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SKI TRAILS TEMPORARILY DISAPPEARING UNDER SNOW
ON MONDAY MORNING AT PARK CREEK, ALL SKI TRAILS WERE GROOMED FOR SKATE AND CLASSIC. ON TUESDAY MORNING AT ALTURAS LAKE, THE TRAIL TO THE LAKE, OVER THE HILL AND SOUTH LOOP WERE GROOMED FOR SKATE AND CLASSIC. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOWS PUSHED ALONG BY OCCASIONALLY STRONG WINDS ARE COVERING THOSE VERY SAME TRAILS. WE ARE WARNED TO EXPECT 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE STANLEY BASIN WITH A POSSIBLE 12 TO 26 INCHES OVER GALENA SUMMIT DURING THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD. INTENSE EMBEDDED SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AND COULD PUSH SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES BRIEFLY TO MORE THAN 2 INCHES AN HOUR. CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AT PARK CREEK AND ALTURAS IS THUS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY UNLESS YOU LIKE CRAZY WHITE OUTS AND BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS.
THE FORCAST STILL REMAINS EXCELLENT FOR THIS WEEKEND’S SAWTOOTH SKI FESTIVAL WITH SUNSHINE, MERRIMENT AND MUCH JOY PREDICTED.
