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Extreme Challenge

Posted at 4:22 pm
Irian Adii at the base of the Headwall
Peter Hawk pictured on the right of the Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation was at the competition today.
This is the Men’s 45 + Category
Jim Laporte 3rd, Shaun King 2nd, and Teo Campbell 1st

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 all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 20 to 60 inches. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Shuttle, Hibernator, and Black Snake for a grand total of 139 acres of freshly groomed terrain. We received 2 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 36 inches in the past 4 days. Currently, it is partly sunny and 10 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow early then a mix with a chance of rain late and a high of 43 degrees. Temperatures will be rising throughout the day.

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Another great day on the slopes

Posted at 5:00 pm
Dave finds some nice snow
Chris taking on the Headwall
Drop on tele skis!
Rime ice
Upper Chilcoot
Tony enjoying the great conditions

Ski Patrol dropped a few ropes this morning like the one at the top of Freefall and the one at the top of the Headwall. I felt like I had to go and ski these trails, so I did! Sally’s Alley was also open, so I skied that. The Black Hole was already open, but I also skied that too. We received 1 to 3 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, 10 inches in the past 4 days, and 177 inches this season so far. Tomorrow 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 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 16 to 54 inches. We plan to make snow tonight on Mulcahy’s Link and Lower Madonna Liftline. The Madonna I lift will open tomorrow morning at 9:30 am due to snowmaking and grooming. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Dan’s Ford, Hibernator, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 139 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently it is snowing and 22 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a chance of an early snow showers then skies becoming mostly sunny with a high of 4 degrees. Bundle up and enjoy the great conditions.

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Spring conditions

Posted at 3:55 pm

 

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Snow Sport University Ski Instructor Justin Falkenburg at the summit of Madonna with his class

Today the temperature got up to 41 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Everything was softening up and was skiing well.  The Headwall was open, Freefall was open from the top, and Madonna Liftline was open from Catwalk. I ran into my good friends Lenny and Nikki this afternoon. We took a few runs on Madonna together. We started off with a cruiser run on Upper Chilcoot. Nikki skied Waterfall for the first time and did great!

 

Lifts and Trails

We are 100 percent open. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna 1 Lift. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are spring conditions and machine-groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 28 trails tonight, including Chilcoot, Dixie’s Knoll, and Black Snake for a grand total of 125 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Nikki skiing Upper Chilcoot

Weather

Currently it is cloudy and 38 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 15 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of mix with temperatures between 34 and 49 degrees.

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Snow Sport University Ski Instructor Matt McCawley gap jumping from drift to drift on Upper Chilcoot