Villa Olivia

Location

Wayne
United States
41° 58' 43.68" N, 88° 11' 36.24" W
US
General info: 

Located close to Chicagoland, Villa Olivia offers 180 vertical feet of skiing with one quad lift and a couple of surface tows. The resort added a new lift in its terrain park for the 2003/04 season as well as a snowtubing park.

BASE: 320ft
SUMMIT: 500ft
VERTICAL DROP: 180ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 7
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 1
Surface: 6

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