Wintergreen Resort - The Mountaintop Blog

Fabulous Conditions Continue for The Holidays

2009-12-29T06:08:00.000-08:00

15 degrees at 6am, another glorious night of snowmaking! We have completely resurfaced our slopes overnight providing the kind of snow our customers rave about. Full snowmaking automation allows us to produce the best surface conditions available. Come check it out! Forecasters are still hinting at more snow on the way for Thursday and Friday, bring it on! We will continue to make snow on Lower Cliffhanger, Outer Limits and our Advanced Terrain Park. These should open over the next couple of days. Keep checking this report for all of the details.

Skiing and Riding: Today we have 23 slopes and trails open and 5 lifts. We will be open for both day and night sessions. Today we open at 9am and close at 10pm. The average snow base depth throughout the resort is 30”- 40”. HOLIDAY RATES ARE NOW IN EFFECT (4 hour tickets are not available on Saturdays, or during holiday periods)

Tubing: The Plunge will be open today with sessions from 10am - 11pm. Buy tickets on the web ahead of time if you want to take advantage of this great winter activity. Tickets for The Plunge or Ridgely’s Fun Park can be purchased over the web right now Click here. Ridgely’s Fun Park will be open starting Saturday 12/26 through the holiday period from 10am-6PM Bring your little ones up here for some great family fun.

Terrain Park: The progression park includes: 2 - 10’ boxes, A-frame rail, corrugated pipe with hip, pole jam, small rainbow, 15’ short fat rail, 15’ table top, wedge jump, 20’ box and a flat down rail.

New Terrain Park Features!

2009-12-26T04:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays! Clearing skies and lots of terrain open. We received 30”-36” of snow last weekend and conditions are great. WOW what an incredible start to the season! We have opened a ton of new terrain this week and only have Outer Limits and our Advanced Terrain Park left on the list. These should open quickly once snowmaking conditions return. Keep checking this report for all of the details.

Skiing and Riding: Today we have 24 slopes and trails open and 5 lifts. We will be open for both day and night sessions. Today we open at 9am and close at 10pm. The average snow base depth throughout the resort is 24”-36”. HOLIDAY RATES ARE NOW IN EFFECT (4 hour tickets are not available on Saturdays, or during holiday periods)

Tubing: The Plunge will be open today with sessions from 10am - 9pm. Ridgely’s Fun Park will be open starting Saturday 12/26 through the holiday period from 10am-6PM Bring your little ones up here for some great family fun.

Terrain Park: The progression park includes: 2 - 10’ boxes, A-frame rail, corrugated pipe with hip, pole jam, small rainbow, 15’ short fat rail, 15 table top, wedge jump.

More Slopes Open!

2009-12-24T06:24:00.000-08:00

Fabulous Skiing and Riding Conditions! We received 30”-36” of snow last weekend and conditions are great. WOW what an incredible start to the season! Big Acorn, Upper Wild Turkey and Cross Cut ALL OPEN TODAY! All of this natural snow and the cold temperatures forecasted are allowing us to get slopes open in record time and provide incredible conditions. This could very well be the best Christmas ever! Keep checking this report for all of the details.

Skiing and Riding: Today we have 24 slopes and trails open and 4 lifts. We will be open for both day and night sessions. Tonight we will close at 8pm. The average snow base depth throughout the resort is 24”-36”. REGULAR SEASON RATES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY! (4 hour tickets are not available on Saturdays, or during holiday periods)

More Highlands, AND the Terrain Park!

2009-12-23T06:31:00.001-08:00

Devils Elbow, The Gap, Lower Cliffhanger and our Progression Terrain Park ALL OPEN TODAY! All of this natural snow and the cold temperatures forecasted for the next 10 days will allow us to get slopes open and provide incredible conditions. This could very well be the best Christmas ever! Keep checking this report for all of the details.

Skiing and Riding: Today we have 21 slopes and trails open and 4 lifts. We will be open for both day and night sessions. The average snow base depth throughout the resort is 24”-36”. REGULAR SEASON RATES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY! (4 hour tickets are not available on Saturdays, or during holiday periods)

Tubing: The Plunge will be open today with sessions from 2-9pm. Buy tickets on the web ahead of time if you want to take advantage of this great winter activity. Tickets for The Plunge or Ridgely’s Fun Park can be purchased over the web right now Click here. Ridgely’s Fun Park will be open starting Saturday 12/26 through the holiday period from 10am-6PM Bring your little ones up here for some great family fun.

100% Open By This Weekend!

2009-12-22T10:19:00.000-08:00

Superb Snowmaking Conditions has us focused on being 100% open this coming weekend! We received 30”-36” of snow last weekend and conditions are great. WOW what an incredible start to the season! The Highlands opened yesterday and The Plunge Opens TODAY. Devils Elbow and the Gap should open tomorrow, Big Acorn and Upper Wild Turkey should open Thursday. All of this natural snow and the cold temperatures forecasted for the next 10 days will allow us to get slopes open and provide incredible conditions. This could very well be the best Christmas ever! Keep checking this report for all of the details.

Skiing and Riding: Today we have 16 slopes and trails open and 4 lifts. We will be open for both day and night sessions. The average snow base depth throughout the resort is 24”-36”. REGULAR SEASON RATES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY! (4 hour tickets are not available on Saturdays, or during holiday periods)

Tubing: The Plunge opens today with sessions from 2-9pm. Buy tickets on the web ahead of time if you want to take advantage of this great winter activity. Tickets for The Plunge or Ridgely’s Fun Park can be purchased over the web right now Click here. Ridgely’s Fun Park will be open starting Saturday 12/26 through the holiday period from 10am-6PM Bring your little ones up here for some great family fun.