Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Ben Bonitz, assistant manager of Whitecap Mountains Ski Resort, lands a jump on Flightcap 1, the freestyle terrain park he designed on the resort's St. Moritz hill.
By TOM LAVENTURE
UPSON, Wis. - Whitecap Mountains Ski Resort has stepped up its game in offering free stylers some challenges this season with its first terrain park.
"Flightcap 1," a new slope-style freestyle terrain park toward the end of the bottom of St. Moritz hill near the ski rental shack and lift, was built during the recent extreme cold snap and has been open to riders for about a week. It was designed and continues to be improved by assistant manager Ben Bonitz, a recent addition to the resort who comes from Eau Claire.
"We didn't have to move any earth,...
