Tower House in snow at dusk, windows lit, hot tub and cedar sauna on the terrace

Winter in Galena

Ski all day. Sauna all evening.

Galena has its own ski hill, and The Galena Territory has trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Come back to a private house with a hot tub, a cedar barrel sauna and a fireplace. Sleeps up to ten.

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Sleeps 103 king · 2 queenHot tub · saunaPool in season

Nearby

Downhill, Nordic, or neither.

DownhillChestnut Mountain Resort, Galena's ski and snowboard hill on the Mississippi, with 19 runs.
NordicEagle Ridge's Nordic Center in The Galena Territory offers cross-country ski and snowshoe trails, an ice rink and sledding in season.
TownMain Street shops, restaurants, wineries and a distillery, about 12 minutes away.

Ski conditions and operating dates are set by each resort. Check with them before you go.

The cedar barrel sauna on the deck after a snowfall

After the slopes

Hot tub and cedar sauna, all year.

The hot tub and the cedar barrel sauna run through the winter. Three king beds and two queens mean everyone sleeps well after a long day outside.

Never been to Galena?

The small town most Chicagoans haven't found yet.

Galena is a 19th-century river town in the far northwest corner of Illinois, where Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin meet. Its brick Main Street is lined with independent shops, restaurants and tasting rooms, and it is the hometown of Ulysses S. Grant.

The hills around it are the surprise. The Galena Territory is a wooded community of private homes around Lake Galena, with trails and big valley views. Tower House sits on a hillside there, about 12 minutes from downtown.