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We received 2 inches of new snow overnight. It was snowing so hard earlier today that it was hard to see, and we picked up another 3 inches. There is even more snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Today, we have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 75 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 34 trails have been groomed for today, that’s 140 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 12 to 38 inches. Currently, it is cloudy and 28 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Enjoy all the new snow!

We received 2 inches of new snow last night and 22 inches in the past 6 days! Great conditions

It was a wild weather day. It was supposed to be cloudy with snow showers all day, but the sun decided to make a few cameos. The on-and-off snow showers did add up with 2 to 4 inches of accumulation in the past 24 hours. There is more snow in the forecast for tonight, with another 4 to 8 inches possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow showers early, then partly sunny skies later, with a high of 30 degrees at the base and 23 degrees at higher elevations. Tomorrow, we plan to have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 54 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 35 trails will be groomed for tonight, including Snake Bite, Dixie’s Knoll, and skier’s right on Upper FIS, for a total of 132 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable, with average base depths of 10 to 36 inches. The overnight snowfall should give us some powder conditions tomorrow! Currently, it is 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with light snow. We have some colder temperatures coming at us this week, and we plan to fire up our snowmaking guns on Morse Mountain. We plan to make snow on Tuesday night and Wednesday night.

Morse Mountain will be closed to uphill travel Tuesday night and Wednesday night due to snowmaking operations.

Sterling Mountain and Madonna Mountain are open at regularly scheduled times.

The warmer temperatures are gone for now. This week’s forecast is snow showers and colder temperatures. We have received new snow for the past 4 days at higher elevations. The colder temperatures will bring snowfall to the lower elevations also. We could see 1 to 3 inches of new snow at the base today and another 3 to 5 inches of snow tonight. There is also snow in the forecast for Wednesday.

We received a dusting of new snow overnight. Today’s forecast is calling for snow showers with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible, with a high of 34 degrees at the base and 27 degrees at higher elevations. Tonight’s forecast is more snow another 3 to 5 inches of accumulation possible. Today, we have top-to-bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 54 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 32 trails have been groomed for today, including Smugglers’ Alley, Log Jam, and skier’s right on Upper FIS, for a total of 127 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is snowing and 20 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph.