Military Freedom Ride Day – February 26th
Join us on February 26th to celebrate Swiss Valley’s Military Freedom Ride Day! Complimentary lift tickets and equipment rental for active-duty and retired military. Bring identification to the ticket window to qualify and receive your complimentary lift and equipment rental. Enjoy a day on our slopes as we celebrate, honor and thank you for your service!
February 9th
THURSDAY, Feb 9, Swiss Valley will be closed due to predicted high winds and soggy weather. We will resume regular hours FRIDAY, Feb 10 10a-9p! We have plenty of snow and once Thursdays crummy weather passes, we have a great weekend on the slopes planned – ski’ya then!
CLOSING EARLY – 2/15/23
We will be open today, February 15th until 2:30 PM.
We would like to thank our groups that came out this morning to enjoy a morning of learning on the slopes. We would also like to congratulate our group of Level 1 PSIA & AASI Instructor candidates on progressing towards their Level 1 certification today.
Due to unseasonable temperatures, we will close the slopes at 2:30pm today and remain closed tomorrow Thursday February 16th. We plan to reopen Friday Morning at 10AM.
We plan to fire up the snowmakers Thursday night as soon as cold temps arrive, to ensure great conditions for a great President’s Day Weekend ahead!
Weekend Hours, Rates, Events and Added Terrain
Winter has finally arrived at Swiss Valley and the rest of Southwest Michigan. We are excited and hope you are too! Over 6″ of snow has fallen as of Thursday evening and looks like we could still get some more overnight. Snowmaking will fire up tonight as the temps arrive right around 8pm. We will be making snow area wide all night and into the day on Friday, and whenever temps allow! This should allow us to continually add more terrain as the weekend unfolds.
FRIDAY: We will have a delayed opening at NOON on Friday in order to groom out the snow we make overnight. We will be adding more terrain and lifts as the day goes on. We plan to open Friday with: Easy Over Rope Tows, Quad 83 Chair and Triple Chair Serving Easy Over 1, 2 & 3, Sandy’s Dandy, Swiss Miss & Triple. We will continue making snow on the entire Quad 80 side until the temps make us quit. We plan to open Quad 80 Chair sometime mid afternoon, hopefully by 2 or 3pm.
Friday Hours: 12:00pm – 9:00 pm
Lift Tickets: $42 Adult, $36 Junior
Rentals: $25
Saturday: We will open Saturday morning at 9:00am and close at 9:00 pm with all 3 chairs spinning and as many runs as we are able to open. We will be hosting the Swiss Valley JDT Invitational on Sandy’s Dandy and Three Sisters in the AM, so be aware, those runs will be closed for the first few hours as the kids race. We anticipate public opening mid-morning for Sandy’s Dandy and around mid-day for Three Sisters. There will be live music in the chalet by Karly-n-Fred from 2pm to 5pm. Come in, have a meal, a drink and enjoy some tunes!
Saturday Hours: 9:00am – 9:00pm
Lift Tickets: $53 Adult, $45 Junior
Rentals: $25
Sunday: We will be skiing as much terrain as possible and will be skiing off all chairs and most runs with great conditions! Once again Karly-n-Fred will be playing music in the Chalet from 1pm – 4pm.
Sunday Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Lift Tickets: $45 all ages
Rentals: $10
Winter is finally getting good…..GET OUT AND SKI!!!!!!!!
Swiss Valley to Host JDT Invitational 1/28/23
Saturday January 28th, 2023 We will be hosting 150 of Southern Michigan’s fastest Junior Racers at the Swiss Valley JDT Invitational. Please be aware that the runs, Sandy’s Dandy and Three Sisters will be closed off to the general public for the morning. These runs will open as soon as the races clear the hill.
Weekend Operation Schedule – 1/7 & 1/8/2023
We plan to open Saturday morning at 9:00 am and close at 9:00 pm. We will be skiing on 4 Runs: Easy Over 1 & 2 and Quad 83, Sandy’s Dandy & Swiss Miss. We also have a small hike park at the base of Triple/Mountain Do with 6 features. Lift tickets will be $32 and Rentals $25
Snowmaking will begin as soon as mother nature allows. We hope to be able to add more terrain by Sunday, but can’t guarantee it.
Sunday we plan to operate for sure with the same terrain as Saturday, but may possibly add Triple/Mountain Do. Lift Tickets will be $32 and Rentals will be $10.
Lift ticket and rentals will only be sold on site due to the discounted rates. We are watching the weather closely and hope to resume snowmaking as soon as possible.
Mother Nature….Why? It’s supposed to be WINTER!!!!
As they say, if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute… Well, Mother Nature, we’ve been waiting, and waiting and waiting. What was an amazing weather start to the season, a blizzard, 20+ inches of snow, and amazing skier and boarder turn-out, turned into 4 days of rain, fog, and spring-like ski conditions, and AMAZING SKIER & BOARDER TURN-OUT!
First of all, Thank You to every one who has come out and skied with us for the last 8 days, it’s been great! Unfortunately, the weather has taken it’s toll on our snow and we have decided to suspend operations for Tuesday, January 3rd and Wednesday January 4th, 2023.
We are watching the weather and will determine opening status for Thursday as soon as possible. In addition, we are actively watching the weather for our next snowmaking window and plan a full assault on the hill. We will be ready to fire up our snowmaking system up as soon as the temperatures allow.
We look forward to skiing with you again very soon.
Rest up, do your snow dances, sacrifice some skis to ULLR, and get ready to join us on the slopes again very soon!
SNOWMAKING HAS BEGUN!!!!!
What does it take to open a ski area? SNOW. What are we making? SNOW!!! We fired up our new and improved snowmaking system on Saturday morning at 8:30 AM. Pushing more water at a higher pressure is really paying off. Our older snow guns are doing better, and our NEW snowguns are absolutely HAMMERING it!
The weather is cooperating and it appears we will continue for at least the next 20 hours or so until we have to take a short break to wait for more cold air to work its way in.
BTW, have you seen the forecast? We are under a SEVERE WINTER WARNING with several inches to over a foot of snow expected by opening day….We couldn’t ask for anything better.
Ski you FRIDAY DECEMBER 23rd at 9:00 AM!
Office Hours – A Chance to Buy Season Passes In Person Before Prices Go Up!
Haven’t purchased your season passes yet? Don’t fret, we have plenty of them available! But don’t forget, the best price is available until midnight September 30th.
As always, you can conveniently purchase your pass online at www.SkiSwissValley.com or download the season pass application and mail it in. We will also be holding office hours 9/28. 9/29 and 9/30/2022 from Noon to 6:00pm. Come on in and drop off your application and pay for your pass before the price goes up!
We have been working hard this off season and we can’t wait to share it all with you this winter. Let’s get ready to ski and ride!