PC Tony Lehouillier
It’s great to have all the fresh snow! I want to take a minute to apologize for the lifts that were on hold today. The Village Lift was on wind hold most of the day, but it opened at around 2 pm. The Madonna I lift experienced an electrical problem and it shut down around 1:45 pm. We were able to get the Madonna II lift running around 2 pm. There ending up being a frozen wheel on the Madonna II lift that we missed and the lift had to be shut down for repairs. It was a pretty wild day for our lift staff. The good news is that we plan to have all 8 lifts operating tomorrow! Speaking of lifts I would like to remind people that jumping out of the chair can derail the lift. Even if you are low to the ground.
We received 14 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 24 inches in the past 2 days! Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We plan to have all 78 trails open tomorrow with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 18 to 56 inches. 33 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Ruthie’s, Snow Snake, and Practice Slope for a grand total of 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tonight’s forecast is calling for 1 to 3 inches of snow. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of a snow shower with a high of 17 degrees.
The Extreme Challenge is this weekend on Upper Madonna Liftline. Tomorrow the competition will be held just below mid-station. Lower Madonna Liftline will be open. The Headwall and below mid-station will be closed this weekend for the competition. On Sunday the competition will be held on the Headwall. The conditions are perfect and the competition should be off the hook!
