Big grins from opening weekend at Boreal

Boreal Mountain Resort, located at Donner Summit, made snow for 50 hours during last week’s cold snap and turned it into a weekend of fun for anxious skiers and snowboarders.
Boreal’s Castle Peak Quad chairlift rolled for three days starting on Friday, posting a record for the resort’s earliest opening ever.

According to the resort, every chair was full from Friday morning until lifts closed Sunday at 4 p.m. With bluebird skies and 60-degree temperatures, opening weekend drew big crowds.
The resort also held the 5th Annual Jibassic Public Invitational event and handed out more than $4,000 in cash prizes and lots of swag from resort sponsors, including: Red Bull, 686, Fuel TV, Southwest Airlines, Moment Skis and Smokin’ Snowboards.

“Installing a $1.2 million snowmaking system last summer made all the difference in breaking our opening record” said Jody Churich, General Manager at Boreal. “Along with our new quad chair, also installed last summer, we were able to put the snow down and handle all the people, so a truly great weekend by all accounts.”

Boreal’s early season operation is tentatively weekends only (Friday-Sunday) until further notice, or as conditions permit.

Photo Courtesy Chris Lange, Boreal Mountain Resort.