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The resort has added many new snow guns to their arsenal for the upcoming season, allowing for faster snow making.

Great Snow Making Continues @ Wintergreen Resort!

[ 1 ] November 28, 2010

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Temps near 20 degrees over the past couple of nights continue making ideal conditions for the crews at Wintergreen Resort to keep pumping out the snow. Our NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, grabbed these shots early Sunday morning. Wintergreen says, Eagles Swoop, Upper and Lower Dobie, Lower Wild Turkey, and [...]

Photo Courtesy ©2010 www.weatherbug.com : Off in the distance you can see snow at Wntergreen that was made overnight Friday into early Saturday morning. Click on photo for live view via weatherbug.

Wintergreen Resort : Let The Snowmaking Begin!

[ 1 ] November 27, 2010

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia The temperature dropped to a bone chilling 21° last night at Wintergreen as recorded at our own weather station at The Wintergreen Nature Foundation. That set the stage for the people at Wintergreen Resort to fire up the snowguns and start making snow. In the picture above, courtesy of Weatherbug.com’s [...]

©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Photos By Paul Purpura : Mother Nature provided an initial blanket of snow, man is adding the icing at Wintergreen Resort. Click to enlarge.

Mother Nature & Man Working The Snow Together Today! : 12.5.09

[ 0 ] December 5, 2009

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Heavy snow continues to fall Saturday afternoon on the mountains at Wintergreen Resort. Temps are also falling into the mid 20′s. Perfect conditions for man to kick in with the snow making equipment at the resort to get a head start on the upcoming winter ski season! The resort is [...]

Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2009 NCL Magazine : Light snow fell Thursday morning coating the ground with a light dusting mainly at elevations about 1500 feet.

Light Snow Greets Nelson At Sunrise

[ 0 ] January 8, 2009

ShareWintergreen – Nelson County, Virginia As colder air moved in Wednesday night, there was just enough moisture left in the atmosphere being squeezed out giving folks, a small, but nice winter treat. A light coating of snow fell across the area with some light accumulation snow along the BRP, Wintergreen, and Afton Mountain. No real [...]

Photos By Paul Purpura : The view at Wintergreen Resort as of Saturday morning 11.22.08

Wintergreen : Winter Gearing Up On Mountain

[ 0 ] 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 [...]

Photo By Paul Purpura ©2008 NCL : Snowmaking began Wednesday at Wintergreen Resort.

Snow Making Starts Up At Wintergreen Resort!

[ 3 ] November 19, 2008

ShareWintergreen Resort – Nelson County, Virginia “The snow making crew has cranked up the snow guns and white, fluffy snow has been falling. A beautiful white carpet has started to blanket the mountains,” says Dana Quillen, VP of Marketing and PR at the resort. Dana says snow making will continue as colder than normal temperatures [...]