Wintergreen Ski Resort: Fun On The Slopes
Wintergreen Ski Resort is a four-season destination featuring skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing. Wintergreen Resort in Virginia offers forty-five holes of championship golf on two courses, an award-winning tennis program, a full-service spa, hiking, fly fishing, horseback riding, swimming and mountain biking. The Wintergreen Resort accommodations include condominiums and vacation homes.

The East Coast's best kept skiing secret may be Wintergreen Resort, in VA. This only a convenient two and half hour drive from Washington Dulles Airport. With 100% snow making capability and a welcome mat rolled out for families, Wintergreen Ski Resort, Virginia is growing quickly. Wintergreen Ski Resort, Virginia, is a hidden gem in the beautiful rolling Blue Ridge Mountains southwest of Charlottesville.

Although well known to most who love in the greater DC area, and Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells' winning many local awards such as "most popular ski resort" by various DC newspapers and magazines, Wintergreen Resort, Va. is just breaking on to the national scene.

Wintergreen Ski Resort in Va. is located on eleven hundred acres, off the Blue Ridge Parkway, at an elevation of four thousand feet.

Skiers will find twenty-five slopes and trails at Winter Green Ski Resort, with slopes for skiers from beginner to expert. Fourteen of the slopes are lighted for night skiing. Wintergreen Resort in Virginia has five chairlifts, including two high speed chairlifts, six person chairlifts, and they keep the lines moving. There is also a terrain park, with snow features, nine hundred foot, ten-lane snow tubing hill for some thrills for non-skiers, and a smaller snow tubing hill for children.

The only missing ingredient at the resort is a lack of hotels near Wintergreen Resort in Va. The lodging is basically privately owned homes and condominiums. Don’t think that means substandard lodging. It means quite the opposite. There is a large selection of luxury and high end properties available. In total, three hundred villa-style condominium and rental homes, from studio suites to seven-bedroom homes, offering fully equipped kitchen and living areas. Most boast log burning fire places and decks, and are available for rental through central reservations. Just go to the Wintergreen Resort website to see what is available!

Now, more about the skiing, 23% of the terrain is appropriate for beginners, 35% for intermediate and 42% for the experts. The resort’s longest run is almost a mile and a half long. Wintergreen resort in Wisconsin Dells offers many beginner skiing programs and programs tailored for families and children, enhancing the family friendly nature of the houses, villas, chalets, and condo lodgings.

"The Treehouse" is the camp-style program providing supervised activities for children ages two and a half to fourteen. Your child’s day in the Treehouse program is divided between time indoors working with counselors assisting with games and crafts, and part of the day on the slopes with ski instructors. It results in a great day for kids and for their parents! Overall, the resort is very child friendly, besides affordable ski rental and lift tickets, the resort is equipped to handle children with families.

Aquatics And Fitness Center
Wintergreen has refurbished and its expanded Aquatics and Fitness Center. This doubled the Center's size to 12,000 square feet including a wider variety of spa treatments. The Center also has an indoor swimming pool an outdoor pool, and hot tubs. There is a twelve station strength and conditioning circuit and free weights, cardiovascular equipment, group fitness classes, and specialty classes such as belly dancing, hip hop, and more.

Lodging
The Wintergreen Resort is compact, so the lodging is located close to the slopes. The Overlook Condos are perfect for families. The two bedroom units have log burning fireplaces, wrap around decks, and views of the ski runs. There are separate dining rooms, living room areas, spacious, fully stocked kitchens, massive master bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Studios run from $126 to $199 a night. Two bedroom condos or homes that sleep four cost from $225 to $349 each night, but prices do vary depending on the season.

Nearby Charlottesville
There are options for day trips in the Charlottesville area. Its biggest tourist attraction is Monticello, the home of President Thomas Jefferson. Another attraction, Ash-Lawn Highland, was the home of President James Monroe. It's well worth the trip, and is located adjacent to Monticello.