November 29, 2008
ShareWintergreen Resort – Nelson County, Virginia Skiers are getting what had become a rare treat over the past several years, Thanksgiving weekend skiing at Wintergreen Resort. For the past several years temperatures were too warm for skiing that early, but over the past few weeks colder temps up in the higher elevations have allowed crews [...]
November 27, 2008
ShareWintergreen Resort – Nelson County, Virginia According to Wintergreen Resort’s website, the slopes on the mountain will open for skiing Saturday & Sunday of this weekend. According to Wintergreen: They have pumped about 12 million gallons of water through our snow guns; Dobie and The Plunge look great! The Plunge will open for tubing Saturday [...]
November 22, 2008
ShareWintergreen Mountain – Nelson County, Virginia Here’s a few updated pics to show you what it looked like Saturday morning (11.22.08). Paul Purpura took these and with the very cold temps up on the mountain, Wintergreen is getting a fantastic head start on snow making! We’ve been telling you about the progress on making snow [...]
November 20, 2008
ShareWintergreen Resort – Nelson County, Virginia We first told you about Wintergreen Resort firing up the snow making gear earlier this week, here. On Wednesday they started making snow in the tubing park. With continued cold temperatures up on the mountain, they were able to fire up the units over on Dobie Thursday night. (That’s [...]
October 23, 2008
ShareWINTERGREEN, Va., Oct. 23, 2008 Wintergreen Resort has tapped a 25-year veteran of the destination resort and recreation industry as its next general manager. Hank Thiess, most recently president/general manager of Durango Mountain Resort in Durango, Colo., joins Wintergreen Resort, which is located high atop Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and touted as one of the [...]