Wild Rose, WI (WTAQ) -The weather outside hasn’t been frightful, but that doesn’t mean one northeast Wisconsin ski area is going to stay closed. …..the plan is for a Saturday opening.
Now that the temps have dropped, the people at Nordic Mountain in Wild Rose have the snow machines fired up.
Rick Schmitz is Nordic Mountain’s owner.
About 45 guns are working to make snow and get the powder over as many of the trails as they can.
He says the weather issues we’ve been going through means this has been the toughest open he’s seen in his 11 years.
The target is to have 20 inches of snow on the ground by the end of the weekend.
Normally, there’s some natural snow on the ground by now…not to this point though.
Schmitz says they’ve had some years when they’ve been open in early to mid-November.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually one of their busiest.
Schmitz is optimistic they’ll have all the trails open then.