Ski Season Begins At Deep Creek Lake, Maryland

Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales, a leading vacation rental and sales firm located in McHenry, Maryland, is excited to announce that the 2017/2018 ski season has begun. Wisp Resort opened its slopes on Friday, December 15th offering skiing, snow tubing, ice skating and more.

Wisp Resort is the only four-season downhill ski resort in Maryland. It is located near Deep Creek Lake in the town of McHenry in Garrett County, Maryland, near the border of West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. It is located 32 miles from Cumberland, Maryland, 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and 3 hours from Baltimore and Washington, DC. The ski slopes are located on Marsh Mountain. Wisp Resort was founded by Mr.Helmuth M.G. Heise and is currently owned by Pacific Group Resorts, Inc.

Wisp Resort is Maryland’s only four-season ski resort. Wisp has different activities for each season. Summer activities include: 3 canopy tour zip lines, kayak and paddleboard rentals, mountain biking, segway tours, archery and orienteering. The resort also includes a Mountain coaster which is a hybrid of an alpine slide and a roller coaster. Coaster cars go 3,500 feet downhill over 350 vertical feet on the eastern side of Wisp Mountain.

Wisp Resort is seasonal and receives on average 100 inches of snow each year; however, they do make their own snow in order to open early. Offering different trails for each skill level, Wisp is accessible to all people of all skiing and snowboarding abilities, even offering lessons to beginner skiers and snowboarders. Night skiing is also available on 90% of the terrain Tuesdays thru Saturdays. According to DCSki.com, Wisp was voted runner up in best year-round resort in the Mid-Atlantic.

Wisp Resort has a total of 34 slopes and trails. The Front Side Trails include five trails marked easy, ten trails marked more difficult, and five trails marked most difficult. East Ridge Trails include one more difficult trail, and five most difficult trails. North Camp Trials include: five easy trails, three more difficult trails, and one most difficult trail. The resort also includes a tubing park, an ice skating rink, a nordic center, and the mountain coaster.

Known as a four season vacation destination, the Deep Creek Lake area is a favorite spot for winter getaways. Taylor-Made offers more than 380 vacation rental homes many of which are ski in/ski out or within a short drive from the slopes.

Massive snow making efforts by the resort along with 6+ inches of natural snow have made for excellent conditions to start the season.

“Opening day of ski season is always an exciting time at Deep Creek Lake,” states Taylor-Made owner, Chad Taylor. “We have lots of great Deep Creek vacations specials, and our phones have been ringing with reservations for last minute holiday getaways.”

Vacationers can take advantage of exceptional deals now through December 28th. Taylor also noted that popular dates like MLK weekend, President’s Day weekend and Deep Creek Dunk weekend are starting to fill up.

Non-skiers can enjoy sledding, snow shoeing, horse drawn sleigh rides, snow tubing or browsing local antique shops. Plus, Deep Creek Lake vacation rental amenities like private indoor pools, media rooms and game tables keep everyone entertained.