Seasonal & Holidays
Watch: Snowmaking Comes To NJ’s Mountain Creek Resort
Mountain Creek began making snow overnight on Tuesday to get ready for the winter ski and snowboarding season. See how they do it.
![Mountain Creek began making snow overnight on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to get ready for the winter ski and snowboarding season.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/25037666/20211124/021907/styles/patch_image/public/mountain-creek-mc-1stnightofsnowmaking-2021-0015___24141431195.jpg)
VERNON, NJ — As the chill hits the air and many people are counting down to hit the slopes, Mountain Creek has kicked it into high-gear with their snowmaking efforts.
Mountain Creek’s opening day is right around the corner for skiers and snowboarders, with snowmakers and groomers “working around-the-clock to take advantage of the ideal weather conditions,” for the season, a Mountain Creek spokesperson detailed in a news release.
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They don’t have their opening date set yet, but Mountain Creek is working on it, they report, with this one of the first steps of the process for a spectacular season.
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There’s more than 167 acres of winter trails to ready for the season at Mountain Creek Resort, with trails across “four connected mountain peaks, offering snow sports enthusiasts 100 percent night skiing coverage and the region’s highest vertical drop.”
Check out more of the process in the images below:
Mountain Creek reports the snowmaking should continue later this week:
First night of snowmaking in the books, looks like some more opportunities later in the week (fingers crossed!)
No set date on opening day yet, but rest assured when we know, you’ll know! pic.twitter.com/vrjyBS453b
— Mountain Creek (@mountaincreek) November 24, 2021
As for the exact opening day coming up in December, they said, “When we know, you’ll know.”
“The operations team is excited for the season to come and looks forward to many snow days with guests this season,” they wrote.
Stay tuned for Mountain Creek’s upcoming happenings, ski conditions, deals and schedule at www.MountainCreek.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MountainCreekNJ, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/mountaincreek and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/mountaincreek.
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