Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Spring Deals

Skies clear up overnight tonight allowing the sun to come out tomorrow and keep shining through the weekend.  Colder than normal March temps and incredible snowmaking have allowed us to remain 99% open.  March is all about great snow 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 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!