Tyrol Basin Owner Pleads No Contest to Charge From 2025 Altercation With Teen

Nathaniel McGree, 40, owner of Tyrol Basin, Wisconsin, pleaded no contest on Thursday, August 6, to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a 2025 altercation he had with a teen at the ski area.

McGree was originally charged with disorderly conduct and misdemeanor battery after he and a staff member allegedly followed a 17-year-old boy off the Tyrol Basin property and, according to the teen’s account and the criminal complaint, assaulted him. The teen had been skiing without a pass, and according to the complaint, McGree made the teen return to the hill and pay $120, which the teen reported was twice the price he was told a pass cost. On his no-contest plea, McGree was found guilty of one count of county disorderly conduct, resolved as a civil ordinance forfeiture rather than a criminal misdemeanor conviction, while the battery charge was dismissed on the prosecutor’s motion. Court costs and the DNA surcharge were waived, and he will avoid jail time.

The incident occurred on February 24, 2025, when deputies responded just before 6:00 p.m. to Bohn Road in the Town of Vermont after receiving a report of a teenager walking along the road. Deputies spoke with a 17-year-old boy, who said he was at Tyrol Basin but did not buy a pass. The teen said the staff asked him to leave, and he did. The teen explained that as he was walking away, McGree and another staff member followed him off the property and allegedly attacked him. According to the complaint, McGree demanded the teen return to the ski hill and pay $120, and the teen agreed. McGree told police he never put his hands on the teen.

Dane County jail logs show McGree was arrested that same evening on one count of Disorderly Conduct and one count of Physical Abuse of a Child, and booked into the Dane County Jail. These were the arrest and booking counts; they are not the charge on which he was ultimately convicted. According to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, McGree was held at the Medium Security Public Safety Building Jail in Madison, Wisconsin. He was arraigned two days later, where the court entered not guilty pleas on his behalf, and released on a $500 signature bond, with a condition that he have no contact with the teenager or the teen’s family. A signature bond did not require McGree to pay $500 up front; the amount would become due if he failed to appear in court or violated the conditions of his release.

According to the Dane County District Attorney:

• Persons charged with misdemeanor crimes may be able to post bail and be released, and will have to return to the Dane County Courthouse at a later date. Out-of-custody initial appearance hearings are held in Courtroom 1A of the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison.
• Persons charged with felony crimes must wait in jail for an initial appearance before a court commissioner. These hearings are held Monday through Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Building (Dane County Jail), 115 W. Doty St, Madison.

A jury trial was scheduled for June 2025, with jury selection set to begin June 16, but the case ultimately did not go to trial. More than a year after the original incident, McGree resolved the case by pleading no contest to county disorderly conduct on August 6, 2026, and was found guilty on that plea, while the battery charge was dismissed. Court costs and the DNA surcharge were waived, and he will avoid jail time.

The plea brings the case against McGee to a close.