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Have Guitar will… SKI!

Posted at 4:45 pm

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Worked on a video for Ski Shanty today with Thaddeus and Caleb. It’s a sea shanty about skiing at Smuggs and name-checks the trails Rumrunners’, Bootleggers’, and Smugglers’ Alley. Garrett of the Marketing Department did the artwork. The song was inspired by Smuggs Guest Kim Reigel.

We have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with terrain for all abilities! We plan to have 5 lifts operating tomorrow (including Madonna I), with 65 trails open and 27 trails groomed (including Upper Chilcoot and Snake Bite).

There is a Winter Weather Advisory tonight through Wednesday night that includes snow (2-4″ possible), a wintry mix, and high winds. Due to that weather, all Uphill Access will be closed from Wednesday night through Saturday morning. Tonight, there is Uphill Access on Morse from 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm and Wednesday on Sterling from 5:30 am – 7:30 am.

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Another gorgeous day!

Posted at 6:14 pm

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Upper Chilcoot

Lifts and Trails

We are 99 percent open. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 46 trails for tomorrow, including Bootlegger’s, Upper FIS, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 156 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Groomer Arlo Pouliot pushing out the snowmaking whales on the Upper Zone

 

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is cloudy skies with a chance of light snow later in the day with temperatures between 21 and 35 degrees.

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William catching some air off the fun box

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Hayleigh having fun on Full Nelson

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Harley enjoying the groomed terrain on Smugglers’ Alley

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Hugh B get a little shifty in the Birch Run Terrain Park

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It is time to get extreme!

Posted at 8:39 am

snscposter2019_origThis year the Extreme Challenge competition is open to both skiers and snowboarders!  For more information and to sign up just go to the Smugglers’ Notch Ski Club

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open! We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Freefall, the Black Hole, and Madonna Liftline are open from the traverse on Upper FIS. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 42 trails have been groomed for today, including Bootleggers, Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, and Hibernator for a grand total of 160 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

Weather

Currently it is 16 degrees at the summit of Sterling with partly sunny skies and winds of 0 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is partly sunny skies with temperatures between 19 and 29 degrees.

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Here it comes

Posted at 8:12 am

NoaaThe forecast from the National Weather Service is looking good for this weekend!

Lifts and Trails

Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have 71 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 33 trails have been groomed for today, including Dan’s Ford, Snow Snake, and Jolly Rodger for a grand total of 129 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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We are presently making snow on Bootlegger, Thomke’s Express, Snake Bite, Full Nelson,  and Hangman’s Drop. Full Nelson, Bootlegger, and Snake Bite will be closed today due to snowmaking.

Weather

Currently it is sunny and -8 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 15 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temperatures between -5 and +14 degrees. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling snow mostly before 2 pm with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible and temperatures between 2o and 30 degrees. A big storm is brewing for Saturday night into Sunday with over a foot of fresh snow predicted.

 

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Snow piled high

Posted at 9:12 am

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View of a snow wall from 3 Mountain Equipment

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. We’ve got so much snow, we don’t know where to put it! 44 inches in the past week and 70 inches total in the past two weeks!! This means 100% of our trails are open. The Groomers and Village Services have been busy moving the snow around. Note to Experts – Bootleggers was groomed/winched for today’s skiing and riding pleasure.