This latest round of 2023-2024 El Nino winter weather absurdity this past weekend almost knocked us out. It especially almost knocked out the east side and the Back Bowl. Almost.
You will want to check Snow Report at welchvillage.com regularly this week to stay updated on what will and what won't be open this week, later this week, and into this weekend. Our grooming crew will be out again today and tonight moving snow around and patching up the place. It's one thing to experience 40 degrees, 50 degrees, and even 60's in March. We have never experienced a weekend of low 70's combined with 30-40 mph wind gusts the first week of March.
Here is our very tentative plan for this week.
- We will be open for spring hours again starting tomorrow, Wednesday, 10am-6pm. At this point, we plan to be open 10am-6pm daily through this Sunday. Beyond is TBD.
- Only the west slopes will be open this week through at least Thursday. East side slopes, including Jaxx, will be closed until at least Friday. At this point, we are planning to have east side & Jaxx open this Friday. Again, stay tuned for updates on this. Our team needs significant time to get the east side patched up.
- There will be a few areas & runs even on the east & west side that are closed for the season. Please respect our CLOSED signage.
- We are hoping to have some/most of the Back Bowl available for one more weekend this Saturday & Sunday only. With the weather we have been dealt this year, we are pretty happy to be able to offer Back Bowl skiing for one final Saturday & Sunday.
- Pond Skip update. Last weekend's warmth eliminated the snow base required for a pond skip on the east side. However, we are looking into having a pond skip event of some sort near the bottom of Lookout or somewhere in that vicinity on the west side. Date, time, location etc is TBD at this point. Stay tuned.
We have now been open for skiing & snowboarding for over 90 days this season. 90+ days during an historically warm winter. Thank you to all of you who understand the work it takes every year to make snow, open runs, open lifts, and operate a place like the Village. And thank you to all of you who keep coming every week this winter and enjoy the the slopes and all of the snow that we still have to offer.
