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Mountains of adventure and mountains of fun

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 44 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 31 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, McPherson’s, Smugglers’ Alley, Black Snake, Curley’s Cutback, and Log Jam for a grand total of 128 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 14 to 46 inches. Currently, it is cloudy and 31 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies early with increasing clouds, a chance of freezing rain late in the day, and a high of 34 degrees.

Uphill Travel

Morse Mountain open from 5 pm till 10 pm

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

View from the Village Lift
Smugglers’ Alley
Sterling summit
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Thank you groomers

33 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper FIS, Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, Waterfall, Thomke’s, and Midway for a grand total of 131 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. The Madonna I Lift will be open from 10 am till 2 pm today. We have 41 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 14 to 46 inches. Currently, it is partly cloudy and 31 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a slight chance of snow showers, drizzle, and freezing drizzle a high of 38 degrees at the base and 31 degrees at higher elevations.

Heading back to the garage after a job well done
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Great day on the slopes

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. The Madonna I Lift will be open from 10 am till 2 pm due to limited terrain. The Madonna II Lift will open at 8:30 am tomorrow. We have 41 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 31 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, Practice Slope, Goat Path, and Dixie’s Knoll for a grand total of 126 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 16 to 48 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny and 10 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a slight chance of some freezing drizzle a high of 34 degrees at the base and 26 degrees at higher elevations.

Uphill Travel

Morse Mountain is open from 5 pm till 10 pm

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

View from the Madonna I Lift
Upper FIS
I took this photo looking into the sun and it made for some cool colors.
Now that’s a welcome sign
Trees covered in rime ice. Rime ice forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surface of objects. The fog freezes to the windward side of the branches.
Upper FIS
Do you see the skier on Upper FIS?
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Another day in paradise

Sunny skies with a high of 26 degrees. Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. The Madonna I Lift will be closing at 2 pm today.

Upper Chilcoot with Mount Mansfield in the background
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Good morning

We received 3 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 9 inches in the past 3 days. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 41 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Lower Hangman’s is open from Upper Treasure Run. 32 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper FIS, Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, McPherson’s, Log Jam, and Magic Learning Trail for a grand total of 130 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 16 to 48 inches. Currently, it is sunny and -2 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for sunny skies early, increasing clouds with a high of 26 degrees at the base and 22 degrees at higher elevations. It’s going to be a beautiful day on the slopes!

Uphill Travel

Morse Mountain open from 5 pm till 10 pm

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

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Partly sunny with snow squalls

We received 4 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 8 inches in the past 2 days. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 3 lifts operating. We have 41 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 32 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, Playground, Dixie’s Knoll, Garden Path, Smugglers’ Alley, and Black Snake for a grand total of 130 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 16 to 48 inches. Currently, it is partly cloudy and 10 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies early with increasing clouds, a high of 29 degrees at the base and 24 degrees at higher elevations.

Uphill Travel

Morse Mountain is open from 5 pm till 10 pm

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

View from the Village Lift
Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift
Lower Madonna Liftline
Upper FIS
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Fresh snow!

We received 4 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 6 inches in the past two days! Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating.

Uphill Travel

Morse Mountain is open from 5 pm till 10 pm today

Sterling mountain opens tomorrow morning from 5:30 am till 7:30 am

Riding a wave of pow on Upper FIS
Snow Reporter taking a selfie with a pocket open and two poles in one hand. This one is for you ARCH!
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More snow in the forecast

We received 2 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 4 inches in the past 36 hours. Today’s forecast is snow showers with 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible, breezy with a high of 29 degrees at the base and 18 degrees at higher elevations. 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, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 40 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 35 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper FIS, Ruthie’s, Snow Snake, Dixie’s Knoll, Smugglers’ Alley, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 137 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 14 to 46 inches. Currently, it is snowing and 4 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph.

Somebody shook the snow globe
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Morse Mountain Fun

We received 3 to 4 inches of new snow today and 142 inches this season so far. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We will have 40 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 35 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS, Ruthie’s, Smugglers’ Alley, Thomke’s, Log Jam, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 137 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 16 to 46 inches. Birch Run Terrain Park is open. Currently, it is 3 degrees with flurries at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow showers with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible with a high of 30 degrees at the base and 19 degrees at higher elevations. Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful weekend!

Uphill Travel

All 3 mountains are closed to uphill traffic tonight and tomorrow morning for extensive grooming operations. We plan to reopen uphill travel tomorrow night.

Lower Morse Liftline
Woods off of Log Jam
Lower Morse Liftline
Lower Garden Path
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Uphill Travel

Uphill travel is still closed on all 3 mountains tonight and tomorrow morning for extensive grooming operations. Uphill travel will reopen tomorrow night with its regular schedule.