN - 5 features - tank line with 4 tank hits and 1 down rail.

Tubing:

The Plunge is CLOSED re-opening Saturday.

PLEASE NOTE - online advanced tubing sales for the weekend of 3/22-3/23 will not go on sale until Thursday 3/20.

Ridgely's Fun Park is CLOSED for the season.

It's official, we plan to ski and ride on Saturday 3/29 and Saturday 4/5.  Conditions are just too good to call it quits. 

Spring Operating Schedule:

Monday 3/17 – Friday 3/21 – DAY SESSIONS ONLY 9-5
Tubing CLOSED
Saturday 3/22 & Sunday 3/23 – DAY SESSIONS ONLY 9-5
Tubing 12-4:30p
Monday 3/24 – Friday 3/28 – CLOSED
Saturday 3/29 – OPEN  - closed midweek and Sunday re-opening 4/5.
Tubing - TBD

Saturday 4/5 - OPEN - final day of the fantastic 13/14 ski and ride season.  Second year in a row skiing and riding the first weekend in April....  SNOWPOWER and help for Mother Nature will make this one of the longest ski seasons ever!