SnoCountry Reports Latest Skiing Conditions Informationtitle
LEBANON, N.H., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Latest Skiing Conditions
Information as Supplied By SnoCountry Mountain Reports. (Copyright: SnoCountry
Worldwide) As of Saturday, Dec 31 2005, 6:31:14 PM EST.
SNOW CONDITION DEFINITIONS & TERMS
This glossary of terms is used by all ski areas when they report to SCR.
The code allows for communication with skiers in a universal language.
NOTE: The standard abbreviations next to each definition reflect the way
ski reports are communicated in print (newspapers).
New Snow: Natural snowfall which has fallen in the past 24 hours or
continuously for more than one day. An average accumulation from summit to
base is reported.
Average Base Depth: An average of the high and low amounts of snow over
the entire ski area. Machine made and natural snow amounts are combined.
Primary Surface Condition: The type of snow condition which covers at
least 70 percent of the terrain open to skiers.
Secondary Surface Condition: The next most prevalent snow conditions,
covering at least 20% of the skiing terrain open to skiers.
Powder-PDR: Cold, new, loose, fluffy, flaky and dry snow which has not
been compacted.
Packed Powder-PP: Powder snow, either natural or machine made, that has
been packed down by skier traffic or grooming machines. The snow is no longer
fluffy, but is not so extremely compacted that it is hard.
Hard Pack-HP: When natural or machine made snow becomes very firmly
packed. The snow has never melted and re-crystallized, but its been tightly
compressed through grooming and continuous wind exposure. You can plant a pole
in hard packed snow, but it takes more effort than packed powder.
Machine Groomed Snow-MGS: Loose granular snow that has been repeatedly
groomed by power tillers so that the texture is halfway between LSGR & PP.
Some of the snow is granular & has been so pulverized that the crystals are
like powder sugar. Its neither LSGR or PP.
Wet Snow-WETSN: Powder or packed powder snow that has become moist due to
a thaw or rainfall, or snow which was moist when it fell.
Wet packed Snow-WPS: Natural or machine made snow that has been previously
packed and becomes wet usually because of rainfall.
Loose Granular-LSGR: This surface results after powder or packed powder
thaws, then refreezes and recrystalizes, or from an accumulation of sleet.
This is also created by machine grooming of frozen or icy snow.
Frozen Granular-FRGR: This is undoubtedly the most misunderstood surface
condition in ski reporting. It is defined as a hard surface of old snow formed
by granules freezing together after rain or warm temperatures. Frozen granular
will support a ski pole stuck into its surface while ice will chip away and
not support a pole.
Wet Granular-WETGR: Loose or frozen granular snow which becomes wet after
rainfall or high temperatures.
Icy-ICE: Not to be confused with frozen granular, ice is a hard, glazed
surface created either by freezing rain, ground water seeping up into the snow
and freezing or by the rapid freezing of snow saturated with water from rain
or melting. Ice will chip away and not support a ski pole when stuck into it.
Variable Conditions-VC: When no primary surface (70%) can be determined,
variable conditions describe a range of surfaces that a skier may encounter.
Parts of trails can be Loose Granular, partly Packed Powder, and parts Frozen
Granular, for example.
Corn Snow-CORN: Usually found in the spring, Corn Snow is characterized by
large, loose granules during the day, which freeze together at night, then
warm up again and loosen during the day.
Spring Conditions-SC: This is the spring version of Variable Conditions.
It is used when no one surface can describe 70% or more of the terrain open
for skiers.
Windblown Snow-WBLN: Powder or granular snow which has been blown by wind
into forming a base.
Alpine Skiing/Riding conditions are subject to change due to weather,
skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions.
NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT
Mohawk Mountain - Sat 3:50p loose granular machine groomed 35 - 45 base
21 trails, 98% open, 6 lifts
Mt Southington - Sat 5:05p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 26 - 40
base 13 trails, 95% open, 7 lifts
Powder Ridge - Sat 6:30a loose granular machine groomed 24 - 36 base 7
trails, 37% open, 3 lifts
Ski Sundown - Sat 9:05a variable 40 - 60 base 15 trails, 100% open, 4
lifts
MAINE
Big Squaw - Plan to Open TBA
Black Mountain - Sat 8:45a loose granular machine groomed 10 - 25 base 3
trails, 15% open, 2 lifts
Camden Snow Bowl - Sat 4:45p frozen granular machine groomed 12 - 18 base
2 trails, 25% open, 2 lifts
Eaton Mountain - Sat 4:30p loose granular machine groomed 8 - 18 base 4
trails, 21% open, 1 lift
Lost Valley - Sat 9:00a variable machine groomed 2 - 6 base 10 trails,
56% open, 2 lifts
Mt Abram - Sat 4:14p variable machine groomed 12 - 41 base 14 trails, 32%
