Photo Essay: Whitetail Ridge Ski Area staff prepares area for operations

Photo By Scott Sturkol | An employee operates a groomer on a hill Jan. 26, 2023, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Whitetail Ridge provides a family-friendly facility operated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. The ski area offers downhill skiing and snowboarding for both novice and experienced athletes. The ski hill features a 185-foot vertical drop and a self-loading T-bar. It also offers a terrain park for snowboarders. For snowtubing, ride up to the top of the hill on the Magic Carpet, then slide down one of five 800-foot-long runs. Whitetail Ridge also offers cross-country skiing and snowshoe trails. Trails are groomed and free to use, but equipment is available to rent, if needed. The chalet and Ten Point Pub offer a warm break from outside activities. Relax inside and take advantage of the snack bar menu, which features sandwiches, appetizers, pizza, and drinks. The area is typically open through mid-March, if weather permits. More is available at https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/whitetail-ridge-ski-area. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

02.09.2023

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

An employee operates a groomer on a hill Jan. 26, 2023, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Whitetail Ridge provides a family-friendly facility operated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

The ski area offers downhill skiing and snowboarding for both novice and experienced athletes.

The ski hill features a 185-foot vertical drop and a self-loading T-bar. It also offers a terrain park for snowboarders.

For snowtubing, ride up to the top of the hill on the Magic Carpet, then slide down one of five 800-foot-long runs. Whitetail Ridge also offers cross-country skiing and snowshoe trails.

Trails are groomed and free to use, but equipment is available to rent, if needed.

The chalet and Ten Point Pub offer a warm break from outside activities. Relax inside and take advantage of the snack bar menu, which features sandwiches, appetizers, pizza, and drinks.

The area is typically open through mid-March, if weather permits. More is available at https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/whitetail-ridge-ski-area.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 02.09.2023
• Date Posted: 02.09.2023 15:27
• Story ID: 438208
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US