Author: Roger Janes

Yesterday the Wilderness Wildcats, our youth ski program, had their first day of fun on the snow. This program, lead by Ned Reade and supported by a group of volunteers, has over 40 kids enrolled this year to learn the life time benefits of cross country skiing. It is a wonderful addition to our facility.… Continue reading Sunday January 16th.

It’s a bit cool and the parking lot is filling up. An inch of fresh snow fell overnight, which we will leave for people to ski in. It add more texture to the surface and overall conditions are good. We do not have adequate depth to set track. If the storm moves in tonight, we… Continue reading Saturday, January 15th.Open on both sides of the network

But first a little information… Wilderness Lodge sits atop the leading edge of the Chautauqua Ridge, and we have 1,000 feet of elevation over Lake Erie. This area is often recognized by the National Weather Service Buffalo. So if you want to see the facts of our weather pattern and projections, go to their site… Continue reading Thursday night looking into the weekend and beyond.

We are again open for skate skiing and traditional. The Lodge side trails which have the hills deeper in the network are sketchy, so we recommend caution or avoid those areas completely.Today, we will be grooming the East Side network, concentrating on the Peak Trail, High Road and back to the Lodge. This area has… Continue reading Thursday, January 13th.

We have rolled and packed the Lodge side and have a boundary layer of ice underneath. Skating pushes the snow away so this is an effort to protect the trails.

It rained Sunday, then snapped cold into the teens to freeze the remaining layer of snow and tighter the ground underneath… We are currently in a Winter Weather Advisory predicting lake effect snows until Tuesday morning. Hopefully, it will be our typical heavy water laden snow which packs well and provides a stable base. Our… Continue reading Monday, January 10th.

Storm coming tomorrow…maybe next week, we will be back!

Deer Season in Pennsylvania….we will keep you posted as things develop.

Main Trail, Swamp Fox, West Main, and the trails across the road are open. The climb of A frame is bad and then becomes skiable. We encourage our Season Pass Holders to come Ski.

The guys were out this morning until the sun turned the grooming off, Late afternoon, we welcomed about an inch of fresh snow. Believe me, an inch over a level firm base is great skiing. Tomorrow. they will be out again early working the surface, maybe some new tracks . The rest of the week,… Continue reading March 1st, looking forward