It just started snowing and we could get up to 11″ by Thursday! The Snowmakers have also been busy – last night it was on Morse Mountain.
Snow & Snowmaking
snow
Just getting started
New Snow
We received 1 to 2 inches of new snow this morning with much more to come!
Weather
Currently, it is snowing hard and 28 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today ‘s forecast is snow with 3 to 5 inches of accumulation possible and temperatures between 27 and 35 degrees. Tonight’s forecast is snow with another 6 to 10 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is snow and another 3 to 5 inches of accumulation possible.
Mogul Mouse working the snow magic!
Lifts and Trails
Today we have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 65 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 20 to 50 inches. 27 trails have been groomed for today, including Drifter, Sam’s Run, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 127 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
Swirling Sterling
Black Snake, Snake Bite and Practice Slope as viewed from Midway.
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Snow was swirling all around Sterling. The lift was turning and the wind was churning. Should I give up blogging and go back to logging?
Hey… I’m a Lumberjack and I’m OK.
LIFTS & TRAILS
For Wednesday we plan to have 6 lifts operating including Madonna I and 78 of 78 trails open. 37 trails/142 acres to be groomed including Smugglers’ Alley.
Point me to FUN!
SNOW
24″ in the past 5 days with another 2-5″ expected overnight. Can you say POWDER?!
It is this good and that’s before the storm
Grass Sticks bamboo poles demo in front of the Base Lodge both Saturday and Sunday
New Snow
We received 3 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, 5 inches in the past 48 hours, and 203 inches this season so far!
Lifts and Trails
Weather permitting tomorrow we plan to be 100 percent open with top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are powder and packed powder with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. 37 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, that’s a grand total of 145 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
Weather
Currently, it is snowing hard and 4 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 10 to 15 mph. Tonight’s forecast is up to 8 inches of snow. Tomorrow’s forecast is more snow, another 12 to 16 inches of accumulation possible with temperatures between 1o and 16 degrees. We could see another 6 inches of snowfall Sunday night through Monday. That’s up to 30 more inches of new snow on top of what we already have!
Sunny today and snow later
The forecast from the National Weather Service is:
Tonight
Light snow, mainly after 1 am. Low around 13. Wind chill values as low as -7. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Thursday
Light snow likely before 11 am, then a chance of snow showers, mainly between 11 am and 3 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Mountain Operations Manager Mike McAdoo took this photo of Upper Chilcoot with the sun lighting up the snow covered trees
Lifts and Trails
Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have 30 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. All 30 trails have been groomed for today, that’s a grand total of 122 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and loose granular with average base depths of 12 to 40 inches. Snow Snake will have a delayed opening this morning. Upper FIS may be open later today.
Snowmaking
Last night we made snow on Upper FIS. Snowmaking will continue on Upper FIS today.
Weather
Currently it is 4 degrees at the summit of Sterling with sunny skies and winds of 5 to 10 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temperatures between 12 and 24 degrees.
Events
High School Slalom Race January 3, 2019
Lamoille Union High School hosts this event on the Sterling Mountain Practice Slope. All the North Country high schools will be in attendance.
Natural snow and snowmaking
Beautiful snowflakes
Lifts and Trails
Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We plan to have 25 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are variable and machine groomed with average base depths of 12 to 36 inches. All 25 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 108 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
Treasure Run
Snowmaking
We are presently making snow on Lower Morse Liftline. Tonight we plan to make snow on Garden Path, Midway, Lower Morse Liftline, and Meadowlark.
Snow
We received 1 to 2 inches of new snow today and we could see another 2 inches tonight.
Snowmaking on Lower Morse Liftline
Special guest in the Village
It’s snowing!
Hayleigh and Alora are happy to see it snowing
We could see up to 7 inches of new snow in the next 24 hours.
Getting ready to ride the Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift
more SNOW, more SNOWMAKING, more TRAILS!!!
Snowmaking on Morse Mountain. Photo taken Dec 18th, 7:40 am
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. 5 inches of new snow overnight, 42 inches so far in December, and 128 inches season to date. That doesn’t count what our Snowmakers have made. We plan to open even more terrain in the coming days.
All signs point to FUN!
It’s snowing
Mogul Mouse working his magic
We could see up to 9 inches of new snow in the next 24 hours!
We have tons of snow
Snow drift at the summit of Sterling Mountain
The Highway with Shuttle and Madonna Mountain in the background
Snowmaking on Black Snake