We are postponing Chester Bowl’s opening day, with a new
target date of Saturday, December 19th. Due to the warm temps we
have not been able to make snow these past couple of weeks. Because of this
lack of snow, Chester Bowl will not be open this weekend as hoped.
As disappointing as this news is, we do have some good news!
The temps look as though they will FINALLY drop to where we need them to be to
make snow starting this weekend.
If this forecast holds, we will be making snow around the clock. Our goal is to open for the season on Saturday, December 19!
Thank you for your understanding and patience as we get the hill ready for the season. You can expect to see another update from us next week confirming our opening date and with additional information on what to expect with operations this year, and what we need all skiers and snowboarder to do to help keep everyone safe. We can’t wait to see all of you on the hill!
Chester Bowl has always been known for its open, caring, generous community. Community is not about a building, a natural space, or even about the activities that people do there. It is about the people.
One of the people that has best demonstrated what Chester Bowl is all about is Jeff Provost. Jeff was part of the Chester Bowl community for four decades before he passed away in March, 2020. The Provost family has honored Jeff’s memory with a $2,000 donation to the scholarship fund, with additional commitments in future years.
Jeff Provost
Jeff and his wife Brenda moved into the Chester Bowl neighborhood in 1981. All three of their children, Megan, Tom, and David, learned to ski at Chester Bowl, and spent countless hours there with their neighborhood friends. Jeff and Brenda re-learned skiing here, and found themselves making friends here too, leading to multi-family ski trips to ski areas like Indianhead and Blackjack. Jeff was very involved in Chester Bowl as a volunteer, including being on the Board of Directors from about 1995-2000, and he was Board President for three years. He was involved in organizing parents’ night, and was especially known for his season-ending pig roasts! One of the most special moments was when he was recently able to start skiing at Chester Bowl with his first grandchild.
A Thank You note to Jeff after one of his famous pig roasts!
Chester was never just a winter destination for the Provost family- they were also part of the summer camp program. And as the Provost children grew up, they became teen volunteers here in the summer Incredible Exchange program and in the winter as Cadets.
When we asked Brenda why she chose to honor Jeff with a donation to the Scholarship Fund, she replied that “This park is part of the heart of our family. We always felt that this was a safe place for kids to be. The bigger kids were always looking out for the little kids, and it is one big family.â€
Thank you to the Provost Family for your donation to our
scholarship program to honor Jeff. We are humbled that you chose us, and
delighted that Jeff’s legacy will continue to support the next generation of
families here at Chester Bowl. We all miss Jeff, but we take some comfort that Chester
Bowl is a better place because of Jeff and the Provost family.
Our annual fundraiser supporting our scholarship fund is all virtual for 2020, with a livestream on Friday, November 13th, and many different ways to participate. Find out all the details at the Skis, Suds, & Slices tab above!
We are excited for our winter ski and snowboard program, and we hope you are too! We have a pandemic plan that we are proud of, and will allow us to have a safe season. Start at our Ski/Snowboard tab above for overall program details. Then look to the subtabs to learn more about our COVID-19 modifications and our equipment rental program. We can’t wait to see you on the hill!
