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A New Era

NEW Legendary Passes


I am really excited to share our new season pass products for next winter season. Now honored at all three resorts, our suite of Legendary Passes offer something for everyone at an unbeatable value. For our longtime Snowriver die-hards, the Silver Pass offers you unlimited skiing and riding at Snowriver for only $475 while also providing access to Granite Peak and Lutsten with only 12 blackout dates. Perfect for taking a trip to check out our sister resorts to enjoy all they have to offer. For anyone without a pass for this season, we're offering a $99 spring add-on to ski the rest of this season beginning right away at Granite Peak and Snowriver and Starting April 1st at Lutsen. If you've never enjoyed a bluebird day on the shores of lake superior carving turns down Moose Mountain, I promise you won't be disappointed. Check out our website for more details. Passes go on sale this Saturday, March 4th. 

End of Season Plan

As we march toward spring, we're excited to keep the fun rolling as long as possible. Our plan is to operate Jackson Creek Summit daily until Sunday, April 2nd. Starting the following day, we will be getting straight to work on the removal of the old lifts to make way for the new Voyageur Express, so The Summit will remain closed from then on. This year we will be offering spring skiing over at Black River Basin Friday-Sunday of Easter weekend, before transitioning to Saturday-Sunday-only operations beginning on the 15th. 

March 5th $5 Sale


With the replacement of all the furniture in the Lodge at Jackson Creek this fall we have lots of surplus items to get rid of. We have well-built dressers, nightstands, chairs, bedframes, working air conditioners, lamps, bedspreads, pillows, and other items available for purchase. All items are $5 each or 5 items for $20. We'll be holding a rummage sale this Sunday, March 5th from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm in the old health and racket building. Please stop by to check out what we have, lots of great deals to be had! 

Online Auction


Many of you have been asking since the fall what we're going to do with all of the Blackjack and Indianhead signage that we took down. We're excited to launch an online auction alongside our spring season pass sale beginning at noon on March 4th. The team and I have been working to catalog, measure and photograph all of the items and will be uploading them by the end of this week. Once ready to roll, we'll share the link to the auction on our social media, email lists, and on our website. Be sure to check it out and maybe you can own your own piece of Big Snow history. 

Chair Sale

The Voyageur Quad in its first winter of operation during the 1969-1970 Winter Season

On the same note, we're also going to be auctioning off a select number of chairs from each of the lifts we're removing to make way for the Voyageur Express. We'll have 50 chairs from the double, triple, and quad all up for bidding during the spring pass sale running from March 4th through May 14th at 8:00 pm. Don't miss this rare opportunity to purchase one of these chairs for yourself. They make great porch swings or benches for your backyard campfire. Bidding will start at $250 per chair or buy one right away for $750 and skip the bidding. Stay tuned for the link to the auction site!

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