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A little more natural snow today

snow covered skis

Are those my skis?

Weather

Today’s forecast called for a chance of rain early becoming snow or mix in the afternoon. It started snowing on top early this morning and continued for most of the day. We received another inch of new snowfall making our season total 57 inches. Tomorrows forecast is calling for a chance of mix precipitation becoming snow with another inch of accumulation possible with temperatures between 30 and 39 degrees. More snow is expected tomorrow night and Tuesday with up to 9 inches of accumulation possible.

Lifts and Trails

Tomorrow we plan to have the Sterling Lift and Sir Henry’s Magic Carpet operating with 31 trails open with average base depths of 8 inches to 32 inches. 6 out of the 31 trails will be groomed for tomorrow that’s 24 acres of freshly groomed terrain.  Weather permitting we plan to have the Madonna I lift operating this coming weekend.

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Another beautiful day at Smuggs

 

snowmaking lower morse liftline

Snowmaking on Lower Morse Liftline

Today we plan to have 3 lifts operating with 58 trails open.  The Sterling Lift and Sir Henry’s Magic Carpet will operate during regular weekend scheduled hours.  The Madonna I Lift will be open today from 10:00 am till 2:00 pm. 15 out of the 58 trails have been groomed for today, including Thomke’s Express and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 52 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Today’s forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies with a high of 36 degrees. We actually have an inversion this morning. The temperature at the summit of Sterling is higher than the temperature in the Village. It’s currently 28 degrees at the summit of Sterling and 20 degrees in the Village.

 

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Sir Henry’s Learning Hill