Wednesday, November 26, 7 PM
What a great day of grooming, the storm brought us 20-22 inches of heavy, base building snow! We had a full crew today out grooming/packing and prepping trails. Even with the extensive trail brushing done this summer by staff and volunteers, we had considerable clearing to do. 5 inch birch trees from 15 feet off […]
Snowstorm coming!
Looks like we have some skiable lake effect snow coming….mother natures snow guns are getting ready. Groomers are ready, we have a team of 6 on standby for Wednesday morning. We hope to be skiing Thanksgiving day. pig heart
Tuesday, November 11th, 7 PM
We had a great opening day with a lot of happy skiers; locals and a few from Duluth, Hayward, and even the Twin Cities! The new Early Snow Loop was a huge improvement and allowed us to open with 5 inches of snow on ground that wasn’t yet frozen. We will be closing tonight and […]
Tuesday, November 11th, 9 AM
Crasher and snow Cross just came in from grooming the 8 km loop. It turned out much better than we expected….mostly white and dry a few dirty spots. Definitely early season skiing. We are open today 9-4 and then on a day to day basis.
Monday, November 10th, 7 PM
What an exciting start to the ski season — Red skies in the morning…brought snow Sunday. Trails packed Sunday and then again today. Pig Heart, Snow Cross, and Crasher roller groomed 8 km of trails including most of the new Early Snow Loop (ESL) and a piece of River and Memory and Blueberry return. The […]
Monday, November 10th, 1 PM
We will be opening tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th with limited trails and facilities. Trail passes will be available with cash, credit card, or online. Onsite passes will be sold from the ticket shack in the driveway. Ski hours are from 9-4:00 pm. Limited facilities: bathrooms and water available in the wax barn, ski shop will […]
Sunday November 9th, 12 PM
The trails are not open yet but check out Eric’s video.
Wednesday, October 29th, 5 PM
what great news to report….working with Matthew, our new leader, and wide track, snowcross, wully bully and Crasher we have the trails just about 99% ready for skiing, this includes the SISU Trail all the way into a downtown ironwood Finnish line. Matthew is organizing a work bee with the local youth sports teams to […]
2 new trail connectors
With 2 other Foundation volunteers we put up signs and maps on the new road crossing connector trails, Blueberry to Highlands and Historic Trail. The connectors are much more direct and obvious and also allow for better visability. pig heart
Wednesday, March 26 – 6:00 pm
What a surprise on Monday, we received 8 inches of new snow overnight. We could not groom since we were transitioning to the foundation this week. All the groomers are stored. Eric did get out on snowmobiles today with his brother Scott. The 10 inch snowfall made it possible to get back out on the […]
