New This Season
It’s been yet another extremely busy off-season here at the resorts of Boston Mills and Brandywine! We applaud our talented, skilled and passionate staff members for their many efforts, and we truly believe our guests will be quite excited by our many completed projects, overall enhancements and the upgrades to our respective facilities.
We are all quite proud of the accomplishments this off-season, and hope you are as proud of the many efforts as we are! Please view below to see a listing of “What’s New” for the 2009/10 Season…. or go here to see the photos. And remember, it won’t be long until we see YOU on the SNOW!!
Polar Blast Snow-Tubing
- The super lanes have been enlarged by 3 acres! We’ve added another 25’ of vertical and significantly steepened the drop-in area...what’s this mean to our tubers? Well, more vertical and more steeps simply add up to more big-time fun at the tubing hill. Oh yeah, did we mention our super lanes have the capability of being nearly 1100’ in total length when we get our anticipated snow cover? Yeeehaaah!!
- New landscaping and trees around the lodge area
- Increased number of tables/counters for more seating & eating capacity in our new lodge building!
BMBW
Passes, Programs, Services & Events:
- The NEW! BMBW Kids Academy creatively encourages a lifetime interest in snowsports! Our pro staff is specifically trained to instruct the young skier and rider--from beginner lessons through advanced levels in racing, freestyle, and beyond. Our approach uses positive, skill-based coaching, small group sizes, and mountains of fun to provide your child with the optimal snow sport experience.
- Extended Play sessions have been added on select Saturdays at Boston Mills... on Extended Play nights, you can ski or ride at BM until midnight!
- The new Olympians program, which helps train young skiers to become future racers AND better all-around skiers!
- Progression Sessions: A NEW freestyle competition for ages 13 & under, scheduled for the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Presidents’ Day holiday Mondays. (Final details TBA.)
- NASTAR Racing: NASTAR (NAtional STAndard Race) is the largest recreational ski and
snowboard race program in the world. The mission of NASTAR is to provide a fun,
competitive and easily accessible racing program that allows racers of all ages and
abilities a means to compare their race results to other competitors
across the country, regardless of when and where they race. Nature
Valley NASTAR race venues can be found at approximately 125 premier ski
resorts across the United States...and we welcome it back to Boston
Mills for the 2009/10 Season!!
Gear:
- We’ve added nearly 200 new snowboards and skis into our rental fleets. We also added over 200 new snowboard boots and freestyle bindings into the mix!
- We also brought in a stock of 400 helmets to institute a rental helmet program at both resorts.
Grounds & Lodges:
- The bar decks at both resorts have received a “face-lift” with the addition of some new lumber and a fresh application of stain
- Both lodges received a fresh coat of paint in numerous areas.
- We made additional repairs to the main entry road at Brandywine.
Green:
- We created a tree farm over at Brandywine, with an eye toward replacing and/or adding to some of our older trees in the near future.
Lifts:
- The remaining three chairlifts (#1, #2 and #3) at Boston Mills have received “new skins” to match their fellow lifts on the north side. In fact, all 6 lifts at the Mills have been re-painted over the past two off-seasons! Well Done, Fellas…looking really good!
- The load terminals on Lifts #1 & #2 at Brandywine have been painted.
- Many of the attendant shacks have been painted as well.
- The chairs on Lift 4 at Boston Mills, and on Lift 4 at Brandywine, have been galvanized.
- Continued refurbishment of various lift line equipment, repairs to unload decks and ramps have been done
- A new haul rope was installed on the handle tow at Boston Mills.
- Lift #5 at Brandywine received a new unload terminal.
- We purchased over 60 NEW triple chairs and seat pads for Brandywine.
- Handle Tow #2 on Frosty at Brandywine has brand NEW handles

Snowmaking:
- We have rebuilt and refurbished several snow-machines via the addition of new water rings and other components…better efficiency means more snow which equals more GOOD TIMES for our guests!
- We replaced over 2500 feet of snowmaking water line
- We updated over 1000 feet of snowmaking and lighting electric
- We added a fixed snow-gun on the Champagne line at Brandywine.
And we're not done yet! There are a few other changes and improvements in the works, so check back for updates to this list--along with a few pretty pictures to show you what's been going on here at BMBW and Polar Blast this offseason. Stay tuned...