open, 4 lifts
Mt Jefferson - Plan to Open TBA
New Hermon - Fri 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base 3
trails, 15% open, 1 lift
Saddleback - Fri 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 9 - 32 base 26
trails, 50% open, 4 lifts
Shawnee Peak - Sat 3:30p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 30 base 19
trails, 136 acres, 57% open, 5 lifts
Sugarloaf/USA - Sat 1:44p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 38 base 79
trails, 36 miles, 406 acres, 61% open, 11 lifts
Sunday River - Sat 2:30p loose granular machine groomed 24 - 40 base 72
trails, 27 miles, 374 acres, 56% open, 17 lifts
MASSACHUSETTS
Berkshire East - Sat 5:30p loose granular machine groomed 12 - 36 base 14
trails, 60% open, 4 lifts
Blandford - Fri 6:35p loose granular machine groomed 6 - 27 base 8
trails, 36% open, 4 lifts
Blue Hills - Fri 9:45p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 24 base 2
trails, 30% open, 3 lifts
Bousquet - Sat 8:30a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 40 base 18
trails, 86% open, 4 lifts
Bradford - Sat 9:00a loose granular machine groomed 8 - 18 base 11
trails, 90% open, 4 lifts
Catamount - Sat 7:30a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 30 base 24
trails, 75% open, 4 lifts
Jiminy Peak - Sat 5:00p 2 new packed powder machine groomed 16 - 50 base
32 trails, 12 miles, 153 acres, 89% open, 7 lifts
Nashoba Valley - Sat 8:28a packed powder machine groomed 8 - 24 base 14
trails, 90% open, 7 lifts
Otis Ridge - Fri 10:00p loose granular machine groomed 10 - 30 base 5
trails, 50% open, 2 lifts
Ski Butternut - Sat 4:50p packed powder machine groomed 11 - 23 base 14
trails, 8 miles, 60% open, 5 lifts
Ski Ward Ski Area - Sat 3:30p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base
5 trails, 71% open, 4 lifts
Wachusett Mountain - Sat 3:00p loose granular machine groomed 18 - 34
base 19 trails, 86% open, 7 lifts
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Arrowhead - Reopen TBA
Attitash - Sat 2:00p loose granular machine groomed 20 - 40 base 41
trails, 15 miles, 172 acres, 59% open, 11 lifts
Balsams/Wilderness - Fri 5:02p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 26 base
14 trails, 12 miles, 87% open, 3 lifts
Black Mountain - Sat 6:30a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24 base 3
trails, 3% open, 1 lift
Bretton Woods - Sat 4:04p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 40 base 80
trails, 28 miles, 393 acres, 79% open, 9 lifts
Cannon Mountain - Sat 3:39p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 25 base 47
trails, 85% open, 9 lifts
Cranmore - Sat 2:36p loose granular machine groomed 18 - 48 base 17
trails, 41% open, 7 lifts
Crotched Mountain - Sat 8:45a loose granular machine groomed 22 - 38 base
17 trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Dartmouth Skiway - Sat 2:30p loose granular machine groomed 10 - 20 base
6 trails, 20% open, 2 lifts
Granite Gorge - Fri 8:15p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36 base 3
trails, 2 miles, 20% open, 2 lifts
Gunstock - Fri 6:00p loose granular machine groomed 40 - 55 base 32
trails, 64% open, 6 lifts
King Pine - Fri 10:45p loose granular machine groomed 16 - 30 base 10
trails, 62% open, 5 lifts
Loon Mountain - Sat 2:48p loose granular machine groomed 10 - 16 base 35
trails, 70% open, 9 lifts
McIntyre Ski Area - Sat 7:20a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30 base
4 trails, 45% open, 4 lifts
Mount Sunapee - Sat 2:10p loose granular machine groomed 20 - 36 base 49
trails, 13 miles, 74% open, 10 lifts
Pats Peak - Sat 3:15p loose granular machine groomed 24 - 52 base 22
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Ragged Mountain - Fri 10:40p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 30 base
18 trails, 40% open, 4 lifts
Tenney Mountain - Sat 8:00a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24 base 4
trails, 8% open, 2 lifts
Waterville Valley - Sat 2:56p loose granular machine groomed 8 - 24 base
37 trails, 77% open, 12 lifts
Whaleback - Sat 10:45a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 12 base 3
trails, 10% open, 3 lifts
Wildcat - Sat 4:30p loose granular machine groomed 14 - 28 base 40
trails, 85% open, 4 lifts
NEW JERSEY
Campgaw Mtn - Fri 9:00p hard packed 28 - 36 base 4 trails, 67% open, 4
lifts
Hidden Valley - Sat 8:00a hard packed 24 - 48 base 9 trails, 69% open,
4 lifts
Mountain Creek - Sat 7:47a loose granular machine groomed 24 - 36 base 34
trails, 70% open, 9 lifts
NEW YORK
Belleayre - Sat 8:00a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 60 base 34
trails, 81% open, 8 lifts
Bobcat Ski Center - Plan to Open TBA
Brantling Ski Slopes - Sat 3:36p 1 - 2 new packed powder machine groomed
5 - 30 base 4 trails, 40% open, 3 lifts
Bristol Mountain - Fri 6:25p packed powder machine groomed 14 - 24 base
24 trails, 80% open, 6 lifts
