Winterfest Weekend - January 17 & 18

Despite the Chilly temps on Saturday, the crowds piled in and WinterFest was a hoppin good time!  Just ask the Wild Quack Duck! –If he wasn’t hammin’ it up on the slopes, he was in the Lostbo pub enjoying lunch and cold beers!  Or our Haflinger Belgian Horse, Butternut, who kept busy stealing kisses from riders between their Hammerhead sled rides.  The day kicked off with Eastern Mountain Sports ems.com offering Tele gear demos and Joe Jones Ski & Sports with the latest in Burton Boards.  (By they way, all month long at Joe Jones Ski & Sports in North Conway, buy a Burton board and receive a ticket to Black for your first day of riding FREE!)  Hammerhead sleds out of Essex Junction, Vermont showed up around 10:30 and entertained the masses all afternoon with rides on their spectacular, new age sleds, that allow riders to steer, twist and turn down the mountain.  If you have not heard of this company, definitely check out their site to find out where they will be next, because they are tons of fun!  Skiers and riders enjoyed our Scavenger Hunt and Snow Golf games that began at the base and took them all over the mountain looking for clues!  And all of this led up to our main event, the 3rd Annual Jackson Chamber Wild Quack Duck Race!  At 2pm sharp, 200 ducks were released from the top of the ‘man made luge track’  skillfully constructed by our snowmaking crew; and within seconds every duck reached the finish line.  In the end, Brady Ash’s duck took first place and she went home with 25% of duck ticket sales!!  30 other awesome prizes were awarded as well, thanks to the generous support of many local businesses.  We would like to thank all who participated in the duck race for their part in these fundraising efforts and the overall success of the event. Last but certainly not least, was the Apres party in the Lostbo Pub where the crowd gathered to enjoy great company, delicious food, well earned beverages and excellent music by the Groovestones!  For those of you who missed out, check our calendar because they’ll be back!  You can also hear for yourself at http://www.myspace.com/groovestonemusic

Overall, it was just another awesome day at Black!