40th Anniversary Celebration
February 25 - 26, 2023
Saturday, February 25th
9:00am
Aurora Coffee & More Food Truck will be at the Mountain House with delicious and inventive coffee and foods.
9:00am-5:00pm
Snowtubing Costume Contest- Snap a photo of your costume and tag our Instagram, @skiwinterplace. The winner will receive a free tubing ticket!
9:00am-9:00pm
Yeti Scavenger Hunt
11:00am-1:00pm
Meet & Greet with one of the founders of our ski mountain, Jerry Lauffer. Jerry will be at Mickeys with historic maps, photos and stories. Stop by and meet Jerry and hear all about how we got started!
11:00am-1:00pm
Big Air Registration upstairs at the Resort Center
11:00am-3:00pm
Happy Little Faces face painting will be upstairs at the Resort Center giving everyone the happiest faces on the mountain. Stop by for hot chocolate, cookies and the perfect face for the snow!
11:00am-4:00pm
George's Food Truck will be here with assorted soups and your nacho and taco fix.
11:00am-5:00pm
Mister Crabs Boil Truck will be here serving up crab leg baskets, shrimp baskets, seafood boils, stew, chili and shrimp po-boys.
12:00pm-3:00pm
A visit with Elsa at the Resort Center~Let it snow!
12:00pm-4:00pm
Weathered Ground Tap Takeover at The Snowdrift Lounge. Stop in and enjoy some delicious brews, awesome tunes and smiles!
1:00pm-3:00pm
Live Music from Randy Gilkey
1:00pm-2:00pm
Big Air Practice Laps at Heaven Holler Terrain Park
1:00pm-4:00pm
Live Music from Alabaster Boxer's Nick & Drew from 1:00pm-4:00pm
2:00pm
Mini Big/ Big Air Contest at Heaven Holler Park
Our first mini big air contest was such a hit, we've added a second age category! Category 1 is for youth 12 and under and Category 2 is for ages 13-17. The contest will be taking place at our new Heaven Holler Terrain Park. Registration will be on the second floor of the Resort Center from 11:00am-1:00pm. Participants will have one hour to get in some practice laps from 1:00pm-2:00pm. The contest will consist of two runs per participant and be crowd judged. The top 3 boys and girls will be awarded some cool resort prizes! Come join in on the fun or just watch, either way it will be a great time!
3:00pm-5:00pm
A visit with Elsa at The Mountain House~Let it snow!
Sunday, February 26th
9:00am
Aurora Coffee & More Food Truck will be at the Mountain House with delicious and inventive coffee and foods.
9:00am-5:00pm
Snowtubing Costume Contest- Snap a photo of your costume and tag our Instagram, @skiwinterplace. The winner will receive a free tubing ticket!
9:00am-9:00pm
Scavenger Hunt (more details coming soon!)
11:00am-1:00pm
Family Race Registration on the second floor of the Resort Center
11:00am-4:00pm
George's Italian Grill Food Truck will be here with assorted soups and your nacho and taco fix.
11:00am-5:00pm
Mister Crabs Boil Truck will be here serving up crab leg baskets, shrimp baskets, seafood boils, stew, chili and shrimp po-boys.
1:00pm-2:00pm
Family Race practice laps at Heaven Holler Park
1:00pm-4:00pm
Live Music from Matt Mullins at The Snowdrift Lounge
2:00pm
Family Race
The first Family Race at Winterplace this season was such a hit, we have added two age categories. Our first age category will be ages 12 and under and the second age category would be 13-17 years old. These races will consist of teams of one parent (adult) and one youth. Both members of your team will get two runs. We will keep the time of your best runs combined. Registration will be on the second floor of the Resort Center from 11:00am-1:00pm. Registered teams can get in some practice laps from 1:00pm-2:00pm. The race will begin at 2:00pm!