Buffalo Ski Club - Sat 10:40a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 24 base
6 trails, 25% open, 3 lifts
Cockaigne - Fri 11:07p loose granular machine groomed 2 - 30 base 15
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Dry Hill - Sat 4:05p 1 new loose granular machine groomed 12 - 36 base 4
trails, 50% open, 2 lifts
Four Seasons - Sat 1a sany loose granular machine groomed 12 - 30 base 6
trails, 60% open, 1 lift
Gore Mountain - Sat 3:33p loose granular machine groomed 21 - 45 base 37
trails, 17 miles, 218 acres, 43% open, 10 lifts
Greek Peak - Sat 5:51p 2 new packed powder machine groomed 8 - 36 base 25
trails, 85% open, 8 lifts
Holiday Mountain - Sat 9:00a frozen granular machine groomed 37 - 37 base
3 trails, 21% open, 2 lifts
Holiday Valley - Sat 3:35p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 34 base 45
trails, 85% open, 12 lifts
HoliMont - Sat 5:00a loose granular machine groomed 10 - 42 base 34
trails, 64% open, 7 lifts
Hunter Mountain - Sat 2:50p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 90 base 48
trails, 95% open, 9 lifts
Kissing Bridge - Sat 1a sany loose granular machine groomed 12 - 44 base
15 trails, 41% open, 5 lifts
Labrador Mountain - Fri 7:33p loose granular machine groomed 13 - 34 base
12 trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
Maple Ski Ridge - Sat 10:58a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 30 base 6
trails, 75% open, 2 lifts
McCauley - Sat 1:00p loose granular machine groomed 5 - 37 base 7 trails,
33% open, 4 lifts
Mt Peter - Fri 5:45p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 52 base 8 trails,
73% open, 3 lifts
Mt Pisgah - Plan to Open TBA
Peekn Peak - Fri 6:57p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 30 base 26
trails, 99% open, 10 lifts
Plattekill - Fri 9:45p packed powder machine groomed 10 - 24 base 7
trails, 20% open, 2 lifts
Royal Mountain - Fri 2:00p loose granular machine groomed 15 - 30 base 12
trails, 86% open, 3 lifts
Sawkill Family Ski Center - Plan to Open TBA
Snow Ridge - Fri 4:15p loose granular machine groomed 12 - 48 base 22
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Swain - Fri 10:48p packed powder machine groomed 15 - 25 base 22 trails,
100% open, 4 lifts
Thunder Ridge - Sat 5:30p 3 new packed powder machine groomed 10 - 24
base 6 trails, 40% open, 3 lifts
Titus Mountain - Sat 4:35p packed powder machine groomed 18 - 20 base 27
trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Toggenburg - Sat 4:30p 5 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 32 base
12 trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
West Mountain - Fri 5:45p loose granular machine groomed 24 - 48 base 11
trails, 4 miles, 65% open, 5 lifts
Whiteface - Sat 1:45p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 23 - 37 base 58
trails, 15 miles, 162 acres, 73% open, 9 lifts
Willard Mountain - Fri 6:35p loose granular machine groomed 8 - 20 base 9
trails, 65% open, 4 lifts
Windham Mtn - Sat 1:25p loose granular machine groomed 15 - 45 base 26
trails, 12 miles, 195 acres, 78% open, 8 lifts
Woods Valley - Sat 1a sany loose granular machine groomed 6 - 30 base 12
trails, 86% open, 3 lifts
PENNSYLVANIA
Alpine Mountain - Sat 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 26 base 18
trails, 86% open, 5 lifts
Bear Creek - Sat 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 27 - 29 base 15
trails, 90% open, 7 lifts
Big Boulder - Sat 3:48p powder machine groomed 48 - 72 base 15 trails,
100% open, 6 lifts
Blue Mountain - Sat 7:00a loose granular machine groomed 30 - 42 base 30
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Camelback - Sat 3:40p loose granular machine groomed 30 - 60 base 33
trails, 100% open, 13 lifts
Eagle Rock - Plan to Open TBA
Elk Mountain - Sat 9:26a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 18 - 40 base
20 trails, 74% open,
Hidden Valley - Sat 7:00a loose granular machine groomed 20 - 40 base 17
trails, 61% open, 5 lifts
Jack Frost - Sat 3:51p powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base 20 trails,
100% open, 9 lifts
Mystic Mountain - Operating, no details
Seven Springs - Sat 5:05a loose granular machine groomed 28 - 54 base 33
trails, 100% open, 13 lifts
Shawnee Mountain - Sat 5:20p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 52 base
23 trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Ski Big Bear - Sat 5:43p 3 new packed powder machine groomed 18 - 34 base
16 trails, 1 mile , 90% open, 5 lifts
Ski Denton - Sat 1:00p 1 - 2 new loose granular machine groomed 12 - 35
base 17 trails, 77% open, 4 lifts
Ski Roundtop - Sat 12:00a loose granular machine groomed 18 - 36 base 17
trails, 89% open, 9 lifts
Ski Sawmill - Fri 5:05p loose granular machine groomed 12 - 48 base 8
trails, 75% open, 2 lifts
Spring Mountain - Sat 5:15p wet granular machine groomed 18 - 40 base 8
trails, 95% open, 6 lifts
Tanglwood - Sat 5:10p 2 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 84 base 7
