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Snowmaking cloud on Madonna

Posted at 3:54 pm
View from the Madonna I Lift

I want to thank our snowmaking staff for all their hard work. They have been busy on McPherson’s, Playground, Practice Slope, Upper FIS from Goat Path down to Times Square, and even Lower Drifter. To make snow on Lower Drifter takes extra work, the snowmakers have to run hoses from another trail because Lower Drifter does not have snowmaking pipes. We are presently shutting down snowmaking. We plan to resume snowmaking tomorrow on Lower Chilcoot. 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 now have 46 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 12 to 50 inches. 25 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 110 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is cloudy and 7 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tonight’s forecast is calling for snow with 6 to 10 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is also snow with another 3 to 5 inches of accumulation possible and a high of 21 degrees.

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Snowmaking is on the move

Posted at 4:58 pm
Land guns and tower guns on the Practice Slope

We plan to shut down snowmaking tonight on Sterling. Our snowmakers are headed to Madonna Mountain. Tonight we plan to make snow on Upper Chilcoot and Waterfall. Black Snake and Practice Slope will be groomed tonight. We plan to have them open for tomorrow. Upper FIS was groomed last night from Catwalk down to Mulcahy’s Link. I would like to thank Grooming Manager Arlo Pouliot for doing a wonderful job winching Upper FIS last night. I skied it and had a blast this morning! 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 now have 69 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 27 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Hibernator, Upper Chilcoot, and Thomke’s for a grand total of 112 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is partly sunny and 8 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a chance of snow early then rain later with a high of 40 degrees.

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Snowmaking in progress

Posted at 11:18 am
Upper FIS

We are presently making snow on Upper FIS from Catwalk down to Mulcahy’s Link. Today we have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 7 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We have 22 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. All 22 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 92 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. Currently, it is partly sunny skies and 23 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is partly sunny skies with increasing clouds later in the day with a high of 31 degrees.

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Snowmaking on Madonna

Posted at 5:04 pm
Sunrise from the summit of Madonna this morning. Photo credit Smugglers’ Notch Snowmaker Dave Gagnon
Transporting snowmaking hoses on Upper Chilcoot
The Warming Hut at the summit of Madonna received a face lift this past summer and is looking good!

Our Snowmakers were busy last night and today making snow on Upper Chilcoot. Weather permitting we plan to have the Madonna I Lift operating this weekend with Upper Chilcoot open. Tomorrow we plan to have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. We have 20 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. All 20 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 86 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machined groomed and variable with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches. The Riglet Park and Birch Run Terrain Park are both open. Currently, it is partly sunny and 25 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a chance of rain with a high of 38 degrees.

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Snowmaking cloud continues on Morse

Posted at 5:09 pm
Log Jam
Dixie’s Knoll
Unload at the top of Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift

We are presently making snow on Sam’s Run, Dixie’s Knoll, Log Jam, the Riglet Park, and the top of Morse. Tomorrow we plan to have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 5 lifts operating, the Village Lift, the Sterling Lift, the Madonna II Lift, Sir Henry’s Wonder Carpet, and Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift to the top. We now have 23 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 17 out of the 23 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Smugglers’ Alley, for a grand total of 72 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 48 hours. Currently is partly sunny and 6 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 26 degrees.

Grass Sticks Bamboo Pole Demo tomorrow at the Base Lodge
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Snowmaking continues on Morse Mountain

Posted at 8:37 am
Lower Morse Liftline

We are presently making snow on Log Jam, Dixie’s Knoll, Lower Morse Liftline, and the top of Morse. Today we plan to have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, the Madonna 2 Lift, the Sterling Lift, Sir Henry’s Wonder Carpet, and Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift to the summit. We have 21 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Lower Morse Liftline is closed today due to snowmaking. 16 out of the 21 trails have been groomed for today for a grand total of 70 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Currently, it is partly cloudy and -5 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies early giving way to gradual clearing and a high of 12 degrees. Lower Bootlegger is now open.

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Snowmaking around the clock

Posted at 7:58 am
Fan gun at the tubing hill near the base of the Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift

We are presently making snow on Dixie’s Knoll, Sam’s Run, Riglet Park, Tubing Hills, and Log Jam. Today we plan to have skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating, Sterling, Madonna II, Sir Henry’s Wonder Carpet, and Mogul Mouse’s Magic Lift to the summit. We now have 21 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. We received an inch of new snow last night, 5 inches in the past 24 hours, and 15 inches in the past 5 days. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 12 to 48 inches.