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SLOPES ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON! BLUE SKIES & POWDER!
Photo taken 12/12/2009 at 10:30 am.
POWDER CONDITIONS! THIS WEEK’S WINTER STORM DROPS OVER 2 feet!
Grab your skis & boards and head for Crystal this weekend! Since snowmaking began Thursday, December 3, we’ve been able to make enough snow, complemented by over 2 feet of natural snowfall, to open 12 slopes. That’s over 36% of our skiable terrain!
12 OPEN SLOPES –
Buck, Gorge, Lower Gorge, Giggles, Totem Park, Cheers, Main Street, Abendroth’s Trail, Basin Street, Hoot Owl & Teddy’s Turn, and Tuck’s Terrain Park.
TERRAIN PARKS
Tuck’s Terrain Park features a 10ft Mini Box, 11ft rail, 20ft Down Rail and 24ft C-Box.
We’ll continue to build more features, stay tuned.
OPEN LIFTS –
Buck Quad, Crystal Clipper High-Speed Quad, and Totem Park Carpet Lifts
More Photos at Crystal Mountain Page on Facebook >>>>

With six terrain parks, Shanty Creek leads the way for freeriders and twin-tip skiing alike. Boasting a variety of ever-changing rails, boxes and tabletops, our parks are groomed daily and maintained by our knowledgeable staff. Our park design staff attend Cutter’s Camp, where the industry’s leaders share best practices to improve the terrain park experience.
This season Schuss Mountain introduces The Monster Energy Park–a combination of three distinct parks: Purple Daze, Boulevard and The Natty. Purple Daze features boxes and rails including a 35-ft battleship, a 40-ft roller coaster, an S-rail, a C-rail, and more. A long jumpline runs the length of Boulevard. The Natty Park offers rails and boxes created from all-natural materials like split trees, stacked trees, and boulders. The Monster Park is sure to create one monster experience.
New in 2012-13 will be The Big Air Launch Pad featuring a 25′ and 40′ booter. Located behind Ivan’s, the Launch Pad will offer spectators great views of riders and skiers best big air moves.
Park newbies will be able to approach park riding on smaller jumps and low rails and boxes in the Low Rider beginner’s park.
Summit Mountain features a park set on Helm’s Gate. With an assortment of jumps and park features, park riders can experience their favorite skiing while overlooking the beautiful view of Lake Bellaire.
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First Runs of the 2009.2010 Ski & Snowboard Season!
DJ & Bryan waited at the North Peak Chair for over an hour, so that they could get first tracks of the 2009.2010 season. Congrats Fellas!
The WEB CAM is up and running! It is programmed to take a picture every 60 seconds, rotating between a view of Canyon, a view of both North & South Peak, and then a close up of the top of South Peak. Be sure to refresh the page to see the new picture.
