Archives: February 2021

Birch Run Terrain Park is open with 3 jumps, 2 rails, and a spine.

Partly sunny skies with mild temperatures. We have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating.

The temperatures last night were colder on top and warmer down low. It stayed below freezing on the upper mountains with an inch of new snow overnight. At lower elevations, it was above freezing most of the night. To provide the best surface conditions our groomers had to wait until the temperatures dropped below freezing. Morse Mountain lifts will have a delayed opening due to grooming until 9:00 am. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We plan to have 72 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Ruthie’s, Gary B’s, and Shire are closed until they soften up. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with base depths of 16 to 50 inches. 33 groomed trails for today, including Drifter, Dixie’s Knoll, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 140 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is partly cloudy and 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a high of 38 degrees.

Today was a wild weather day with just about everything. We had clouds, a bit of sunshine, snow, sleet, wind, and a few drops of liquid snow. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We plan to have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with base depths of 16 to 50 inches. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Drifter, Smugglers’ Alley, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently it is cloudy and 29 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a high of 38 degrees.

3 Mountain and Morse Mountain lift ticket sales are closed for today. We have reached our comfortable capacity.

The Village Lift is presently on wind hold. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 77 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with base depths of 16 to 50 inches. 32 trails have been groomed for today, including the classic Upper FIS, Dixie’s Knoll, and Treasure Run for a grand total of 141 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is snowing and 18 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for snow and sleet early with 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible, then a chance of mixed precipitation or rain, and windy with a high of 38 degrees.

After six consecutive days of snowfall, it was nice to see the sun again. Don’t get me wrong, if it snowed today I would have been happy. The bluebird skies against all the fresh snow were beautiful today. It started off a little cool today, but the sun worked its magic and by this afternoon we had temperatures in the 20’s. The weather is going to change again with tomorrow’s forecast being snow and sleet with 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible and a chance of mixed precipitation or rain, a high of 38 degrees. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We plan to have 77 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with base depths of 16 to 50 inches. 35 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, Snow Snake, and Jolly Rodger.

Sunny skies with a high of 31 degrees. 32 trails have been groomed for today including Drifter, Smugglers’ Alley, and Garden Path for a grand total of 123 acres of freshly groomed terrain. I skied Drifter this morning and the groomers did a wonderful job last night!

3 Mountain and Morse Mountain ticket sales are closed for today. We have reached our comfortable capacity.

Today’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 31 degrees. We plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with base depths of 16 to 50 inches. 32 trails have been groomed for today, including Drifter, Smugglers’ Alley, and Garden Path for a grand total of 123 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is sunny and 4 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph.