Bolton Valley Parks

Building for Butterscotch

2012-02-12T15:56:00.001-05:00

We are finally building our Butterscotch starting Valentines day. We will be working very hard to get it open for Friday. Night Riders will be postponed, and will commence with a slope style event on 2/22. Make sure to check out the rest of the schedule on the Bolton Valley website.
http://www.boltonvalley.com/things-to-do/featured-events/night-riders

Two Videos from Not Your Girl

2012-02-01T11:09:00.000-05:00

Not Your Girl Rail Jam from Optic Rhythm Cinematics on Vimeo.

Not Your Girl! from Liam McKinley on Vimeo.

Huge Success with Not Your Girl Rail Jam

2012-01-29T12:29:00.001-05:00

via Britt Horowitz: "[yesterday] was amazing. 30 girls came out to shred! Big thanks to all our sponsors...Boardsidedown Wax, Hardway Apparel, Jib This Apparel, Rome SDS, Liberty Skis, Bloom Outerwear, K2, Rhythm Snowboards, Monster Energy, Village Skate N Snow, GirlsOnSkis, Live Free Ride, 9WWP, Bolton Valley Ski Resort, and of course the whole MaMi crew!" We're glad everyone had an awesome time.

Not Your Girl Reminder

2012-01-27T14:32:00.000-05:00

Hey Ladies, don't forget about the Not Your Girl Rail Jam tomorrow. Registration starts at 9:AM. To all our other park riders, the Jungle Jib will be closed until 3:PM for the event. Pray for good weather!

Update for Night Riders

2012-01-25T08:45:00.001-05:00

Tonight's event will be held in the Jungle Jib Park. Due to conditions we will be running a different format instead of Slope. Rail jam for 12 and under starting at 6-6:30. Then from 6:30-7, an open Street Flow Form for 13-17, 18+, and Women. Judging will be based on your best two runs.

Not Your Girl Rail Jam Next Saturday

2012-01-21T12:39:00.001-05:00

Ladies, don't forget to sign up for the rail jam next Saturday! Event will take place in the Jungle Jib.

Night Riders PIctures

2012-01-18T22:42:00.000-05:00

Thanks to our awesome sponsors, and our competitors for a great night and many more to come.

Night Riders Tonight!

2012-01-18T09:13:00.005-05:00

General Event Information

Skiers and riders compete under the lights in the Bolton Valley terrain parks for prizes every Wednesday night. The event set-up changes each week to keep things fresh - sometimes it's a rail jam, sometimes it's a full slopestyle, and sometimes anything in between. Come to every event and collect points for bigger prizes to be given away on the final night of the series.

$18 registration includes park lift ticket (per event)
$12 registration for pass holders (per event)

The 2011-2012 Schedule

January 18 - Rail Jam
January 25 - Slope Style Competition
February 1 - Rail Jam
February 8 - S-K-A-T-E Competition
February 15 - Slope Style Competition
February 22 - Team Challenge
February 29 - Make Up Date
March 7 - Night Riders Series Finals - Event TBD

Nightly Schedule

4:30 to 5:30pm Registration at Guest Services
5:50pm Rider Meeting as the base of the Snowflake lift
6:00 to 7:30pm Competition
7:30pm Awards in Base Lodge

Age Categories

12 and under male skiers
12 and under male snowboarders
13-17 male skiers
13-17 male snowboarders
18 and up male skiers
18 and up male snowboarders
Female skiers (all ages)
Female snowboarders (all ages)

Check out our Event Poster!

Who Likes Pictures?

2012-01-11T11:52:00.000-05:00

We like pictures!

Return of the Jungle Jib

2012-01-09T13:46:00.004-05:00

Yesterday was the first opening of the J.J. We have six features: a deck containing a flat box, a donkey tube, and a flat tube, followed by frankenbox (down flat down flat down box) on skiers left, cannon tube on skiers right, and finally the down bar. Pictures coming soon!

Goodbye Sprig O'Pine

2012-01-05T11:44:00.002-05:00

We have some updates! Sprig O'Pine Park will be closed tomorrow, and we will begin building in the JJ this weekend. So come up tonight and get your last hits on SOP.

Not Your Girl Rail Jam

2011-12-31T10:21:00.002-05:00

Description

Mascara Militia and GirlsOnSkis presents: NOT YOUR GIRL Rail Jam

An all-girls rail jam for female skiers and riders!

Saturday January 28, 2012
At Bolton Valley Ski Resort

Divisions: (Girls Only)
Beginner Snowboarder
Beginner Skier
Open Snowboarder
Open Skier

There will be 1st 2nd & 3rd place prizes in every division and a special prize for best trick rider and best trick skier!

Registration $20 includes lift ticket (which is FULL DAY so you can nightride bolton till 8pm after the jam!)

Schedule: (times subject to change)
9:00-10:30a.m. Registration in upstairs base lodge
9:30-10:50a.m. Practice
11:00-11:45a.m. Beginner jam
12:00-12:45p.m. Open jam
1:00-1:30p.m. Beginner Finals
1:50-2:30p.m. Open Finals
Awards to follow.

DOPE PRIZESSSSS........!

Sponsors Include:
BoardSideDown Wax - BSD is hooking up both open division winners with sponsorship!http://boardsidedown.com/
Hardway Apparel http://hardwayapparel.com/
Jib This Apparel http://www.jibthisapparel.com/
Live Free Ride www.lfrus.com
Bolton Valley Ski Resort
GirlsOnSkis http://www.girlsonskis.com/home.php

More Sponsors TBA! Secrets baby, secrets.

We Got Snow!

2011-12-29T15:04:00.000-05:00

The Sprig O'Pine hike park now has soft powdery landings! But seriously, go out and find some powder; last night we acquired at least a foot of snow. So go out there and get some.

Kids and GoPros

2011-12-24T12:22:00.001-05:00

Here are two videos recently made by two BV locals. Props to Jack and Andrew. You guys are speedy with those edits.

Here's a Holiday Gift

2011-12-21T20:48:00.001-05:00

That's right; we dig in the rain. Tonight we set up three features on Sprig of Pine. The Sam rail or down flat down, the flat box set down, and the flat tube set down. The Mountain Manager went out of his way to help us build this hike park. So, remember to say 'thank you' to Harold and the park crew when you see them. Happy Holidays from BV Parks!

Everybody's Tubin' for the Weekend

2011-12-17T14:56:00.002-05:00

We've installed one of our new features on the Mighty Mite, a spectacular 20' flat tube. We'll keep this tube up until we have a park, which will hopefully be soon. A park before Christmas would be the best gift ever! Keep praying that the temps and the humidity will drop, and that mother nature starts dropping more snow.

New Video on the Blog

2011-12-13T09:57:00.002-05:00

Check out our video in our video bar from opening weekend, featuring your park specialists Nick Wilkins and Taylor Stout, high school intern Parker Cornbrooks, and special guest Peter J Malloy II. Chillzone Destruktion Krack Krew.

Mighty Box

2011-12-11T13:55:00.001-05:00

After four years, we finally managed to get on box up for opening day. A huge thanks goes to the new Ski School Director, Jamie, for letting us share her space on the Mighty Mite. Couldn't have done it without her. It was so great to see everyone having a blast and to final give back to our park passholders.

Please Mother Nature . . .

2011-12-09T12:59:00.001-05:00

Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Opening December 10th

2011-12-07T13:14:00.001-05:00

The snow guns will start up again tonight, to get us ready for our new opening date 12/10. The upcoming forecast says we might get up to four inches. Keep your fingers crossed!

After Technical Difficulties, We're Back

2011-12-02T14:28:00.008-05:00

We apologize for the lack of blog posts. We lost access to the blog when the resort webpage was updated. But we're back now and ready to spill some details.

The crew is starting to assemble! We have your favorite, friendly park specialists coming back, Nick and Nick; and we would like to welcome Taylor Stout and Drew Richman to the crew. We've been digging around in the woods for old snowmaking pipe for new features. Wish us luck!

The Mountain still plans on opening on Friday the 9th, so come up and make some turns!

Last Weekend of the Season (for Parks)

2011-04-02T13:55:00.004-04:00

Not sure if you heard, but we are staying open for one more weekend! That's right, although the parks will be closed, the Vista Quad will be running the 9th and 10th. For more details check out the link, or click on the post title.
Here is some evidence of the business from today's 50/50 weekend

Homegrown Movie Competition

2011-03-24T13:56:00.003-04:00

Hey guys, don't forget about the Homegrown movie contest. If you have an edit from Bolton Valley, post it to the Bolton Valley Facebook page and then get your friends to "like" it. The park guys have an edit it up. Its pretty sweet. Can you do any better?

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=119729804769123&oid=112593644322&comments

Leprechaun Shred-a-thaun

2011-03-18T14:55:00.000-04:00

Just a heads up for this weekend; Saturday is the College Social "Leprechaun Shred-a-thaun". There will be a rail jam in the Jungle Jib @ 12:PM and a jump jam in the Butterscotch park @ 2:PM. Needless to say the Jungle Jib will be closed for this event, reopening around 2:PM. The Butterscotch park will be closed from 1:30 until 3:45, then reopening for the rest of the evening.

New Hours for Sunset Skiing

2011-03-16T15:18:00.002-04:00

We have changed our hours of operation in order to prolong our spring skiing. We will be opening at 10:AM on the weekdays, and 9:Am on the weekends, then closing at 5:PM on non-night skiing nights. I know there's a bunch of people happy that Cobrass Cafe will be accessible for later. Not to mention later park venturing.