It was one other nice day on the slopes. I went snowboarding this morning on Morse Mountain. I had a blast carving up the corduroy. I traded in snowboard for skis and headed to Sterling Mountain subsequent. I went and checked out the snowmaking operations within the Zone Terrain Park on Observe Slope. I additionally went looking for contemporary tracks within the bushes on Sterling and was profitable. The Madonna 1 got here off wind maintain early within the afternoon. The partly sunny skies made me determine to go up Madonna Mountain and take the views from Drifter. I additionally wished to see how huge the drifts are with all this snow and at the moment’s wind. The winds are forecasted to be lighter tomorrow. Talking of tomorrow we plan to have top-to-bottom snowboarding and using on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts working. We’ve got 76 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all capability ranges. Floor circumstances are packed powder and powder with common base depths of 14 to 50 inches. 38 trails might be groomed for tomorrow, together with Snow Snake, Howie’s Wanderer, Smugglers’ Alley, Thomke’s, Drifter, and skiers’ proper on Higher FIS for a complete of 196 acres of freshly groomed terrain. At the moment, it’s 6 levels on the summit of Sterling with partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow’s forecast is looking for partly sunny skies early, an opportunity of snow showers late half an inch of accumulation doable with a excessive of 17 levels on the base and 12 levels at larger elevations. There’s a Winter Storm Warning beginning tomorrow night time with as much as 14 inches of latest snow by Monday! The characteristic picture is Ethan on Higher Drifter with Mount Mansfield within the background.
