Hit the Slopes at Perfect North 19074 Perfect Lane, Lawrenceburg Embrace the cold and get out in the fresh air for a variety of winter sports and fun at Perfect North Slopes. Perfect North offers plenty of freshly powdered hills for both skiing and snowboarding, as well as lessons for those wanting to learn how to pizza and french fry their way downhill. Visitors can also glide downhill in snow tubes, and when it’s time to warm up, visit the Lodge for a snack and hot beverage. Photo: facebook.com/perfectnorth

You can still ski at Perfect North No, Southeastern Indiana doesn’t have the same topography as Park City, but we DO have slopes — slopes that also helped train Olympic medal-winning skier Nick Goepper, thank you very much. If you’re willing to make the 40-minute drive from Cincinnati to the Lawrenceburg area, you can spend the day at Perfect North Slopes. The ski resort has 23 trails for skiing and snowboarding, including black and double-black diamond trails for experts. And if you’re not into skiing, Perfect North also has 25 lanes for tubing. Photo: facebook.com/perfectnorth

The winter season is arriving a little earlier than usual to Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The ski, snowboarding and tubing park will open for the season on Friday, Nov. 15, the earliest opening in the parks’s 40-year history. 

Perfect North will be open for skiers and snowboarders from noon to 9:30 p.m. on opening day and will be open 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. throughout the remainder of the weekend. The park will be open on weekends only “until there are more snowmaking opportunities and colder temperatures,” according to the website. Tubing will not be available opening weekend. 

The loft shop, repair shop and office will be open throughout the week from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The park is offering special pricing for opening weekend, including $39 lift tickets ($29 for ages 12 and under or over 60) and $20 equipment rental. 

According to the website’s snow report, Perfect North Slopes has had “24+ hours of continuous snowmaking” since Nov. 12. 

19074 Perfect Place Lane, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

This article appears in Nov 13-26, 2019.

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