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Lift hours have changed for closing weekend. Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift is open 9 am to 4:30 pm Saturday and Sunday. We have 29 trails open with terrain for intermediates and experts only. All 29 trails have been groomed for today. Surface conditions are machine-groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 50 inches. It is sunny and 25 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies with a high of 38 degrees at the base and 29 degrees at higher elevations.

Tomorrow we plan to have the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift operating. Lift hours are 9 am till 4:30 pm this weekend for both Madonna I and Sterling. We plan to have 29 trails open with terrain for intermediates and experts only. We plan to groom all 29 trails for a grand total of 104 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine-groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 50 inches. Today the bottom half of the mountain became corn snow. Currently, it is 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with sunny skies and winds of 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 36 degrees at the base and 28 degrees at higher elevations. Sunday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 46 degrees. The closing day of the Winter Season is this Sunday, April 9th.

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The Madonna I Lift has 172 chairs.

It never froze last night, so the conditions were pretty soft. My trail pick of the day was Smugglers’ Alley. It was groomed and had a nice layer of corn snow on top. Tomorrow we plan to have the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift operating. We have 33 trails open with terrain for intermediates and experts only. We plan to groom 18 trails tonight, including Upper FIS, Drifter, Chilcoot, Smugglers’ Alley, Thomke’s, and Black Snake for a grand total of 77 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tomorrow’s colder temperatures will give us surface conditions of machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 50 inches. Currently, it is partly cloudy and 48 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for partly sunny skies, breezy with a high of 33 degrees at the base and 27 degrees at higher elevations.

We have the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift operating. We have 33 trails open with terrain for experts and intermediates only. 20 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 60 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and spring conditions with average base depths of 12 to 50 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny and 50 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 15 mph.

Due to severe weather, the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift will be closed for the remainder of the day. We plan to have the Madonna I Lift and Sterling Lift operating tomorrow. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of showers, a high of 55 degrees at the base and 51 degrees at higher elevations, windy.

The Madonna I Lift is presently on wind hold. Yesterday Madonna was 100 percent open! We presently have the Sterling Lift operating with 9 trails open with terrain for intermediates and experts only. More trails may open as conditions soften. All 9 open trails on Sterling have been groomed for today, including Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 40 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Sterling was 99 percent open yesterday. We have plenty of snow, we just need the surface to soften to have more open terrain. Currently, it is cloudy and 30 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 25 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with freezing rain and rain, mostly in the afternoon, and windy with a high of 40 degrees at the base and 35 degrees at the summit.