Photo Essay: Ski area staff conducts snow-making operations at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A ski area employee checks a snow-making machine as it drops man-made snow on one of the slopes Dec. 5, 2019, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Whitetail Ridge, part of Fort McCoy’s Pine View Recreation Area, offers a variety of activities for the whole family. The ski hill offers both downhill skiing and snowboarding. For more information about costs and special events at Whitetail Ridge, visit the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation website at https://mccoy.armymwr.com. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

12.11.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Snow-making machines droppped man-made snow on the slopes Dec. 5, 2019, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Whitetail Ridge, part of Fort McCoy’s Pine View Recreation Area, offers a variety of activities for the whole family.

The ski hill offers both downhill skiing and snowboarding.

For more information about costs and special events at Whitetail Ridge, visit the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation website at https://mccoy.armymwr.com.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

Fort McCoy lives its motto, “Total Force Training Center.”

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 12.11.2019
• Date Posted: 12.11.2019 09:29
• Story ID: 355211
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US