Archives: April 2021

Uphill traffic is allowed tonight and tomorrow night from 4:30 pm till 10:00 pm on Madonna and Sterling. Uphill traffic is allowed daily on Sterling from 5:30 am till 7:30 am. Uphill traffic is allowed daily on Morse from 5:00 pm till 10:00 pm.

Currently, it is partly cloudy and 14 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 41 degrees at the base and 33 degrees at the higher elevations. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 37 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 0 to 44 inches. 19 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Chilcoot, Black Snake, Garden Path, Practice Slope, and Sir Henry’s for a grand total of 91 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

What a difference a day makes! Late yesterday afternoon there was clear snow falling from the sky. Clear snow does not usually help the trail count. By this morning things had turned around. The temperature fell throughout the night and the clear snow became white snow. It was really snowing hard for a while this morning and we had 5 inches of new snow by 11:30 am. It continued to snow all day and we ended up with 8 inches of new snow. Ski Patrol dropped the rope on Lower Doc’s, Thomke’s, and Dan’s Ford. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 30 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with base depths of 12 to 46 inches. 16 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Chilcoot, Treasure Run, and Garden Path for a grand total of 71 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is snowing and 18 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tonight’s forecast is calling for periods of snow with 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible on top. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a slight chance of an early snow shower and a high of 28 degrees.

Uphill traffic will be allowed on Madonna & Sterling, today and tomorrow from 4:30 pm till 10:00 pm.

We received 5 inches of new snow this morning with more on the way. Today’s forecast is calling for periods of snow with 3 to 7 inches of accumulation possible at higher elevations and 2 to 4 inches of accumulation possible at the base. The high temperature of the day at the base will be 34 degrees and the temperature will be falling throughout the day. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 25 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are variable and machine groomed with base depths of 10 to 44 inches. 6 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 31 acres of freshly groomed terrain. The Magic Learning Trail, Sir Henry’s, and Howie’s Wanderer are closed for now but may open later today due to the new snow. Thomke’s and Upper FIS are open.