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alturas season ends
On Wednesday, the last day of March, 2010, the temperature at 8 a.m. was 14 degrees in the upper Sawtooth Valley and the sun was out, shining through a bright blue break in the storm that left over a foot of snow on the trails at Alturas Lake over the last two days. Sadly, we have reached the end of the grooming program for this season. Thanks to all for making it such a nice ski season at Alturas this year…. and see you again next year!
Alturas Trails still good
On Sunday, the 28th of March the temperature was estimated to be 28 degrees at 9:20 a.m. at the Alturas Lake ski area. Despite a relentless attack by the sun, 17 kilometers of trails are still all intact and continuous with skating and trail touring rated very good. Classic tracks extend to the lake and ... Read More →
Alturas… nice and sunny
On Wednesday, March 24th, the temperature at 8 a.m. was around 8 degrees at the Alturas Lake Ski Area. After an inch of snow blew through on Monday, the trails were all rolled on Tuesday and looked really great for skating. Classic tracks were reset to the lake but looked a bit ill formed and ... Read More →
Crust cruising Coyote
On Saturday morning, March 20th, the temperature at 9 a.m. was around 9 degrees at the Alturas Lake ski area and the sun shone brightly from a clear blue sky. Skating lanes are reportedly excellent on all trails, however, classic tracks look shallow, slumped, shaggy and a bit sad. Crust cruising appears to be great ... Read More →
Green Snow at Alturas Lake Ski Area
On Wednesday, the 17th of March, the temperature at the Alturas Lake ski area was already about 25 degrees by 9 a.m. Trails will be scraped with ginzu knives and the resulting snow duff combed out into a corrugated surface beginning at about 9:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight time today. Conditions are expected to range from ... Read More →
