{"id":2235,"date":"2006-03-18T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2006-03-18T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2006-03-18T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2006-03-18T11:50:10","slug":"a_delightful_fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=2235","title":{"rendered":"A Delightful Few Days Skiing at Wisconsin’s Whitecap Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A March visit to Whitecap Mountain<\/p>\n

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Spring break 2006 presented an opportunity to check out a ski area that was within a reasonable distance (avoid flights) and promised a decent amount of snow. I surfed the web last week seeking such a destination and found Whitecap<\/a>, a resort that Ski Magazine<\/a> has posted favorable words on the years. Those reviews, along with a very attractive package ($199 per person for 3 nights, 3 day lift tickets, 2 dinners, 3 breakfast meals, rentals and a one hour daily group lesson) sealed the deal.<\/p>\n

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Whitecap is an easy four hour drive north from Madison. We arrived just as crews were clearing snow from last weekend’s 20 to 30″ storm – creating great midwest conditions for our visit. Whitecap’s founder: Dave (an amazingly active guy), mentioned in between bulldozing snow, grooming trails, cleaning rooms, helping with the lifts and feeding wood to lodge fireplaces that a number of cars were stuck during the storm (see photo) and the resort lost power for a short period of time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Our package include a room in the Whitecap Lodge<\/a>. This facility provides very convenient ski in\/ski out access, nearby parking, a large hot tub and indoor heated pool. The only downside to the lodging was the smoking rooms nearby (be sure to request non-smoking if that is important to you). Perhaps living in Madison has made it far too uncommon to encounter a smoking facility. I was surprised at the number of smoker skiers. The rooms had plenty of hot water for a decent shower. Some include a kitchenette while others feature a microwave and small refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Skiing<\/b>
Whitecap’s 43 trails<\/a> provide a great deal of variety, from wide, well groomed slopes for beginners to some quite challenging (viewed from a chair lift) double black diamonds. The requisite bunny hill is available for newby’s. They also offer a tiny slope with a “magic carpet” for those just starting out. The other extreme, at least from a view perspective is the double chairlift that goes up Eagles Nest Mountain and continues, if you’d like, over a valley to the top of Thunder Mountain.<\/p>\n

There was never a wait at the chairlifts and whitecap provides plenty of terrain to keep one busy for several days.<\/p>\n

Links & Commentary<\/b>
Go Ski’s discussion board has some useful comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bill Semion took a look at Whitecap’s new trails<\/a> a few months ago. <\/p>\n

I’ve posted some additional photos below.<\/p>\n

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Dave takes pride in his family oriented destination, as well he should. There’s also a golf course for summer fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A March visit to Whitecap Mountain Spring break 2006 presented an opportunity to check out a ski area that was within a reasonable distance (avoid flights) and promised a decent amount of snow. I surfed the web last week seeking such a destination and found Whitecap, a resort that Ski Magazine has posted favorable words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}