The Basin

Whether you are into extreme winter sports or a peaceful ski, then Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard area is a good place to visit. Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard area is located at on Bohn Road in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, just west of Madison.

People of all ages, and abilities are welcomed for a day of skiing and boarding at a good value. Tyrol strives to always make this a family friendly environment with a great emphasis on customer service. Their commitment to create good snow conditions, quality terrain, and opportunities to challenge skiers through racing and special events is second to none. Their ultimate goal is to make each and every patron feel as if they are part of the Tyrol family.

Tyrol Basin offers many opportunities for racing with a Jr. Race Team, high school racing, adult race teams, board teams, or you can even join the USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) if you're looking for even more of a challenge. A great way to show off your skills, these USASA competitions might be for you. These competitions are accessible for people of all ages, and ability levels. The Tyrol Wisconsin series is just one of 33 local events held nationwide as a grass-roots competition used to qualify for a national event. Eventually it may lead to qualifying for other national level events. The Tyrol series is the oldest series to date, held first in the early 1990's. Five events make up the competition: Alpine racing (slalom and giant slalom) and freestyle (half pipe, slope style, and boarder cross) competitions. You can compete in one or all of the events if you wish. Within the last few years freestyle events were opened up to free style skiers. You can compete against people of similar ages from under 7 to 60 and over with the top three being awarded medals in each age, and gender category.

Maybe you want to know the snow conditions, or the terrain. All you have to do is visit the website, and you can see a live cam of snow conditions and pictures of the terrain which are regularly updated. There are many ways to enjoy this wonderful place such as the Propane Tank, Progression Park Rail, the Wall Ride, Down-Flat-Down Rail, Red Bull Rail, High Rail, 16' down box, the Jump, and the small Jump. All of these can be found in one of several areas: Tobel- Big Air; Hans Down- Down-Flat down, Wall Ride, T-Box, Rainbow, Butter Box; The Barnyard- 15'jump, 25' jump, Flat Box, Torpedo, Flat Down, Whale tail, C Rail; Sunrise- A half-pipe is being made that is 250' feet long, 40' wide, with 11'5' radius transitions; Gentle Ben- Box Top, 2X8 Box, Double Barrel Rail, 4X8 Box, and 2 10' Jumps.

A lot of people wish winter could just be over with, or that snow would just disappear off the face of the earth. At the Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area winter is embraced, and folks look forward to the snow.