Archives: January 2022

Tomorrow we plan to have 5 lifts operating; Madonna I, Sterling, Village, Mogul Mouse’s Magic, and Sir Henry’s Glider. The Madonna I Lift may have a slight delayed opening due to snowmaking and grooming on Chilcoot. We have 62 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 25 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Howie’s Wanderer, McPherson’s, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 95 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 12 to 42 inches. Currently, it is cloudy and 4 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 15 mph. Tonight’s forecast is calling for snow with 2 to 4 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is cloudy skies with snow showers and 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible, with a high of 24 degrees. We are presently making snow on Lower Chilcoot, Waterfall, and the S turn on Upper Chilcoot.

Uphill Travel

Sterling Mountain is open 5:30 am till 7:30 am

Morse Mountain open 5:00 pm till 10:00 pm

Madonna Mountain is presently closed to uphill travel, but we plan to have evening access open starting next week.

We plan to start snowmaking operations on Upper FIS tomorrow night. If you want to ski or ride Upper FIS with just natural snowfall then tomorrow is the day! Speaking of natural snow we are expecting 2 to 4 inches of accumulation tonight and another 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible tomorrow during the day.

We have skiing and riding on all three mountains. The Madonna I Lift will be closed tomorrow for snowmaking. We plan to have it back open on Tuesday. Tomorrow we plan to have 5 lifts operating Sterling, Village, Madonna II, Mogul Mouse’s Magic, and Sir Henry’s Glider. The Madonna II lift may have a delayed opening due to snowmaking tomorrow morning. We plan to have 50 trails open tomorrow with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 42 inches. Currently, it is 8 degrees at the summit of Sterling with flurries. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for increasing clouds with a high of 15 degrees.

Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with some snow showers a half an inch of accumulation possible with a high of 18 degrees. Currently, it is 12 degrees at the summit of Sterling with light snow and winds of 10 to 15 mph. We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 27 trails have been groomed for today, including Garden Path, McPherson’s, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 115 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 42 inches. Birch Run Terrain Park is open with 3 jumps and 3 rails.

Madonna I was open and the ropes were dropping! Upper Madonna Liftline was open from the top down to Robin’s Run work road. Freefall was open from the top. Robin’s Run, Black Hole, Doc Dempsey’s, and Upper FIS were all open. I was lucky enough today to be giving a tour to Stuart Winchester from Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast. We had a blast skiing as many different runs and glades as we could today. We started with a warm-up corduroy cruiser on Upper Chilcoot, Link, and Lower Madonna Liftline. Upper Drifter, Catwalk Extension, and Attitude were next. We then skied all the double blacks and the Black Hole. We also checked off Doc’s, Upper FIS, Strawberry Fields, the Highway, Moonshiner’s Glades, Moustache, Lower Chilcoot, Lower FIS, Lower Rumrunner, Dan’s Ford, Bermuda, Ruthie’s, Midway, and Meadowlark. I would have to say the best turns of the day were in Bud’s Way off of Doc Dempsey’s. We found some untouched lines on skier’s right that were heavenly!

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We now have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 27 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Sam’s Run, Upper Chilcoot, and Snake Bite for a grand total of 115 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 42 inches. Currently it is 5 degrees at the summit of Sterling with clear skies. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with a chance of some snow showers and half an inch of accumulation possible with a high of 19 degrees.

Uphill Travel

Sterling Mountain is open 5:30 am till 7:30 am

Morse Mountain open 5:00 pm till 10:00 pm

Madonna Mountain presently closed to uphill travel

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 64 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We received 14 inches of new snow in the past 6 days. Currently, it is 0 degrees at the summit of Sterling with clear skies and winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 16 degrees. It is going to be a beautiful day! 24 trails have been groomed for today, including Snow Snake, Upper Chilcoot, and Rumrunner for a grand total of 114 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 42 inches.