Now that we’ve experienced several inches of snowfall this past week, there’s lots of outdoor activities for people to enjoy in Greene County.

County Conservation Director Dan Towers says the sledding hill at Seven Hills Park will be open for the first time this winter. It will be open from 1:30 to 4:30pm tomorrow and Sunday. The sledding hill also has a rope pull to get people back up the hill safely and there’s no admission charge. He talks about other winter recreational activities.

“The bike trail (Raccoon River Valley Trail) actually we do allow snowmobiles on that and there’s always a fair number of snowmobilers buy their trail pass just for that. Cross-country skiing, Spring Lake (Park) has been kind of popular for that. Some of the road systems we don’t plow and that gives the cross-country skiers something to go on.”

Another outdoor activity is ice fishing, but Towers cautions people to check the surface before engaging in ice fishing.

To use the Raccoon River Valley Trail, a daily pass is $2 and an annual pass is $10. Contact the Greene County Recorder’s office to purchase a trail pass.