Welch Village

Welch Village is an American ski area near Red Wing, Minnesota. It was built by Leigh and Clem Nelson in 1965 and has grown considerably since then. It has a vertical elevation of approximately 360 ft. Its traditional opening time is around the third Saturday in November. It is located near the Cannon River Valley. The area offers both skiing and snowboarding and has beginner, intermediate and expert slopes. Ski instruction is available.

It hosts the Welch Village Invitational, one of the largest High School Alpine Ski Meets in the US.

Welch Village has a large chalet with two cafeteria-style restaurants. Madd Jaxx bar serves alcohol near the triple lift on the east side of the resort. Welch Village is not a resort. It has no lodging or amenities customary of a resort. It is a day visit venue.

It has nine chairlifts: four quad lifts, four double chairs and one triple chair. The area is lit for night skiing except for terrain served by the triple chair and newer runs on the back side of the ski hill.

In recent years, Welch Village has undergone a significant expansion, doubling its snow-making capacity and opening a new experts-only area served by a quad chairlift installed in the fall of 2008.