Midlifeaddiction
Certified Ski Diva
Is anywhere reporting decent conditions and not in survival mode?
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Any snow anywhere East?
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snoWYmonkey
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Or west for that matter? Have students looking for alternative destinations.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Wolf Creek is 100% open and has been since mid-December. Check out the pics on OpenSnow from Dec. 27.
I got to find that! Use Windy all summer...
Tremblant is not even near 1/2 open. And it's definitely SPRING! When most run has bamboo or a sign about rocks....Don't waste your time driving here.
Chuyi
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Are you there? 100% open but the report shows a base of 33". Unless they are making lots of snow. serious scraping.
Chuyi
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It looks Steamboat got a lot of snow over the weekend. Alta base is at 56" but the steep parts are scraped off & rocky. There is only a little bit of snow in the forecast for the new year. Pray
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MissySki
Angel Diva
I’m quite sure it can’t be worse than what we have in the East right now in any case.It looks Steamboat got a lot of snow over the weekend. Alta base is at 56" but the steep parts are scraped off & rocky. There is only a little bit of snow in the forecast for the new year. Pray
Alyeska.
marzNC
Angel Diva
We were there during the storm the week of Dec. 11. Two years ago Wolf Creek was 100% open around the same time with mid-mountain base lower than 3 feet. It's the type of place that if you know where to go, it can be quite fun during low snow levels or with deep snow. Based on my experience, Wolf Creek with low snow at 100% is a better early season destination than Alta for travelers who have to plan months in advance.
Stats can only tell you so much. In the last five years I've skied Alta, Jackson Hole, and a few other destination resorts in Colorado around mid-December. Vail and Beaver Creek were fun to explore last week, but I wouldn't plan an early season trip there over Wolf Creek.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Sounds like you've hit success on all your Wolf Creek trips... those are some good stats ! Early December is always an unknown in most places. Last year I skied Tahoe in several feet of snow right after Thanksgiving. This year Tahoe's been a bit of a bust so far. That can change. Quickly.
nopoleskier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I'm thankful for midweek skiing and skiing at my small hill on holidays. We have LOTS Of Man made snow- I've had very nice conditions considering mother nature is on strike.. Gore and Royal mt.
Posse Mama
Certified Ski Diva
The week after NY may offer a bit of opportunity in the northeast. We can only hope.
Christy
Angel Diva
You aren't kidding! As long as you don't mind that 10:10 sunrise (and 3:47 sunset...).
The stats at Eaglecrest just outside Juneau look good too, though skiing in a temperate rainforest has never sounded like a good idea to me.
Christy
Angel Diva
So the base is officially 30"-48" at Snoqualmie anyway, but we generally need at the very least 36" to cover up the brush and stumps just on the groomers. Ski areas here don't mow or "groom" runs in summer and there's a lot of gullies and such that need filing in. It's gotten rained on plenty to the general conditions sound not good. It's going to rain again today. It's pretty warm out there.
Here's today's report. Maybe it's not as bad as some places, but you are still skiing groomers, without ideal coverage, in the rain.
Crazy as it sounds we picked up another inch of snow since yesterday and it's currently snowing but it's probably going to end in a little bit. Last night the Groomers were out turning it into corduroy and combined with the temperatures the snow should be soft, carvable, and fun, just remember it's still a low tide out there and watch for hazards especially if you leave the groomed runs...
...Our grooming team has been doing an amazing job working with what little snow they have. Summit West has the most groomed terrain, but Holiday and Gallery over at Summit Central are smoothed out quite nicely too. The terrain off Central Express has minimal grooming and the few passes we were able to make on Golden Nugget are somewhat narrow, so be sure to give your fellow skiers and riders plenty of space.
Here's today's report. Maybe it's not as bad as some places, but you are still skiing groomers, without ideal coverage, in the rain.
Crazy as it sounds we picked up another inch of snow since yesterday and it's currently snowing but it's probably going to end in a little bit. Last night the Groomers were out turning it into corduroy and combined with the temperatures the snow should be soft, carvable, and fun, just remember it's still a low tide out there and watch for hazards especially if you leave the groomed runs...
...Our grooming team has been doing an amazing job working with what little snow they have. Summit West has the most groomed terrain, but Holiday and Gallery over at Summit Central are smoothed out quite nicely too. The terrain off Central Express has minimal grooming and the few passes we were able to make on Golden Nugget are somewhat narrow, so be sure to give your fellow skiers and riders plenty of space.
