Sunday, January 10, 2016

Badger Mtn Ski Hill ~ sledding and skiing!

We had a blast on Saturday hanging out at Badger Mountain Ski Hill.  This lovely little place is just 30 mins from our house.  We almost missed it and here's why...
 Here's the parking lot.  No sign, just a small lot for ~20 cars or less.  You hike up over the hill (along the telephone poles you see) and there's the sledding hill and then the lodge and ski hill.  
It's a great little hill with a rope tow for the bunny hill, a rope tow for the big hill and a t-bar lift for the biggest hill.  $10/person and only open if there's enough snow.  Luckily there has been a lot of snow this year.  It's such a great place for our family!  

Strong Daddy pulled Jared and Vivian in the sleds up from the van to the sledding hill.  
It was a foggy day and actually started snowing around 2:30 or 3:00.  We got there around 10:45 and went sledding until lunch, then Josh and I girls skied until 3:30.   

This is the lodge.  Not too big, but warm and cozy.  Great hamburgers!  




Jared and Ellie and Vivian ~ watching the beginner skiers on the bunny hill.

Lindsay and I figuring out my new phone.  :)  

Jared kept fussing at me and wanting my hat off.  I finally figured out he wanted my hair and his thumb.  :)  While Josh and the girls skied I took Jared inside the lodge to chill for a while.

This friendly dog hung around the ski hill all day!  He loved playing fetch.  We wanted to bring him home with us!  Good thing our landlord doesn't allow pets.  

Here's Shelby skiing by the end of the day (about 2 hours of skiing).  Josh would help her a bit up the rope tow, then after they started he would let her go...


SO fun to watch!  And I didn't get a good video of Vivian going for a long stretch, but she did really well, too!


It was an awesome day!!!  We were all tuckered out and slept great last night.  I was in bed and asleep by 8:15! Excited to go again sometime soon.

2 comments:

  1. So fun to see these little kiddos doing all the fun these that their Daddy did when he was little - brings back great memories for me, especially because Josh's Daddy was there teaching him as well!

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  2. Oops! Meant "doing all the fun THINGS that their Daddy did..." Makes a bit more sense now!

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