Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1854

Published January 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Badlands SnoPark has snow!


Tubers start out together but by the end of the run, they usually let go and separate as they accelerate down the hill. At this point, they were about one-third of the way down the turbo run.

  • Tubers start out together but by the end of the run, they usually let go and separate as they accelerate down the hill. At this point, they were about one-third of the way down the turbo run.
  • Visible in this photo are three of the five tubing runs available at Badlands. To the far right is the newest and longest run which opened on Saturday. The turbo-tubing run is 1,400 feet long. Photos by Margaret A. Ontl
  • Riding up a tow rope at Badlands are, from left, Holly Penman, Gabriel Harr and Dylan Bevers.
  • Nestled between bare ground, visitors ride up a snow covered tow rope path.
  • Connor Ryan, Dallas, Texas, found a snow experience Saturday at Badlands.
  • Mason Chamberlain takes a trip down the turbo run. He was with his father and grandfather.
  • A group of tubers starts down the turbo run.