Tony, first and foremost thanks for visiting and commenting at The Wisconsin Skier!

I hear the frustration, but lets face it costs go up and even small hills such as Nordic Mountain have to pay their employees and those costs are going up even more with the New Year. Energy costs are not doing a whole lot but they certainly do not go down.

Sure, Nordic is not a “mountain” but the fact is we just do not have any mountains in our region, the closest ski resort that can really call itself a mountain is maybe Lutsen, and even that one barely (if at all qualifies).

Many people can not justify the time or expense to head up to Lutsen, Big Snow Country or any other such place too often. I just checked out rates at a few places such as Sunburst, Alpine Valley, Hidden Valley, and Little Switzerland (which really doesn’t count since it is also owned by the same folks who own Nordic) and at least with Alpine & Sunburst lift ticket prices are in the same ballpark.

I generally agree though, I would rather spend my ski $s at other resorts in the UP or at Granite Peak. My ski crew is planning a weekender to Cascade or Devil’s head this year and if that happens you can be sure it will be written up here. I guess with Granite Peak being at the intersection of I39 and Hwy 29 makes it a lot easier for people to get to. I know that Granite Peak has taken a bite out of the crowd at Brule.

FWIW, I have not been back since and if I do it will be to work on bump skiing.

Again, thanks for taking the time to read and comment, please come back!