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Snowmaking and grooming

Morning light over the Village
Tower gun running at the base area of the Village Lift
Grooming Lower Morse Liftline

Last night we made snow on skier’s right of Lower Morse Liftline and Meadowlark. The snowguns on Lower Morse Liftline have been shut down and our groomers are now smoothing out the snowmaking piles.

Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We plan to have 73 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 14 to 50 inches. 30 trails have been groomed for today, including McPherson’s and Thomke’s for a grand total of 123 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is 15 degrees at the summit of Sterling with beautiful sunny skies and winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for sunny skies early with increasing clouds and a high of 30 degrees. There is no local race today due to the Essex High School race on Sterling today.

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Grooming in the new snow on Morse

Great conditions!

We received 5 inches of new snow overnight and 18 inches in the past week. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have 32 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. More trails may open throughout the day. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. Currently, it is snowing and 17 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Today’s forecast is calling for snow showers with another 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible with a high of 20 degrees.

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The Cat’s Meow

Yellow Cat in Yellow Cat’s Lair

Yellow Cat’s Lair. This gentle glade is a great introduction to the joys of navigating the woods.

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh.  Twas refreshing to be on the slopes with bluebird skies and Yellow Cat.

SNOW

6″ past 2 days, 27″ past week, and 300″ so far this season!!!

GROOMING for WEDNESDAY

42 trails / 158 acres are on the grooming schedule for tomorrow.

LIFTS & TRAILS for WEDNESDAY

All 8 lifts operating and 77 of 78 trails open.