Morse Highlands

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Posted at 7:07 am

Green is what you wear and spring is in the air. Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including Morse Highlands and Madonna I. We have 67 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 28 trails have been groomed for today, including Chilcoot, Waterfall, Snake Bite, Rumrunner, Hibernator, and Sam’s Run for a grand total of 118 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and spring conditions with average base depths of 14 to 50 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny and 43 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for skies becoming mostly sunny with a high of 57 degrees at the base and 49 degrees at higher elevations.

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The Great Groomer Race!

Posted at 6:24 am

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. As you can see, our Groomers are preparing the slopes for your skiing and riding pleasure – 127.71 acres to be precise. They’re not actually racing (that wouldn’t be safe), they’re grooming in tandem. We plan to have 67 trails open today, accessed by 6 Lifts including Madonna I and Morse Highlands. The forecast is morning snow showers, cloudy skies, afternoon snow, and a high of 38 degrees. Sounds like you should race to the slopes to get some runs!

Here they come… down Lower Morse Liftline…
… in the last stretch…
… the winner… by a tiller!
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What a day!

Posted at 1:52 pm

We received 7 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, 19 inches in the past 2 days, and 199 inches this season so far! It was the perfect storm with wet heavy snow to start, that stuck to everything. The temperature dropped as the snow piled up. The colder temperatures produced some beautiful fluffy powder to finish off the storm. This new snow allowed us to open 35 trails in the past 2 days. I want to thank our patrollers for all their hard work to open all those trails! Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including Madonna I and Morse Highlands. We now have 68 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 35 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 16 to 54 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny and 11 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 15 to 20 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of a snow shower early and a high of 42 degrees at the base and 29 degrees at higher elevations. I’m looking forward to playing in all this wonderful snow again tomorrow!

Drift at the top of Doc Dempsey’s Glades
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Sun dog

Posted at 5:09 pm

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including Madonna I and Morse Highlands. We have 35 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 33 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Smugglers’ Alley, Upper FIS, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 131 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. Birch Run Terrain Park is open and will be groomed for tomorrow. Currently, it is sunny and 29 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of snow late in the day with a high of 38 degrees at the base and 32 degrees at the summit. There is snow in the forecast for Friday night and Saturday with over a foot of new snow expected!

Madonna I Lift
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The weekend is looking good!

Posted at 7:58 am

Friday Night: Snow, mainly after midnight. Low around 24 degrees. The chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow. High near 27 degrees. The chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 16 inches is possible.

Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including Morse Highlands and Madonna I. We have 34 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 32 trails have been groomed for today, including Smugglers’ Alley, Upper FIS, and Snow Snake for a grand total of 131 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and frozen granular with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. Currently, it is sunny and 24 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with a high of 36 degrees at the base and 29 degrees at higher elevations.

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What is a snow snake?

Posted at 2:21 pm

Legend has it that the snow snake is the nemesis of skiers and snowboarders around the world. Snow snakes are found on steep snow-covered slopes. The white color of the snow snake makes it very hard to see while skiing and riding. This is why the snow snake is often the cause of unexplained wipeouts. The next time you take fall for no reason, just blame it on a snow snake!

Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We plan to have 52 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are spring conditions and machine groomed with average base depths of 12 to 46 inches. We plan to groom 17 trails tonight, including Chilcoot, Treasure Run, and the Magic Learning Trail for grand total of 86 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is cloudy and 39 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a slight chance of an early shower then partly sunny skies with a high of 67 degrees.

Snow Sport University private lessons are available till Sunday, April 4th.

The last day for some lifts is expected to be Sunday, March 28, with Morse Highlands, Village, Madonna II, and the Sterling T-Bar closing for the season.

The Ice Skating Rink, Nordic, and Snowshoe Trails are now closed for the remainder of the season.

Can a snow snake get a skier and or snowboarder?
Hayleigh did not see any snow snakes on Snow Snake this run.
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Good morning

Posted at 8:12 am

Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 14 to 46 inches. 28 trails have been groomed for today, including Sam’s Run, McPherson’s, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 115 acres of freshly groomed terrain. We are presently making snow on Log Jam and Hibernator. Currently it is cloudy and 22 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 20 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for snow showers 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible with a high of 33 degrees. We plan to have Morse Highlands open this weekend.

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It’s a powder day, I’ll go to Docs and play

Posted at 4:56 pm

We received 4 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours and 15 inches in the past week. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We now have 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with base depths of 14 to 46 inches. 28 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Upper FIS and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 118 acres of freshly groomed terrain. We plan to have the Morse Highlands area open this weekend. Currently, it is still snowing and 19 degrees at the summit of Sterling. We could see another 1 to 2 inches of new snow tonight. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a slight chance of snow showers early then clearing skies with a high of 27 degrees.

Doc Dempsey’s Glades
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Another great day on the slopes

Posted at 5:37 pm
Anna loading chairs with style at the Village Lift
Lunch time at Morse Highlands
The snowman at the base of the Village Lift

Yesterday was my day off and I came up to the mountain to take a few runs. It was really windy and we had a few lifts on hold. The Morse Highlands Lift was running, so I decided to ski over there. I got to the top of the Morse Highlands Lift and I saw my buddy Dave Gagnon a snowmaker here at Smuggs. Dave was working the top shack for the day. As the wind was blowing the snow off of his top ramp it would get an icy patch. Dave would put more snow on the ramp, but the wind would just take it away again. To make things better for the guests Dave put on his goggles and was out helping people as they were getting off the lift. He was also letting people know to go straight on the icy patch and turn when you got back on the snow. This allowed the lift to continue to operate smoothly. Thank you Dave for your extra effort!

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 plan to have 77 out of 78 trails open tomorrow with terrain for all ability levels. 38 trails will be groomed tonight including, Upper FIS, Shuttle, Snake Bite, and Hibernator for a grand total of 150 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 16 to 54 inches. Currently it is sunny and 10 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with a high of 10 degrees. Dress warm and enjoy the great conditions.