Daily Conditions Reports and Web Cam

It was 27 degrees when we arrived today, and 30 when we left, with fog and overcast skies. There were around 70 cars in the lot.

The snow conditions are excellent on the trails that were groomed last night, as well as the ones from the night before. There is some tree debris in a few places and a tree down on Raven's Glide.

When we arrived around 10, it was 26 degrees and snowing very lightly. There were 55 cars in the lot; another row full by the time we finished skiing.

The conditions are great! There was maybe an inch of fine dry snow on top of the grooming, and even the trails that were not groomed last night were fine. I hope you have a safe and skiing-filled new year!

The power was out in the lodge, so I didn't get an exact temperature reading, but the old thermometer under the eaves said -4C, or 22F. It didn't feel that cold to us, but maybe? It was foggy, but the sun was doing its best to poke through, and we did see our shadows on Shadow Mountain. The parking lot was about half full, roughly 60 cars.

There were about 4 inches of new beautiful fluffy powder snow in the last 24 hours, and the state parks and volunteer snowmobile groomers had both been out. Some of the skate decks were a little soft and deep if they weren't groomed, with a nice firm base underneath. The powder smoothed out like butter when you snowplowed down the hills, and I didn't see anyone without a big smile, skate or classic.

33 degrees at 12:45, snowing steadily. Lot was 1/2 full, but dwindling. The remaining cars have about 2 inches of snow accumulated on them. There is a soft wet layer on top of last night's grooming, making for slow and forgiving conditions. The deck is soft but it isn't far down to the solid base underneath. The tracks are filling up with snow, but there are enough people skiing to keep many of them relatively clear and smooth.

It was 34 degrees and snowing lightly at 1pm. I forgot to count the cars, but I think there were about 35 (more earlier).

There was volunteer snowmobile grooming on some trails. This was a vast improvement over the trails they didn't hit, which had a crust you could break through to the firm base from before the last storm, with a thin layer of new snow on top. Skate and classic were decent on Linder. On the other trails that were groomed, the skate deck was sometimes narrow or uneven, but classic was ok. There are trees and branches down, so ski with caution.

It was 30 degrees and foggy at 12:30pm, with about 1/4 mile visibility. There were about 35 cars in the lot.

The skate deck and classic tracks are very firm, but it is still possible to snowplow (with some chatter), and our crown-base classic skis had plenty of kick. Skating was probably better, but it was still good to be out! I advise avoiding Valley View; the upper trails out from Junction 2 were much better than closer to the lodge. Hopefully Santa will bring us the predicted heavy snow tonight.

30 degrees at 11 am. Another sunny and blue sky day, above the dreary clouds down in the valley. Plenty of cars for a Monday. The trails are in good shape, having been freshened up with a trace of new snow yesterday. The deck and the tracks are fast and firm, mostly controllable but a few spots some might consider icy.