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Nice soft conditions today

Paul throwing some snow around on Upper FIS
Noah having fun in Doc Dempsey’s Glades
Big John on Upper FIS
William cruising down Upper FIS
Hugh catching some air in Doc Dempsey’s Glades
Turns under the Sterling Rock

It was a great day on the slopes! I was on all 3 mountains today. I started with snowboarding on Morse Mountain. I had a blast carving turns on Garden Path, Sam’s Run, and Lower Morse Liftline. I switched to skis and then headed for the upper mountains. I did some GS turns on Black Snake and skied the bumps on Full Nelson. I then enjoyed the soft snow on Upper FIS. I then caught up with my son Hugh and his friend Noah for a fun run down Doc Dempsey’s Glades.

Tonight’s forecast is calling for 1 to 3 inches of new snow. Tomorrow’s forecast is also snow with another 5 to 9 inches of accumulation possible with a high of 35 degrees. Temperatures will be falling through the day. We could see a storm total of up to 14 inches of new snow by Friday. 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 have 69 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 16 to 54 inches. 31 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Smugglers’ Alley, Snow Snake, and McPherson’s for a grand total of 128 acres of freshly groomed terrain.

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Winter Wonderland

Sterling Rock
Tony finds a nice powder stash in the trees
Snow Reporter testing the product

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 73 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and packed powder with average base depths of 14 to 50 inches. 32 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including McPherson’s, Snow Snake, and Smugglers’ Alley for a grand total of 127 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Upper FIS will be groomed on skier’s right from Catwalk down to the top of Dan’s Ford. Dan’s Ford down to Times Square will be groomed full width. Currently, it is cloudy and 21 degrees at the summit of Sterling. Tonight’s forecast is calling for some snow showers with an inch of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is mostly cloudy skies with a chance of snow showers mainly before noon with around an inch of accumulation possible with a high of 33 degrees.

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Winter Wonderland

Sterling Rock
Carving up Lower Exhibition
Harley having fun on Smugglers’ Alley

I want to thank our snowmakers for their hard work last night. They made snow top to bottom on Morse and freshened up the trails nicely! Our groomers did a great job of smoothing out all the whales this morning in a timely fashion to get the lifts turning. Speaking of lifts, I also want to mention our lift staff for their hard work of cleaning off all the chairs and getting the lifts ready to operate today. Our snowmakers have now moved to Madonna Mountain. We are presently making snow on Upper Chilcoot. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating. The Madonna I Lift will have a delayed opening due to snowmaking. We have 24 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 10 to 48 inches. All 24 trails will be groomed for tomorrow for a grand total of 104 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with a high of 27 degrees.