Wirth Winter Recreation Area offers snowboarding to the general public at a low cost. The park features snowmaking capability and lighted hills, made possible by funding from MPRB, City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation and the TW snowboard program.

The park offers everything from lessons by a veteran trained staff to a snowboard park with advanced technical rails and jumps.

Learn-to-ride snowboard rentals and park specific snowboard rentals are available. A supply of snowboard items, including pipe gloves, helmets, wrist guards, t-shirts, hats, belts and accessories, are available for sale in the Wirth Winter Chalet. 

Wild Winter Wednesdays at Wirth just got wilder

The snowboard park is located behind the Wirth Chalet and features:

• Straight Rail (12 ft.) – For intermediate and advanced riders, it requires basic to technical snowboarding abilities, which is determined by how they are set-up in the park. A jump before the rail can be added for increased difficulty. The rails are moved around every few weeks to vary the difficulty level.
• Rainbow Rail – Adjusts to a wide range of abilities depending on where it is placed in the park.
• Battleship Box – Used in introducing rail riding in lessons, this box is wide enough to provide an “intro to rails” lesson to advanced beginners.
• Up/Down Rails (3) – These rails can be placed together or separate, and are intermediate/advanced rails that can also be introduced before or after a jump.
• 20-ft. C Boxes (2) – Purchased this year, the boxes curve either to the left or right with an off-camber to add difficulty.
• New 18-ft. Wall Ride – Built this year, the wall will be added to the bottom of the hill where the spine was located last season. 
• New 24-ft Staircase – Additional length was added to the stairs from last year.
• Kiddy snowboard park – Smaller park features that can be used by anyone that is just learning park riding.    

Fees & Rentals

Lessons

• 10 a.m.
• 12 p.m.
• 2 p.m.
• 4 p.m.

Beginners take one lesson designed to teach students to turn safely. Advanced level and park lessons are also available. Lessons are 1½ hours in length. Registration prior to scheduled classes is recommended because a minimum of four students is needed to hold a lesson. Walk-ins are welcome if there is room in an unfilled class. The lesson fee is $15. Call 612-370-3926 for registration and class time availability. Students are required to arrive 45 minutes before the scheduled lesson for rental equipment fitting.

Regular Hours:

Monday - Friday – 4-9 p.m.
Saturday – 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sundays – 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

School Release Days - 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

2009-10 Party Packages
Wirth Winter Park is an amazing facility to host special events. We offer private banquet facilities with catering services, a snowboarding hill with rental equipment and instructors, a tubing hill with tow rope and free wi-fi. Wirth Winter Recreation 2009-10 Party Packages