Madonna Mountain

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Smuggs Family Member

Posted at 4:58 pm

 

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Max at the top of the Village Lift with Madonna Mountain in the background

I like you to meet Max. Max and his family are from Connecticut. Max took a break from skiing for a few years, but is now back at it! Max was telling me how much the ski technology has changed since he use to ski a great deal. Max, his wife, and all three of his girls took lessons today. Max said the lesson made a big difference for him. He has been having a great time exploring all the intermediate trails here at Smuggs. Max said that he will be back to Smuggs with his family next year! I hope you have a wonderful vacation Max and we look forward to your return next season!

 

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Winter Wonderland

Posted at 12:14 pm
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Sterling and Mount Mansfield seen from the top of the Madonna I lift

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. Beautiful sunny skies with a high of 24 degrees today.  131 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Harley skiing Upper Chilcoot

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Snowfall totals increase

Posted at 4:23 pm

NoaaThe forecast from the National Weather Service

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B.F.A. St. Albans High School Snowboard Team at the summit of Madonna Mountain

 

 

Tonight

Light snow, mainly after 1 am. Low around 13.  Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Thursday
Light snow, mainly before 10 am. High near 25.  Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
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Snowmaking on Upper FIS

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating.  We now have 35 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. The new snow that is forecast will allow us to open over 40 trails tomorrow. 31 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Snow Snake, Upper Chilcoot, and Snake Bite for a grand total of 123 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 40 inches.

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Board meeting on Lower Morse Liftline

Snowmaking

Our snowmakers are still busy on Upper FIS tonight. I want to thank our snowmakers for making some fantastic snow on Upper FIS today! I had a blast playing on the snowmaking piles. We plan to shut down the snowmaking on Upper FIS early tomorrow morning.

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Great snow on Upper FIS

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Snowmaking Glaze Happiness

 

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Beautiful sunny day

Posted at 12:10 pm

 

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Brian Horton finds some nice snow on Catwalk

It is absolutely gorgeous today with light winds and sunshine! It is currently 20 degrees at the summit of Sterling with sunny skies and winds of 0 to 5 mph. Top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating. We have 48 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We plan to open more terrain in the next few days. We are presently making snow on the Practice Slope and at Morse Highlands.

 

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Halley O’Brien from SnoCountry taking in the views from the summit of Madonna Mountain

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Billy Bob Bear surveys his kingdom

Posted at 4:38 pm
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Photo by Jayden Lepsic and Jared Salls.

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. On top of old Smokey? No, we’re not talking about the Smokey Mountains or Smokey the Bear, we’re talking the Green Mountains and Billy Bob Bear. Our favorite bear ventured to the top of Madonna Mountain for the first time! He finally got to experience how much fun it can be to ski Upper Chilcoot. Normally he’d be hiber-napping (he’s so busy with all the parties with all the families that he doesn’t have time to do full-on hibernation).

 

 

 

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Photo by Jared Salls and Jayden Lepsic

After Town Meeting, I also skied Upper Chilcoot, hair pinning onto Catwalk to Lower Catwalk (sorry Mogul Mouse, I know you don’t like those “Cat” trails), to the adrenaline rush that is Shuttle, making a mellow completion of that run on Lower Rumrunner – with a little Rumrunner Variation for good measure. I finished the day with the nearly 3 mile run of Upper Chilcoot > Catwalk > Upper FIS > Lower Doc’s > Ruthies > Curley’s Cutback > Meadowlark. Back at the Snow Report Office, I now compose run-on sentences for your pleasure – HAHA!