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Wild Mountain is one of the first ski areas in the United States to own two Taiga Nomad electric snowmobiles.  These machines are electric and emissions-free. Oh yeah... they also go zero to 60mph in 3 seconds.

The monarch butterfly, quite possibly the most beloved bug of Minnesota, has been added to the Endangered Species List created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

These delightful creatures make an extraordinary migration each year from North America to their wintering grounds in Mexico. But, habitat loss and climate change is driving populations down.  The insect that we enjoying seeing has declined 84% from 1996 to 2014.

In 2021, Wild Mountain recognized this plight and registered the mountain as a Monarch Waystation with Monarch Watch. Wild Mountain’s ski trails offer a prairie environment with the types of milkweed species monarchs need to reproduce. Our waystation designation means that we’ve minimized summer trail mowing to ensure monarchs, and pollinators of all types, have food and shelter during the spring, summer and fall.

Wild Mountain has acquired 4 HKD Volt snowguns to support reducing energy consumption for snowmaking. These snowmakers use approximately 1/3 the power as traditional snowguns. Two of these units were made possible from the 2021 Sustainable Slopes Grant from the National Ski Areas Association and HKD Snowmakers.

In January 2021, Wild Mountain was awarded the CarbonNeutral® Certification from Climate Impact Partners for its work  on reducing and offsetting its carbon emissions.

In September of 2020 we began working with Climate Impact Partners to measure our carbon footprint.  Measurement of the carbon we are emitting is a critical step in the long-term assessment and reduction of our carbon-emitting practices.

Our retail shirts and hoodies are made of recycled plastic, recycled cotton, organic cotton and Modal (a fabric made from plastic and cellulose from birch trees).  The fabrics are more friendly to the environment as they utilize recycled materials and use less (or no) water and fertilizers to create.  

We installed LED lights on the South Wild, North Wild and Ego Alley trails. LED lighting is much more efficient than our current metal halide lighting.  Going forward, we plan to use LEDs to replace our existing flood lights across our slopes.

We are eliminating single-use plastic beverage bottles and moving to infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles.  To support that, we’ve added recycling receptacles across our property to support recycling and reduce waste.

Wild Mountain created 288,000 pieces of single-use plastic waste in the past year. That's too much, and we are working to stop that with the elimination of single-use plastic on our property. We’ve moved to durable cutlery and food service wares in the goal of reducing the amount of plastic we add to the waste stream.

Our team partnered with 3Degrees to offset the dirty energy coming to Wild Mountain with Renewable Energy Certificates generated from sources in Minnesota.  Wild Mountain now operates year-round on 100% clean energy created in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. 

Three EV chargers and one Tesla charger has been installed to support the needs of the emerging clean vehicle market.  These two chargers are available to all guests, free of charge.