trails, 90% open, 2 lifts
Tussey Mountain - Fri 8:30p loose granular machine groomed 6 - 12 base 6
trails, 90% open, 2 lifts
Whitetail - Operating, no details
Willowbrook Ski Area - Operating, no details
RHODE ISLAND
Yawgoo Valley - Sat 2:45p loose granular machine groomed 10 - 26 base 9
trails, 2 miles, 27 acres, 80% open, 3 lifts
VERMONT
Ascutney Mountain - Sat 6:25p packed powder machine groomed 1 - 24 base
17 trails, 32% open, 5 lifts
Bolton Valley - Sat 5:30p frozen granular machine groomed 16 - 36 base 28
trails, 45% open, 4 lifts
Bromley Mountain - Sat 6:46a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 28 base
25 trails, 57% open, 9 lifts
Burke Mountain - Sat 4:39p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 24 base 31
trails, 71% open, 4 lifts
Jay Peak - Sat 6:20a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 48 base 71
trails, 95% open, 8 lifts
Killington/Pico - Sat 5:00p loose granular machine groomed 20 - 30 base
113 trails, 54 miles, 60% open, 30 lifts
Mad River Glen - Sat 6:00a frozen granular machine groomed 6 - 24 base 26
trails, 58% open, 5 lifts
Magic Mountain - Sat 4:35p packed powder machine groomed 6 - 18 base 5
trails, 20% open, 3 lifts
Middlebury College Snow Bowl - Fri 5:20p loose granular machine groomed 6
- 36 base 4 trails, 20% open, 2 lifts
Mount Snow - Sat 2:30p frozen granular machine groomed 14 - 24 base 62
trails, 26 miles, 375 acres, 61% open, 15 lifts
Okemo Mountain - Sat 2:44p loose granular machine groomed 18 - 32 base 92
trails, 34 miles, 534 acres, 80% open, 18 lifts
Pico - Sat 3:50p loose granular machine groomed 20 - 30 base 24 trails, 8
miles, 50% open, 4 lifts
Quechee Lakes - Sat 4:30p loose granular machine groomed 10 - 20 base 7
trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
Smugglers Notch - Sat 5:11p 1 new packed powder machine groomed 10 - 41
base 59 trails, 240 acres, 76% open, 8 lifts
Stowe - Sat 6:25a 1 new loose granular machine groomed 24 - 36 base 33
trails, 26 miles, 69% open, 12 lifts
Stratton Mountain - Sat 2:50p hard packed machine groomed 23 - 35 base 74
trails, 29 miles, 407 acres, 80% open, 14 lifts
Sugarbush - Sat 6:15a loose granular machine groomed 4 - 28 base 88
trails, 39 miles, 336 acres, 79% open, 14 lifts
Suicide Six - Sat 4:10p frozen granular machine groomed 10 - 24 base 8
trails, 35% open, 3 lifts
SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND
Wisp - Sat 7:11a hard packed 30 - 76 base 32 trails, 100% open, 11
lifts
NORTH CAROLINA
Appalachian - Sat 7:30a variable 24 - 62 base 9 trails, 100% open, 5
lifts
Cataloochee - Fri 8:00p variable machine groomed 26 - 70 base 9 trails,
90% open, 5 lifts
Hawksnest - Sat 7:30a frozen granular machine groomed 25 - 45 base 9
trails, 90% open, 3 lifts
Ski Beech - Sat 6:30a loose granular machine groomed 24 - 36 base 14
trails, 93% open, 7 lifts
Sugar Mountain - Fri 9:30p frozen granular machine groomed 19 - 64 base
18 trails, 90% open, 7 lifts
Wolf Laurel - Sat 6:15a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 46 base 12
trails, 80% open, 3 lifts
VIRGINIA
Bryce Resort - Sat 4:50p wet granular machine groomed 24 - 32 base 6
trails, 85% open, 3 lifts
Massanutten - Sat 3:30p loose granular machine groomed 22 - 40 base 13
trails, 95% open, 6 lifts
Wintergreen - Fri 9:24p loose granular machine groomed 30 - 40 base 24
trails, 125 acres, 100% open, 5 lifts
WEST VIRGINIA
Canaan Valley - Sat 9:30a loose granular machine groomed 30 - 40 base 34
trails, 92% open, 2 lifts
Snowshoe Mountain - Fri 5:59p frozen granular machine groomed 31 - 41
base 57 trails, 100% open, 13 lifts
Timberline Four Seasons - Sat 8:24a loose granular machine groomed 28 -
78 base 32 trails, 89% open, 3 lifts
Winterplace - Fri 8:00p loose granular machine groomed 32 - 48 base 25
trails, 93% open, 8 lifts
MIDWEST
ILLINOIS
Four Lakes Village - No Report 12/29
Ski Snowstar - Sat 6:00a wet packed snow machine groomed 22 - 46 base 14
trails, 28 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Villa Olivia - No Report 12/29
INDIANA
Paoli Peaks - Sat 7:35a wet granular machine groomed 22 - 72 base 17
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Perfect North Slopes - Sat 9:30a variable machine groomed 48 - 70 base 21
trails, 90% open, 7 lifts
IOWA
Seven Oaks - Sat 8:00a loose granular machine groomed 18 - 24 base 8
trails, 32 acres, 100% open, 3 lifts
MICHIGAN
Alpine Valley - Sat 1:00a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 38 base 20
trails, 80% open, 12 lifts
Big Powderhorn - Sat 5:00p 6 new powder machine groomed 9 - 48 base 27
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Bittersweet - No Report
Blackjack - Sat 7:00a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 16 - 50 base 19
trails, 95% open, 4 lifts
Boyne Highlands - Sat 3:30p 5 new powder machine groomed 48 - 72 base 50
trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Boyne Mountain - Sat 3:30p 4 new loose granular machine groomed 48 - 75
