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Smuggs Family Member

Robin at the top of Midway getting ready to ride to the upper mountains.

Robin Frey is a snowboarder and skier from West Virginia. He is on break from school and is enjoying his time off here at Smuggs. Robin and his family are staying here at Smuggs. This is Robin’s first time vacationing at Smuggs and I bet it won’t be his last. Robin told me that he enjoys terrain parks, so I told him that the Birch Run Terrain Park on Sterling Mountain opened yesterday. This information put a smile on Robin’s face as he headed for the Birch Run Terrain Park.

Today we have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, Sterling Lift, Madonna II Lift, Morse Highlands Lift, Village Lift, Sir Henry’s Wonder Carpet, and Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift. We have 20 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. The snow is soft and edgeable. All 20 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 86 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is foggy and 35 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for a chance of rain with a high of 42 degrees.

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Great view

Sterling Mountain and Mount Mansfield seen from the summit of Madonna

We have 6 lifts operating and 23 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Today’s forecast is calling for sunny skies and a high of 31 degrees. Birch Run Terrain Park is now open!

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Another gorgeous day!

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Upper Chilcoot

Lifts and Trails

We are 99 percent open. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 46 trails for tomorrow, including Bootlegger’s, Upper FIS, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 156 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Groomer Arlo Pouliot pushing out the snowmaking whales on the Upper Zone

 

Weather

Currently it is sunny and 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is cloudy skies with a chance of light snow later in the day with temperatures between 21 and 35 degrees.

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William catching some air off the fun box

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Hayleigh having fun on Full Nelson

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Harley enjoying the groomed terrain on Smugglers’ Alley

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Hugh B get a little shifty in the Birch Run Terrain Park

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Birch Run Terrain Park

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI was hanging out in Birch Run Terrain Park this afternoon taking some photos, getting shots of people coming off the jump above the first set of rails. I was having fun watching all the different tricks that the skiers and riders were pulling off.  Then this snowboarder did this crazy spin, which looked off axis and landed clean. I ran into him at the top of the Sterling T-Bar where he was getting ready to head back to Birch Run Terrain Park. I asked him about the trick that he had just done. He told me is was a 540 Rodeo off his toe edge.  Check out his body position at take off!

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Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. Lifts will operate on their weekend scheduled time this holiday week. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. The only closed trail is Robin’s Run. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 44 trails tonight, including Jolly Rodger, Snow Snake, and Playground for a grand total of 155 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Currently it is partly sunny and 14 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for light snow 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible with temperatures between 11 and 18 degrees.

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Fresh snow with a little sunshine today

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Tip drop 360

New Snow

We received 3 to 5 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, 11 inches in the past 2 days, and 35 inches in the past week.

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, that’s 143 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Pow turns on Full Nelson

Weather

Currently it is partly sunny and 8 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is snow showers 2 to 4 inches of accumulation possible with temperatures between 21 and 34 degrees.

Events

There are just too many events to list, for all the details just go to  our events page.

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Spotting the landing

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Air off the box

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Beautiful sunny skies with snowmaking clouds

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Morning glow over the Village

Snowmaking

Last night we made snow on Dixie’s Knoll, Sam’s Run, Log Jam, Hibernator, Snow Snake, Sir Henry’s, and the base area of Morse. Snowmaking continues today on Hibernator, Snow Snake, and Log Jam. Snow Snake and Log Jam is closed today due to snowmaking.

Lifts and Trails

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 68 trails open today with terrain for all ability levels. 28 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper Drifter, Wanderer, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 120 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 14 to 44 inches. Birch Run Terrain Park and Lower Knight’ Revenge Terrain Park are open.

Natural Snowfall

We received 4 inches of new snow in the past 36 hours, 16 inches in the past week, and 159 inches this season so far.  We have snow in the forecast starting tonight into Thursday with up to a foot of accumulation possible. We could see 2 to 4 inches of accumulation tonight and another inch during the day tomorrow. Tuesday night could bring 1 to 3 inches of snow with another 3 to 5 inches of accumulation during the day on Wednesday.

 

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Great day out on the slopes

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Birch Run Terrain Park

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We now have 59 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 14 to 44 inches. 29 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, that’s 126 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

 

 

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Two onesies

Weather

Currently it is partly sunny and 27 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow showers with 2 to 4 inches of accumulation possible and temperatures between 12 and 27 degrees.

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Tailgrab

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Upper FIS

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Style points for days

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Birch Run Terrain Park

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Racing into the New Year

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GS training

Lifts and Trails

Weather permitting 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 now have 39 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 27 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 114 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 40 inches.

Weather

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GS training

Currently it is partly sunny and 25 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tonight’s forecast is calling for snow and mix precipitation with up to 4 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a mix then rain becoming snow with 3 inches of accumulation possible and temperatures will be between 23 and 39 degrees.

 

Birch Run Terrain Park

The bottom half of the terrain park will be closed tomorrow for rail installation. The upper half will remain open.

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Slalom training

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Sterling and Mount Mansfield seen from Midway

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2018 is flying by

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Send it right into the next year!

Terrain Park Fun

Birch Run Terrain Park is open with a fun box, a rail, 6 jumps, rollers, and a wide hit at the bottom. The jumps are side by side with one jump a little bit bigger than the other. This is great because you have options and you can work your way up to the bigger jumps. It was fun to watch skiers and riders doing laps through the park dialing in their bag of tricks.

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Extra style points for the grab

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Throwing down a 360