Replying to Blacktail park?
i read the front page in the daily interlake about blacktail's upcoming terrain park. anybody heard anything else about it? sounds like it may be pretty sick.
here's the excerpt:
Changes also have taken place at Blacktail Mountain near Lakeside.
Professional snowboarder Greg Manning has joined the staff as Blacktail’s marketing manager. Manning competed for four years in ESPN’s Winter X Games and has more than 20 years of experience skiing and snowboarding. He will be based out of Lakeside during the winter but will continue to compete around the country and in Europe throughout the season, he said.
Next month, Blacktail will open Independence Park, a terrain park running the length of the mountain. Two professional snowboarders will join Manning to design the park, which will feature jumps, rails, boxes and a quarter pipe.
The park will feature new designs ski areas have never done before, he said.
“The benefit of Blacktail is we have a clean palette, and we can do whatever we want,” he said. “We don’t have the restraints that the normal corporate ski areas have.”
The park will be designed for all levels of freestyle skiing and snowboarding, he said, so everyone from beginners to professionals will enjoy it. Manning hopes to open the park sometime in December and will have an exhibition with professional snowboarders when the park debuts.
Blacktail also hopes to add additional bus service this winter.
It also will offer new programs, including men’s day for beginners and snow-sports sessions for advanced skiers and snowboarders. Women’s and children’s programs are available as well.
Ahead of Blacktail’s opening next week, its ninth annual Old Man Winter Party is Friday from 6 p.m. until midnight, and will feature live music, food, and a ski and snowboard exhibition.
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