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U.S. Ski Team Moguls Squad to Train at Wolf Creek

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With 100 inches of snowfall so far this October and November, Wolf Creek Ski Area is 100 percent open and ready to host the 20-member U.S. Mogul Team and their coaches next week. Training will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  daily Monday through Friday, except for a day off on Wednesday. Coaches [...]

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Wolf Creek – The Most Snow in North America!

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Skiers enjoying an early season blue bird day at Wolf Creek Ski Area Lifts Pistes Upd. Last snowfall Snow depth Base/Top Weather Wolf Creek 4 / 7 77 / 77 09/11 08/11 – 30 cm 119 / 147 cm Bear Mountain 1 / 12 4 / 27 09/11 08/04 – 20 cm 30 / 61 [...]

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Wolf Creek Ski Area Open for 2011 – 2012 Season!

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Thanks to a recent winter storm, Wolf Creek Ski Area is open for the 2011-2012 Winter Season! Wolf Creek Ski Area will operate today the 10th as well as next weekend. Treasure, Bonanza and Nova will be operating from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM servicing beginner, intermediate and expert terrain, including Alberta Face, Treasure Falls, [...]

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Winter Sports Guide – View Online

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View Wolf Creek Ski map, cross country and snowmobile trails, sledding information and more in the Winter Sports Online Guide.

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Wolf Creek Ski Area Local Appreciation Days for 2010 – 2011

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Wolf Creek has multiple Local Appreciation Days scheduled for the 2010 / 2011 season.  Take advantage of $31 lift tickets ($18 children / seniors), with no ID required.  Everyone is considered a local on the following dates: Week of November 15th through 21st Sunday, November 28th Wednesday, December 1st Wednesday, December 8th Wednesday, January 12th Wednesday, [...]

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Wolf Creek Named Favorite Rocky Mountain Resort by OntheSnow.com Visitors

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Visitors to OnTheSnow.com have chosen Wolf Creek in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado as their “Favorite Overall Resort” in the Rocky Mountains. The data period for voting was January 2010 when a Nielsen audit showed 2.3 million unique browsers logged in to the world’s most visited Web portal. OnTheSnow.com is published by Mountain [...]

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Snowboarding Hill in downtown Pagosa Springs

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Starting in the 2010-2011 winter season, locals and visitors alike will have a new place to snowboard in downtown Pagosa Springs – Reservoir Hill. Thanks to the efforts of the Town Tourism Committee, trees have begun to be cleared behind the Post Office. The goals for this winter will be to have a cleared area [...]

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Colorado Snow Playground at the Top of the World

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Wolf Creek Ski Area is known for having “The Most Snow in Colorado”. Our natural deep powder and friendly, family-run ski resort is one of the oldest and finest ski resorts in the country. Wolf Creek is a high alpine ski resort, 10,300 feet at the base and 11,900 feet at the summit.  Sunscreen and [...]

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Wolf Creek Snow Report

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View Wolf Creek Snow Report Here

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Wolf Creek Ski Area Beginnings

Those were the days. This Photoshop montage by artist & writer Norm Vance evokes the atmosphere of the early ski runs on Wolf Creek Pass. The fellow, far right, is about to jump into the '37 Chevy, fire it up, and start the day at Wolf Creek. When the motor fired, everyone stood back as the heavy with ice manilla rope snapped to work. The poles up the hill had old car wheel rims bolted on for the rope to slide in.

By Norm Vance Wolf Creek Ski Area sits just on the east side of Wolf Creek Pass.  It wasn’t always so, for in the beginning skiing was done on top of the Continental Divide right off of Wolf Creek Pass. This is the story of how it all began and some of the people involved.  [...]

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