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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.
SKI TRAILS GROOMED SUNDAY
On Sunday, all the ski trails at Alturas were rolled with two passes of the roller for an initilal compaction of the 6-12 inches of snow that blew in on Saturday. After that, the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill and South Loop were compacted with the Ginzu groomer with the blades up. Classic ... Read More →
BLIZZARD OVER, SKI GROOMING RESUMES
PARK CREEK conditions at 9:30 am Sunday the 26th of February…. 13 deg, calm but overcast and snowing lightly. The blizzard broke for a while yesterday and lupine, camas, sego and skyrocket were rolled . Very difficult going with a foot of new snow. At Park Creek, pLans are to groom today, hopefully with the ginzu ... Read More →
New storm dumps on ski trails
On Friday, all the ski trails at Alturas were groomed for skate and classic… at Park Creek all trails were flattened or groomed as well. However, 4 inches of new snow overnight pushed around by another dose of high winds has no doubt obscured those trails. At 8 a.m. it was 15 degrees and still ... Read More →
Snowmobile Report for February 23rd 2012
Sled heads, we are seeing a bluebird kind of day up here in Stanley. We are seeing some good snow prospects in this weekends forecast. The trails are looking good now. The groomers have groomed from Stanley Lake to Stanley to Smiley Creek in the last week. We are seeing some good depths. The storm ... Read More →
