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Spring conditions and weather patterns can change at a moment's notice. Thus, so does the status of our trips. Spring school team sports also affect our participation, and our current situation is a mixture of both. I am monitoring Alpine's website to see what they plan to do, along with our sign-ups, to determine which bus routes will be available for our Saturday, 7 March trip. You can also monitor Alpine here: https://www.alpinevalleyresort.com/hours-2/ Currently, they are closed today and tomorrow, with a cautionary prediction for the weekend. But for the moment, sign-up is still open.
At this time of year we have to pay attention to the snow cover and the weather forecasts to ensure we have enough terrain to ski and board. Using that guideline, we made a decision yesterday to change our March 1st trip from Wilmot to Alpine to take advantage of their better snow coverage.
For more than 60 years there has really only been one administrative person at the helm of Blizzard. I'm only the second person to have that role, and it is not without its challenges. I am a professional volunteer (I have other interests for which I volunteer) but skiing is my passion. I do this for the love of the sport and to ensure that our Midwestern kids have the opportunity that I had as a child in New England, or those that have mountains within a reasonable driving distance. You can poo-poo the hills of Wisconsin all you want, but we WILL turn your kids into competent skiers and boarders so you can take them anywhere in the world and be enamored of their ability.
Happy Holidays!
Saturday is the last trip for Wilmot Mountain. Snow/weather permitting, we will be back at Alpine for the remaining two trips of the year. Anyone can get reclassified this trip and there is a special E-F ski class at 10AM that will be a classification class for those at that level.