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What gear do you need?
A brief history of snowboarding
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Resorts in the U.S. Midwest

Here's a place to start looking for ski resorts in the the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota. Please send suggestions or comments to the site publisher.

Illinois (See Google Earth image)

Chestnut Mountain (Galena; road map)
Four Lakes (Lisle; road map)
Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (Carpentersville; directions)
Ski Snowstar (Taylor Ridge; road map)
Villa Olivia (Bartlett; road map)

Iowa (Google Earth)


Mt. Crescent has new owners for the 2008-09 season. Stay tuned!
Seven Oaks (Boone; road map)
Sleepy Hollow Sports Park (Des Moines)
Sundown Mountain (Dubuque; road map)

Minnesota

Minnesota: North Shore (Google Earth)

Giants Ridge (Bibiwick; directions)
Lutsen (Lutsen; road map)
Spirit Mountain (Duluth; road map)

Minnesota: Inland North (Google Earth)

Andes Tower Hills (Kensington; road map)
Buena Vista Ski Area (Bemidji; regional road map)
Powder Ridge (Kimball; road map)
Ski Gull (Brainerd)

Minnesota: Twin Cities and South (Google Earth)

Afton Alps (Afton; road map)
Buck Hill (Burnsville; road map)
Coffee Mill (Wabasha; road map)
Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area (Minneapolis; road map)
Mount Kato (Mankato; road map)
Welch Village (Welch; road map)
Wild Mountain (Taylors Falls; road map)

Missouri (Google Earth)

Hidden Valley (St. Louis area) (Wildwood; road map)
Snow Creek (Kansas City area) (Weston; road map)

North Dakota (Google Earth)

Bottineau Winter Park (Bottineau; regional road map)
Frost Fire (Walhalla; regional road map)
Huff Hills (Mandan; road map)

South Dakota (Google Earth)

Mystic Miner at Deer Mountain (Lead; directions)
Great Bear Recration Park (Sioux Falls; road map)
Terry Peak (Lead; road map)

Wisconsin

For an overview Google Earth map of the state's ski areas, click here. A map of the Milwaukee/southeast area (see below) is also available.

Wisconsin: Milwaukee/Southeast (Google Earth)

Alpine Valley (East Troy; road map)
Grand Geneva (Lake Geneva; road map)
Little Switzerland (Up for sale. Expected to be closed during the 2008-09 season. Slinger; road map)
Olympia Sports Center (Dead link. Does anyone know if this place is open? Oconomowoc; road map)
Sunburst (Kewaskum; road map)
Wilmot (Wilmot; road map)

Wisconsin: Center/North

Granite Peak (Wausau; road map)
Nordic Mountain (Mount Morris)

Wisconsin: Madison / Wisconsin Dells

Cascade (Portage; road map)
Christmas Mountain (Dead link. Is this place still open? Wisconsin Dells; road map)
Devil's Head (Merrimac; road map)
Tyrol Basin (Mt. Horeb; road map)

Wisconsin: Northwest

Christie Mountain (Bruce; road map)
Mt. LaCrosse (LaCrosse; road map)
Telemark (Cable)
Trollhaugen (Dresser; road map)
Whitecap (Montreal; road map)

Other resort pages

West Coast: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California
Rockies: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
Great Lakes: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio
New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Southeast: West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama

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