Whole New Animal

We want Wild Mountain to be in-business forever. Yes, until the end of time.

When you approach running a business, not with a quarterly earnings in-mind, but with a timeline spanning numerous lifetimes – you make different decisions. 

That means we need to make investments for the good of our property and the good of our climate. 

We’ve made improvements from laptop to mountaintop all while working to reduce carbon emissions and divert waste. 

We’ve made a lot of changes, and some of our guests may not recognize the place. It’s a ‘Whole New Animal’ as we like to say. Yet, it’s still got the same vibe that’s been humming here since 1960.

Improvements For Winter 24/25

So, we are making a significant investment to battle against tough winters. Our plan is to expand our pumping capacity from our mountaintop pond.

This increased capacity will grow our snowmaking capabilities by 33% when temps drop into the teens. This additional water will allow us to operate an additional 50 snow guns when conditions are right.

To put that into perspective, this winter we would hit our nightly pumping capacity while making snow on Main Stage, Back Stage, Competition, Expressway and snow tubing. In the future, we'll be able to make snow on all of those trails, plus Moonshine, Broadway, Easy Rider, Bear, The Wall and Northern Route.

Simply put - this investments means more slopes and bigger terrain parks earlier in the season.

Exterior and Arrival Updates

Wild Mountain has updated its arrival experience in a big way. We have modified our entrance into the base lodge with larger doors, windows and a modern exterior. The entire base lodge has be painted, plus we added landscaping to soften our grounds. 

We also removed the old schoolhouse building and created a new guest drop-off zone and roundabout. All together the arrival experiece will change from "eww" to "wow."

New Chairlift For Winter 23/24

Wild Mountain has a new chairlift baybeee!

 
Yup, you heard that right, we have installed a brand-spanking-new Skytrac 4-person chairlift. The new chairlift runs parallel to Chair 2, and act as a replacement for the current Chair 3 which was the first chairlift built at Wild Mountain in 1972.
 
The new chairlift has become the primary chairlift used for access from the base lodge, but Chair 2 remains in use for summer operations and high visitation days during the winter.

 This investment marks the first new chairlift installed at Wild Mountain since Chair 1 was installed in 1983 – 39 years ago.

Other Capital Improvements