Skiing with the Bears III

Join us in Minneapolis for early-season skiing and watching the Bears play the Minnesota Vikings

Event date: 12/13/2024 - 12/17/2024 Export event

Event Location: US Bank Stadium // Hyland Hills Ski Area // Buck Hill Ski Resort // Afton Alps Ski Resort // Welch Village Ski Area // Trollhaugen Ski Area // Mall of America // Holiday Inn Express

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This early season trip to the Minneapolis area will be the 3rd time Four Winds is combining skiing with watching the Bears play the Vikings at beautiful, indoor, US Bank Stadium on Monday night, Dec 16th.

Because this is pretty early season, we will leave open where we ski/ride till we see what the snow situation looks like, but we have a number of great options all under an hour away.

Hyland Hills (no major pass) - 7 min from hotel, smaller, but amazing park setup
Buck Hill (on INDY pass) - 17 min from hotel, smaller, known as "Legendary Capital of American Ski Racing"
Afton Alps (on EPIC pass) - 37 min from hotel, bigger vertical
Welch (no major pass) - 53 min from hotel, bigger vertical, one of the best independent resorts in the midwest
Trollhaughen (on INDY pass) - 68 min from hotel, medium size relative to the others, but famous for their early season opening dates and late night skiing. They have also gotten rid of their crazy double rope and replaced it with a chair opening up some really nice additional terrain
Powder Ridge (on INDY pass) - 73 min from hotel, decent size
Mount Kato (on INDY pass) - 71 min from hotel

In addition to the Bears game, this trip also offers some other non-skiing options for entertainment, including Mall of America (9 min from hotel), touring Prince's former home (Paisley Park, 17 min from hotel), and downtown Minneapolis, home of America's largest enclosed walkway (Minneapolis Skyway).

Tickets to the Bears/Vikings game are available from the Vikings website directly or from sites like tickpick.com for as little as $108 (fees included). Reach out to the trip leader to coordinate ticket sections if you want to sit nearby. If you want to try to sit by us, let the trip leader know, we are in section 308, row 24.

Hotel is the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, and includes free hot breakfast every morning, a hotel pool, and either 2 queen bed rooms, or 1 king bed rooms. Suites are also available for a few more dollars.

NOTE: pricing includes lodging and the sat night party only, you must purchase your own lift tickets, game tickets, and provide your own transportation. We can try to assist in car pools and pairing up people.

Contact trip leader (philwegrzyn@yahoo.com) for most recent pricing.