employees at Villa Olivia can make it snow themselves thanks to special equipment that converts water into the white stuff needed to build up a base on the hills used for skiing, tubing and ...

joins John Williams to talk about all the things you can do at Villa Olivia throughout the year, the winter sports operations they have once the weather gets cold, the different ski hills that are on ...

Photo courtesy of Villa Olivia 60-minute drive from Chicago. Open December 20- Early March Boy, oh boy is the snow tubing at Villa Olivia popular. New this year, reservations are available online ...

If Mother Nature doesn’t send snow, the next best thing to do is to make it yourself. Employees of the Villa Olivia Country Club and Ski Resort have had to pull out the snow “guns” about 15 ...

Snow tubing is quickly becoming a popular winter sport for families ... Check out these great sledding hills in Chicagoland. Villa Olivia is a smaller park that’s not far from home. Kids 6 years and ...

For some ski hills in Chicagoland, staff said it's forced their plans to veer off course. At Villa Olivia in Bartlett, snow machines can't keep up. With snow tubes on the grass, and puddles near ...

For easy access from the bottom to the top, Villa Olivia, which makes its own snow, offers a chair lift. You can ski or snowboard, but the most popular attraction is the tubing hill, which ...

(WLS) -- The warm, wet weather has delayed the opening of Villa Olivia ski resort in Bartlett ... snowboarding runs are sitting barren. The snow tubing hill is empty, and ski lessons in the ...