The next few days......

The next few days look to be fairly active. Here is a quick review.

Today - a large school group comes at noon. We open at 4 pm. Friday after Five is tonite. Two groups coming tonite that we know of. Should see a little melt on the roads and roofs with todays high predicted to be 33.

Saturday - partly sunny day with high of 29. Open at 10 am and close at 9:00 pm........and reopen at 9:30 for Late Nite with free pizza while supplies last - - we close at 1:00 am. There are ten different groups coming Saturday.

Sunday - colder but full sun is predicted. Two more groups coming to celebrate birthdays on Sunday. Open at 11 am (tired from the Late Nite but we'll be there) and close at 8 pm

Monday- another school
Wednesday - another school
Thursday - another school
Friday - we are opening at NOON on the 15th and close at the regular 9 pm.
Saturday - regular hours
Sunday - regular hours
Monday the 18th is Presidents Day - open at 10 am and close at 6 pm

Looks like we will get some sleep in mid march.

Keep it white.......and we will see you sometime this weekend.

Live Entertainment at Coal Creek Lounge

You might want to mark you calendars for February 22........as we will be having live entertainment during Friday after Five from 6 pm to 8:30 pm. A young lady "Andrea Lee" is moving out of state and this will be her departure show. No cover charge. Easy listening guitar and great voice. I've heard her on the web or you tube....don't remember for sure. More as we get closer.

Have a school today and then open at 4pm for our regular Thursday hours. Seems the predicted weekend temps are again on the rise....and maybe a little more snow tomorrow.

Had an email wondering why we don't allow reservations of tables for parties......while we would love to, we just don't have enough tables on the busy days to do that. One day we will either have a seperate party room or another addition to the main lodge so table reservations could be allowed. Thanks for understanding....

Keep it White!

Got another 4 to 5 inches

Looks like the low pressure system has moved on down the road from Seven Oaks leaving behind another fresh 4 to 5 inches. Groomed last night til 1:00 am this morning. We'll get the sidewalks cleared and ready to open this afternoon at 4 PM - I think you will find the conditions pretty sweet tonight.

REMINDER - Seven Oaks will be open Monday February 18 for the Presidents Day Holiday from 10 am to 6 pm. .....so if you are one of the lucky ones with no school or the day off from work, come on out and play on the snow!

Booked like five more birthday parties yesterday. Do you have a child with a winter birthday? It is a pretty popular package we have for skiing, snow tubing, pizza and pop......and you can bring your gifts, birthday cake, etc for an unforgettable birthday experience.

And speaking of groups, we have lots of groups on the books for February and taking more reservations daily. If your group from the office, 4H, sorority, scouts, church, etc hasn't been to Seven Oaks yet this winter, there is still time. Call today and make your reservation to take advantage of the big discounts (especially afer 4 pm) we offer groups.

Had another employee breakfast last Sunday morning and opened up the lift for the employees to ski and ride all the trails by themselves. It was great! We'll probably do one more employee breakfast yet this winter......making me hungry just thinking about it.

Okay, One more thing today - this Saturday night at 9:30 we open for our last scheduled Late Nite event at Seven Oaks. We go til 1:00 am and the conditions should be awesome.

Keep it White,

We are watching it just like you

Pretty exciting stuff this year watching one low pressure system after another come across the state this winter bringing snow in varying amounts each time. Looks like the front of this system will find Seven Oaks about noon or a little before.....then the wrap around gives us more later tonite. If you haven't had the opportunity to ski and ride fresh snow yet this winter, tomorrow night should be awesome. Temps look to be really good Wednesday thru Sunday as well. The weather predictors have lowered the temps for this weekend from the 40's to the 30's due to the amount of snow on the ground and the amount of the state that has snow on the ground. That is why Seven Oaks will see cooler temps than some of our neighbors too.......we have a lot of refrigerant in the form of snow on our north facing slopes.

So with that said, the next five (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday nights and Saturday - Sunday) we are open should be pretty sweet. Friday after Five events have been pretty active for the past several weeks......and oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, looks like we will have some live entertainment in the lodge for Friday After Five on February 22.

This coming Saturday is another Late Nite with free pizza while it lasts to those with lift tickets. We are using Pasquali Pizza made in Humbolt Iowa and it is oh so good. My favorite is the pepperoni. Pasquali's and our food distributor Northern Lights are sponsors of this coming Late Nite....thanks to each of them for partnering with Seven Oaks.

Yep, the new web is getting very close to rolling out. I want to mention again we are following our brochure theme and look. Even the hot buttons on the top of each page are in the same style as the brochure.

Let's enjoy the snow today and tonite.......slow down when driving.......be safe.......come to Seven Oaks and enjoy the snow and great outdoors!

As always......Keep it White.

More Snow - More Great Conditions

Todays contribution will be short. Seven Oaks had a great weekend with great conditions. We got a little less than an inch of snow yesterday. Watching the weather like you for what Tuesday's snow will amount to. All I can say is that Wednesday thru Sunday looks to be shaping up for ideal conditions.
Late Nite this Saturday night at 9:30

Keep it White

ps. In Oskaloosa we got 13" yesterday afternoon.........wrong county!

I know it is unusual but.........

I just had to make an entry even thought it is Sunday.

Friday the snow was perfect......

Saturday, yesterday the snow was Perfect.......

Today the SNOW IS PERFECT....... it groomed up so sweet last night.......all cordouroy......

So anywho, if you are into the SuperBowl, there is time to get four or five hours of riding in first....and if you are not "into" the game, you can get eight hours in..........it really is great snow.

..and we are watching the doplar as the snow creeps its way north.........!

Keep it White......and don't forget the next Late Nite next Saturday........free pizza while supplies last.

Welcome to February

Gosh it seems as tho the season is moving along at a rapid pace. The conditions at Seven Oaks on this first day of February are awesome. We have a large school group today....and are they ever hitting great weather/great conditions for their outing. Then we open at 4 pm today with Friday after Five in the Lodge starting whenever you get there........or 5 pm.

Have the last scheduled Late Nite in ONE WEEK......Saturday February 9.......and Joel is researching maybe having one more a couple weeks after that.

Looking at the 15 day forecast appears to be decent weather.....seems the frigid cold may be behind us now but of course we will all have to wait and see...but no major heat waves predicted during that time either.

I will try to get some fresh pix this weekend. Haven't posted any since the 7" snowfall last week. I am thinking it might be time for me to put the skis on again soon too.....before February is also gone.

Believe it or not we are now getting lots of inquiries for the summer activities from canoe floats to weddings to corporate outings.......but wait, we still have five or six weeks of skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing!

Keep it White and we will see you this weekend.