base 61 trails, 91% open, 10 lifts
Cannonsburg - Sat 8:11a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base
17 trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Crystal Mountain - Sat 2:09p 3 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 65
base 45 trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Hanson Hills - Sat 10:45a frozen granular machine groomed 15 - 18 base 4
trails, 36% open, 2 lifts
Indianhead - Sat 8:05a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 50 base
28 trails, 200 acres, 100% open, 9 lifts
Marquette - Sat 5:00p 6 new powder machine groomed 18 - 26 base 12
trails, 50% open, 4 lifts
Mont Ripley - Sat 1:55p 3 new powder machine groomed 17 - 30 base 11
trails, 50 acres, 55% open, 2 lifts
Mount Bohemia - No Report
Mt Brighton - Sat 4:10p 3 new wet packed snow machine groomed 14 - 22
base 16 trails, 62% open, 5 lifts
Norway Mountain - Fri 6:00p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 38 base 16
trails, 140 acres, 100% open, 5 lifts
Nubs Nob - Sat 8:30a 5 new powder 8 - 70 base 47 trails, 95% open, 9
lifts
Pine Mountain - Sat 3:05a wet packed snow 24 - 24 base 20 trails, 100%
open, 4 lifts
Porcupine Mountains - No Report
Shanty Creek - Fri 9:35p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base 39
trails, 80% open, 10 lifts
Ski Brule - Sat 12:00a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 48 base 17
trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
Snow Snake - Sat 8:15a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 24 base 10
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Swiss Valley - Sat 3:13a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 34 base 11
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Timber Ridge - Fri 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 12 - 34 base 15
trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
Treetops - Fri 4:12p packed powder machine groomed 30 - 33 base 15
trails, 75% open, 3 lifts
MINNESOTA
Afton Alps - Sat 7:50a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 38 base 48
trails, 100% open, 18 lifts
Coffee Mill - Sat 8:40a wet snow machine groomed 14 - 42 base 11 trails,
100% open, 3 lifts
Giants Ridge - Sat 10:30a packed powder machine groomed 22 - 44 base 34
trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Hyland Ski Snowboard - Fri 11:30p packed powder machine groomed 20 - 42
base 14 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Lutsen Mountain - Sat 8:00a 6 new powder 28 - 48 base 74 trails, 80%
open, 8 lifts
Mount Kato - Sat 8:45a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48 base 19
trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Spirit Mountain - Sat 11:00a 5 new packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48
base 22 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Welch Village - Fri 10:00p loose granular machine groomed 25 - 60 base 50
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
MISSOURI
Snow Creek - Sat 5:20p loose granular machine groomed 24 - 56 base 11
trails, 95% open, 6 lifts
NORTH DAKOTA
Bottineau Winter Park - No Report
Huff Hills - Sat 5:05p packed powder machine groomed 16 - 20 base 6
trails, 40% open, 3 lifts
OHIO
Alpine Valley - Sat 12:00p loose granular machine groomed 22 - 24 base 9
trails, 60% open, 7 lifts
Boston Mills/Brandywine - Fri 7:30p wet granular machine groomed 22 - 36
base 17 trails, 89% open, 15 lifts
Clear Fork - Sat 5:45p loose granular machine groomed 26 - 32 base 7
trails, 78% open, 5 lifts
Mad River - Sat 10:15a loose granular machine groomed 36 - 48 base 21
trails, 125 acres, 100% open, 10 lifts
Snow Trails - Sat 8:15a wet granular machine groomed 36 - 40 base 16
trails, 50 acres, 100% open, 7 lifts
SOUTH DAKOTA
Terry Peak - Sat 7:40a packed powder machine groomed 22 - 28 base 22
trails, 85% open, 4 lifts
WISCONSIN
Alpine Valley - Fri 9:00p packed powder machine groomed 22 - 44 base 20
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Camp 10 - No Report 12/29
Cascade Mountain - Sat 9:00a packed powder machine groomed 12 - 30 base
34 trails, 8 lifts
Christie Mountain - Sat 5:30a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 42
base 18 trails, 18% open, 3 lifts
Devils Head - Sat 12:00a variable machine groomed 36 - 42 base 28
trails, 100% open, 16 lifts
Highlands of Olympia - Sat 12:00p 1 - 2 new loose granular machine
groomed 7 - 15 base 8 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Mountain Top at Grand Geneva - Sat 7:45a 1 new variable machine groomed
12 - 48 base 17 trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Sunburst - Sat 9:20a packed powder machine groomed 18 - 36 base 12
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Trollhaugen - Sat 8:30a packed powder machine groomed 45 - 45 base 22
trails, 100% open, 10 lifts
Tyrol Basin - Sat 8:00a variable machine groomed 15 - 36 base 12 trails,
75% open, 4 lifts
Whitecap Mountain - No report
