Chester Bowl is now open in Duluth for the winter season, officially opening Thursday evening.

Each year hundreds of people come to ride the the Alpine Hill, with a double chair lift and 175 feet of drop. It can handle up to 960 skiers and snowboarders per hour.

Chester is known as they the hill that many Duluthians grew up skiing at.

With a pretty snowless December it’s been a lot of work to get the hill open.

Dave Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Chester Bowl Improvement Club says, “The weather has been especially challenging this season, and the only reason we are able to open is because
of the hard work of our snowmaking team, consisting of City of Duluth staff, Chester Bowl volunteers,
and Chester Bowl staff. We spent twelve days making snow so far, with more to come in the New Year,
with staff and volunteers here 24/7 during snowmaking. We are so grateful for this team!”