Chestnut Mountain Resort doesn't offer the high-altitude thrills of Vail or Aspen, but marketing director Stewart Stoffregen assures visitors that they can find a family-friendly ski experience at the ...

The Indy Pass is growing once again, adding three new ski areas for the 2022-'23 season. Two are small Midwest resorts and one, Bluebird Backcountry, is the pass' first lift-free ski area, a nice get ...

ANDALUSIA, Ill. (KWQC) - Snow Star and Chestnut Mountain, winter resorts in the Iowa and Illinois area say due to the recent warm weather, keeping the hills covered with snow for people to enjoy has ...

Galena, IL. -- If you’ve never been eye to eye with a great blue heron or watched an eagle soar above your head, you can do both on an eco-cruise of the Mississippi River backwaters aboard a new ...

If the snow that blanketed the area last month, creating a white Christmas for the region has you itching to hit the slopes, you don't have to book a trip to the Swiss Alps or the Colorado Rockies.

Innovations by ski resorts have allowed Eastern Iowa skiers to hit the slopes with limited risk of virus exposure. Sundown Mountain Resort near Dubuque moved lift ticket sales and equipment rental ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWQC) - Sundown Mountain Resort in Dubuque is now open for the winter ski season. The slopes opened with limited runs Thursday afternoon. Chestnut Mountain in Galena said it plans to ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - It is snow-making time at Sundown Mountain Resort in Dubuque. “When everybody else is sleeping, they are out making snow,” Mark Gordon, general manager, said. “Going out ...