Wilmot Mountain - Sat 7:30a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 12 - 36
base 25 trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
ROCKIES
COLORADO
Arapahoe Basin - Sat 6:15a 2 new powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 58
trails, 490 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
Aspen Highlands - Sat 4:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 46 - 62
base 115 trails, 88% open,
Aspen Mountain - Sat 4:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 37 - 39
base 73 trails, 99% open, 7 lifts
Beaver Creek - Sat 6:00a 2 new powder machine groomed 38 - 59 base 116
trails, 79% open, 16 lifts
Breckenridge - Sat 6:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 58 - 71 base
140 trails, 93% open, 28 lifts
Buttermilk - Sat 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 34 - 39 base 44
trails, 100% open, 6 lifts
Copper Mountain - Sat 5:00a 3 new powder machine groomed 63 - 76 base 125
trails, 1959 acres, 22 lifts
Crested Butte - Sat 5:42a 4 new powder machine groomed 38 - 49 base 100
trails, 88% open, 15 lifts
Eldora - Sat 8:00a 3 new powder machine groomed 50 - 50 base 48 trails,
670 acres, 98% open, 11 lifts
Keystone - Sat 6:00a 3 new powder machine groomed 53 - 64 base 116
trails, 100% open, 20 lifts
Loveland - Sat 5:00a powder machine groomed 60 - 60 base 77 trails, 9
lifts
Monarch - Sat 4:00a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 52 - 53 base 61
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Powderhorn - Sat 4:00a packed powder machine groomed 24 - 24 base 31
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Purgatory at Durango - Sat 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 21 - 27
base 22 trails, 26% open, 6 lifts
Silverton Mountain - Sat 8:30a 1 new powder 36 - 60 base 95% open, 1
lift
Ski Cooper - Sat 5:00a 3 new powder machine groomed 45 - 46 base 26
trails, 26 miles, 400 acres, 100% open, 5 lifts
Snowmass - Sat 4:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 39 - 54 base 84
trails, 87% open, 21 lifts
SolVista Basin - Sat 8a csr 2 new packed powder machine groomed 32 - 32
base 95% open, 5 lifts
Steamboat - Sat 8:09a 5 new powder machine groomed 56 - 70 base 163
trails, 2965 acres, 100% open, 20 lifts
Sunlight - Sat 2:15p 3 new packed powder machine groomed 30 - 34 base 46
trails, 85% open, 3 lifts
Telluride - Sat 5:30a 2 new powder machine groomed 35 - 39 base 65
trails, 85% open, 16 lifts
Vail - Sat 6:00a 2 new powder machine groomed 50 - 98 base 191 trails,
100% open, 34 lifts
Winter Park - Sat 5:35a 3 new powder machine groomed 59 - 64 base 116
trails, 87% open, 23 lifts
Wolf Creek - Sat 6:30a powder machine groomed 27 - 33 base 77 trails,
1600 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
MONTANA
Big Sky - Sat 5:50a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 45 - 70 base 150
trails, 3600 acres, 100% open, 18 lifts
Blacktail Mountain - Sat 6:13a 4 new powder machine groomed 41 - 41 base
24 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Bridger Bowl - Sat 11:30a packed powder machine groomed 52 - 52 base 71
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Discovery - Sat 5:23a 2 new powder machine groomed 25 - 40 base 50
trails, 90% open, 5 lifts
Great Divide - Sat 7:00a powder machine groomed 15 - 30 base 70 trails,
700 acres, 44% open, 4 lifts
Lost Trail - Sat 6:00a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 58 - 68 base
45 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Maverick - Fri 10:25p powder machine groomed 24 - 45 base 22 trails, 92%
open, 2 lifts
Montana Snowbowl - Sat 5:00a 2 - 3 new powder machine groomed 17 - 58
base 38 trails, 98% open, 4 lifts
Moonlight Basin - Sat 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 38 - 56 base
100% open, 6 lifts
Red Lodge - Sat 6:00a loose granular machine groomed 18 - 36 base 30
trails, 640 acres, 40% open, 6 lifts
Teton Pass - Reopen TBA
Turner Mountain - Plan to Open TBA
NEW MEXICO
Angel Fire - Sat 5:06a packed powder machine groomed 21 - 21 base 12
trails, 17% open, 6 lifts
Pajarito - Plan to Open TBA
Red River - Sat 7:00a variable 21 - 21 base 12 trails, 21% open, 4
lifts
Sandia Peak - Sat 7:30a variable 12 - 12 base 1 trail 3% open, 2
lifts
Sipapu - Sat 11:00a w packed powder machine groomed 16 - 24 base 9
trails, 24% open, 2 lifts
Ski Apache - Sat 7:00a variable machine groomed 10 - 16 base 7 trails,
12% open, 3 lifts
Ski Santa Fe - Sat 8:50a variable 15 - 15 base 5 trails, 9% open, 4
lifts
Taos - Sat 3:50p packed powder machine groomed 13 - 30 base 14 trails,
22% open, 9 lifts
UTAH
Alta - Sat 10:30a 10 new powder machine groomed 88 - 88 base 116 trails,
100% open, 7 lifts
Beaver Mountain - Sat 6:00a 11 new powder machine groomed 54 - 54 base 30
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Brian Head - Sat 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 19 - 19 base 13
trails, 25% open, 5 lifts
Brighton - Sat 5:38a 12 new powder machine groomed 81 - 81 base 66
trails, 26 miles, 1050 acres, 100% open, 7 lifts
Deer Valley - Sat 5a usr 7 new powder machine groomed 50 - 50 base 86
trails, 96% open, 21 lifts
Park City - Sat 6:30a 10 new packed powder machine groomed 48 - 66 base
100 trails, 100% open, 14 lifts
Powder Mountain - Sat 5a usr 10 new powder machine groomed 62 - 62 base
41 trails, 48% open, 5 lifts
Snowbasin - Sat 6:00a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 58 - 58 base 53
trails, 100% open, 11 lifts
Snowbird - Sat 4:30a 8 new powder machine groomed 79 - 79 base 84 trails,
99% open, 10 lifts
Solitude - Sat 7:15a 12 new powder machine groomed 84 - 84 base 63
trails, 99% open, 8 lifts
Sundance - Sat 4:09a 10 new powder machine groomed 44 - 47 base 41
trails, 85% open, 4 lifts
The Canyons - Sat 4:20p 8 new powder machine groomed 61 - 75 base 142
trails, 97% open, 16 lifts
WYOMING
Big Horn - No Report
Grand Targhee - Sat 9:00a 2 new powder machine groomed 84 - 84 base 72
trails, 100% open, 5 lifts
Hogadon - Reopen 01/01, 9a-4p
Jackson Hole - Sat 4:00p 10 new powder machine groomed 26 - 72 base 96
trails, 100% open, 9 lifts
White Pine - Sat 5:38a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 36 - 36 base
25 trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
PACIFIC SOUTH
ARIZONA
Arizona Snowbowl - Plan to Open TBA
Sunrise Park - Sat 6:00a variable 10 - 20 base 4 trails, 6% open, 2
lifts
CALIFORNIA
Alpine Meadows - Sat Not Open 12/31 7:47a variable 33 - 80 base 40
trails, 40% open, 8 lifts
Badger Pass - Plan to Open TBA
Bear Mountain - Sat 7:20a hard packed machine groomed 12 - 12 base 8
trails, 30% open, 7 lifts
Bear Valley - Sat 6:20a 4 new powder machine groomed 55 - 56 base 30
trails, 70% open, 7 lifts
Boreal - Sat Not Open 12/31 7:47a variable 40 - 56 base 32 trails,
78% open, 6 lifts
Donner Ski Ranch - Sat 9:00a wet snow 28 - 42 base 20 trails, 15%
open, 2 lifts
Heavenly - Sat 12:00p packed powder machine groomed 44 - 73 base 35
trails, 38% open, 11 lifts
June - Sat 6:20a 6 new powder machine groomed 24 - 36 base 50 trails,
100% open, 6 lifts
Kirkwood - Sat 5:45a 3 - 16 new wet snow machine groomed 55 - 110 base 45
trails, 69% open, 8 lifts Jan 01: 100% open,
Mammoth - Sat 3:30p 16 new powder 84 - 108 base 100 trails, 75% open,
20 lifts
Mountain High - Sat 6:58a frozen granular machine groomed 8 - 10 base 8
trails, 20% open, 8 lifts
Mt Baldy - Plan to Open TBA
Mt Shasta - Sat 5:30a 12 new packed powder machine groomed 34 - 44 base
32 trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Northstar at Tahoe - Sat 6:30a 8 new wet snow 30 - 65 base 61 trails,
86% open, 16 lifts
Sierra at Tahoe - Sat 9:02a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 36 - 92
base 44 trails, 2000 acres, 100% open, 8 lifts
Sierra Summit - Sat 11:00a loose granular machine groomed 18 - 28 base 30
trails, 67% open, 10 lifts
Snow Summit - Sat 7:15a hard packed machine groomed 12 - 12 base 8
trails, 26% open, 8 lifts
Snow Valley - Sat 6:15a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 12 base 5
trails, 17% open, 3 lifts
Soda Springs - Sat Not Open 12/31 9:00a variable 38 - 52 base 8
trails, 36% open, 4 lifts
Sugar Bowl - Sat 6:15a packed powder machine groomed 43 - 72 base 63
trails, 75% open, 8 lifts
Tahoe Donner - Operating; no details
NEVADA
Diamond Peak - Sat Plan to Open 01/01 10:09a 18 new powder 32 - 54
base 1% open,
Las Vegas Ski - Sat 6:05a hard packed 14 - 14 base 2 trails, 20% open,
2 lifts
Mt Rose - Sat 9:00a 24 - 30 new powder machine groomed 55 - 86 base 60
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
PACIFIC NORTH
IDAHO
Bogus Basin - Fri 9:30p packed powder machine groomed 36 - 49 base 52
trails, 100% open, 7 lifts
Brundage - Sat 5:14a 13 new packed powder machine groomed 48 - 78 base 42
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Lookout Pass - Fri 3:20p powder machine groomed 26 - 55 base 21 trails,
95% open, 3 lifts
Pebble Creek - Sat 6:00a 6 new powder machine groomed 12 - 50 base 43
trails, 85% open, 3 lifts
Pomerelle - Sat 7:15a 18 new packed powder machine groomed 67 - 88 base
24 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Schweitzer Mountain - Sat 6:25a 5 new powder machine groomed 34 - 54 base
61 trails, 100% open, 8 lifts
Silver Mountain - Sat 5:35a 4 new packed powder machine groomed 15 - 39
base 19 trails, 28% open, 3 lifts
Soldier Mountain - Sat 10:05a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 24 - 48
base 36 trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Sun Valley - Sat 5:30a 12 new powder machine groomed 44 - 86 base 90
trails, 100% open, 19 lifts
Tamarack - Sat 3:00p 10 new wet snow 22 - 65 base 30 trails, 86% open,
6 lifts
OREGON
Anthony Lakes - Sat 10:00a 5 new powder machine groomed 40 - 57 base 24
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Hoodoo - Sat 4:25a packed powder machine groomed 36 - 36 base 80% open, 4
lifts
Mt Ashland - Sat 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 50 - 90 base 23
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
Mt Bachelor - Sat 4:00a 8 new packed powder machine groomed 88 - 96 base
22 trails, 31% open, 8 lifts
Mt Hood Meadows - Sat 5:00a 4 new powder machine groomed 96 - 120 base
95% open, 10 lifts
Spout Springs - Sat 9:00a wet packed snow 24 - 32 base 10 trails, 71%
open, 2 lifts
Timberline - Sat 7:00a 11 new packed powder machine groomed 82 - 84 base
30 trails, 88% open, 4 lifts
WASHINGTON
49 Degrees North - Fri 3:00p powder machine groomed 21 - 63 base 40
trails, 100% open, 3 lifts
Alpental at Snoqualmie - Fri 6:00p powder machine groomed 35 - 38 base 12
trails, 55% open, 2 lifts
Badger Mountain - Sat 6:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 20 - 20
base 5 trails, 30 acres, 100% open, 3 lifts
Bluewood - Sat 5:00a 6 new packed powder machine groomed 34 - 46 base 23
trails, 96% open, 3 lifts
Crystal Mountain - Sat 8:00a 3 - 5 new packed powder machine groomed 53 -
80 base 45 trails, 90% open, 10 lifts
Mission Ridge - Sat 5:24a 4 new powder machine groomed 34 - 50 base 34
trails, 94% open, 4 lifts
Mt Spokane - Sat 5a insa 5 new packed powder machine groomed 24 - 45 base
30 trails, 55% open, 4 lifts
Stevens Pass - Sat 1:41p 11 new powder 53 - 63 base 21 trails, 62%
open, 10 lifts
Summit East at Snoqualmie - Plan to Open TBA
Summit West at Snoqualmie - Fri 5:00p powder machine groomed 34 - 42 base
10 trails, 83% open, 4 lifts
White Pass - Sat 5:26a 4 new powder machine groomed 40 - 72 base 32
trails, 100% open, 4 lifts
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Apex Mountain - Sat 2:00a powder machine groomed 31 - 32 base 14 trails,
21% open, 3 lifts
Big White - Sat 9:05a 3 new packed powder machine groomed 49 - 49 base
106 trails, 90% open, 14 lifts
Fernie Alpine - Sat 8:15a 4 new powder machine groomed 20 - 48 base 95
trails, 95% open, 9 lifts
Kicking Horse - Sat 4:00a variable machine groomed 39 - 39 base 65
trails, 61% open,
Kimberley - Sat 5:00a 1 new hard packed 35 trails, 47% open, 5 lifts
Mount Seymour - Sat 6:00a wet packed snow 15 - 35 base 3 trails, 20%
open, 1 lift
Mt Baldy - Sat 9:27a 15 new powder machine groomed 30 - 46 base 23
trails, 90% open, 2 lifts
Mt Timothy - Sat 12:00p packed powder machine groomed 24 - 24 base 26
trails, 100% open, 2 lifts
Panorama Mountain - Sat 9:40a packed powder machine groomed 14 - 28 base
49 trails, 41% open, 9 lifts
Powder Springs - Plan to Open TBA; Good Early Season Cat Skiing
Red Resort - Sat 5:23a 5 new powder 53 - 53 base 50 trails, 60% open,
6 lifts
Silver Star - Sat 6:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 49 - 49 base
95 trails, 85% open, 11 lifts
Sun Peaks - Sat 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 38 - 39 base 100
trails, 85% open, 11 lifts
Whistler/Blackcomb - Sat 5:00a 3 - 4 new packed powder machine groomed 47
- 47 base 110 trails, 4500 acres, 55% open, 37 lifts
Whitewater - Sat 5:01a 2 new powder machine groomed 68 - 68 base 7
trails, 16% open, 3 lifts
QUEBEC
Camp Fortune - Sat 1a alb loose granular machine groomed 12 - 12 base 11
trails, 53% open, 3 lifts
Edelweiss Valley - Sat 1a alb loose granular machine groomed 20 - 20 base
11 trails, 50% open, 3 lifts
Le Massif - Sat 3:48p loose granular machine groomed 17 - 32 base 36
trails, 86% open, 4 lifts
Mont Glen - Plan to Open TBA
Mont Sainte-Anne - Sat 8:38a 2 - 3 new packed powder machine groomed 24 -
35 base 63 trails, 98% open, 13 lifts
Mont Sutton - Sat 6:00a 2 new packed powder machine groomed 11 - 19 base
31 trails, 14 miles, 126 acres, 73% open, 7 lifts
Owls Head - Fri 11:30p hard packed machine groomed 12 - 24 base 22
trails, 50% open, 5 lifts
Pin Rouge - Plan to Open TBA
Ski Bromont - Sat 12:34p hard packed 10 - 18 base 42 trails, 26 miles,
79 acres, 80% open, 6 lifts
Stoneham - Sat 5:40a powder 24 - 45 base 29 trails, 91% open, 7 lifts
Tremblant - Sat 10:30a packed powder machine groomed 67 - 52 trails, 56%
open, 4 lifts
Vorlage - Sat 1a alb loose granular machine groomed 20 - 20 base 10
trails, 65% open, 3 lifts
ONTARIO
Batawa Ski Hill - Plan to Open TBA
Loch Lomond - Sat 7:48a variable machine groomed 26 - 31 base 14 trails,
99% open, 3 lifts
Mt Chinguacousy - Plan to Open TBA
Searchmont Resort - Sat 5:50a 1 new packed powder machine groomed 22 - 22
base 7 trails, 50% open, 3 lifts
Uplands - Plan to Open TBA
NOVA SCOTIA
Ski Martock - Sat 11:00a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 16 base 3
trails, 33% open, 2 lifts
ALBERTA
Castle Mountain - Sat 6:36a 1 - 2 new wet packed snow 8 - 46 base 5
trails, 10% open, 3 lifts
Marmot Basin - Sat 8:00a loose granular machine groomed 20 - 20 base 61
trails, 73% open, 9 lifts
Sunshine Village - Sat 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 46 - 46 base
101 trails, 94% open, 12 lifts
ALASKA
ALASKA
Alpenglow/Anchorage Ski Club - Plan to Open TBA
Alyeska Resort - Sat 9:00a 4 new wet snow machine groomed 3 - 105 base 50
trails, 47% open, 7 lifts
Eaglecrest - Plan to Open TBA
