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©2012 www.nelsolncountylife.com : Photo By NCL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura : Temps hovered around 17° for most of Monday. Perfect weather for the resort to make plenty more snow.

Temps Drop And The Snow Flys Again At Wintergreen

[ 0 ] January 2, 2012

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Though temps neared 60° over New Year’s Weekend they spent most of Monday around 17° up at Wintergreen Resort for the 2nd day of January. Perfect weather to crank the snow making gear back up! Temps will continue cooperating for the next several days on the mountain. Overnight lows will [...]

©2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Photos By NCL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura : Donny Falls, snowmaker, with Wintergreen Resort looks over Eagles Swoop from his snowmobile Monday afternoon as snow guns keep putting down powder.

More Snow Going Down At Wintergreen : Opens This Weekend on 12.17.11

[ 0 ] December 13, 2011

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia In just a few days Wintergreen Resort plans the opening pf some slopes on Saturday the 17th. For the past several days snowmaking has been in full gear at Wintergreen. NCL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura went to check out the progress Monday afternoon and found they’ve made tremendous progress. According [...]

Full Speed Ahead – Snow Is Flying At Wintergreen Resort

Full Speed Ahead – Snow Is Flying At Wintergreen Resort

[ 0 ] December 8, 2011

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, VA Temps dropped into the upper teens overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning at Wintergreen Resort. After roughly an inch of natural snow fell overnight, conditions are now perfect for the resort to make snow full time to get ready for next weekend’s kickoff of the 2011-2012 season. Right now the Wintergreen [...]

Snowmaking Begins At Wintergreen Resort!

Snowmaking Begins At Wintergreen Resort!

[ 0 ] December 1, 2011

ShareWintergreen Resort Nelson County, Virginia Temps dropped down to the lower 20′s early Thursday morning which allowed Wintergreen Resort to fire up the snow guns and start making a little bit of snow! Look for more updates as the 2011-2012 season gets underway in the coming weeks! Tweet This Post

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 [...]

Photos By Paul Purpura ©2008 NCL : Skiers hop off of a lift at Wintergreen for a soft opening on Friday.

Wintergreen : Skiing Begins At Mountain Resort

[ 0 ] 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 [...]

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 [...]