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Beautiful clear skies

Currently, it is sunny and 1 degree at the summit of Sterling. Today’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies, breezy with a high of 20 degrees at the base and 15 degrees at higher elevations. There is a winter storm warning starting tonight and going through until Saturday night, with up to 20 inches of new snow possible. Plus, we received 30 inches of new snow in the past week. Today, 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 75 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 35 trails have been groomed for today, including Snow Snake, Drifter, Ruthie’s, Log Jam, and Thomke’s, for a total of 135 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 14 to 40 inches. Last night, we made snow on the Magic Learning Trail, Lower Morse Liftline, and the base areas.

The Village Lift
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It is going to be a beautiful day

Ski Patroller Walt Lattrell doing trail check on Lower Catwalk this morning.

Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 76 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 16 to 54 inches. 36 trails have been groomed for today including Drifter, Snow Snake, and Practice Slope for a grand total of 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with a high of 33 degrees. Currently it is partly sunny and 19 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph.