Get Ready for Winter Camp
at
Mountain Meadow!
Part of the Winterfest group with Manuel from 2002…what a blast we had!
SAVE THE DATE! THE RETURN OF WINTERFEST! From December 27th to January 2nd Mountain Meadow will be holding a Winter Camp here at the ranch. Many of you have asked when we might have another winter session at Mountain Meadow, so this year we’ve decided to bring it back!
The last Winterfest was held in 2002 and there have been great memories shared ever since. Back in the winter of 1994 we held our first Winterfest. It started snowing opening day and didn’t stop the whole week. It was unbelievable. We had over six feet of snow! It was fantastic! We were sledding off the roofs of the dining hall. We are hoping for something like that this winter.
Winterfest 2009 will be a time not only to get together with friends from the summer, but also a celebration of all the joys of winter and celebrate the New Year. The Ranch is such a beautiful place all covered in snow. It is truly a winter wonderland. The days will include as much sledding, tobogganing, ice-skating, ice fishing, snow/ice sculpturing, inner-tubing etc as we can muster, along with snow ball fights, snow football, broom hockey on the frozen lagoon, buzzing around the meadow on an inner-tube pulled behind the jeep, hay rides, feeding the horses and cows, hot chocolate and homemade ice-cream. We will also spend at least one day on the Tahoe area slopes skiing or snowboarding.
Chris Zazueta Matt Dubman
Night activities, under the influence of loud music, will include tobogganing, sledding, inner-tubing, and ice skating under the floodlights…a snowy “cooler” winter version of the “Lagoonfest” of summer, minus the high jump and rope swing, but with the addition, of course, of a warm bonfire to keep us warm and toasty and always a fire in the Lodge (winter lingo for Dining Hall) fireplace. Indoor activities would include games, a pool tournament, ping-pong, foosball, movie nights, cookie, cake and candy bakes, taffy pulls, and smore competitions. And of course, we could not leave out the Main Event: at Midnight December 31st, a pyrotechnic extravaganza to celebrate the New Year.
This will be an experience that you won’t want to miss!
Check your Holiday schedules and mark your calendars – we’d love to have you join us. Click here to download a Winterfest Enrollment Form and return to us ASAP; upon receiving your enrollment we will send you a “Get Ready for Winter Camp” info packet with everything you’ll need to know in preparing for Winterfest. If you have any questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Email us at fun@mountainmeadow.com or call the Ranch at 530-257-4419.
And by the way, those participants having birthdays during Winterfest will not be thrown into the lagoon!
