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ALTURAS SKI TRAILS
In the upper Sawtooth Valley, the temperature was 29 degrees and snow was falling from a grey sky at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the third day March. Trails at Alturas Lake were groomed on Monday and Tuesday, back when sun and blue skies were the rule. The trails were firm, flat and fast at that time. Grooming will take place on Thursday once again to prepare for this weekend’s Sawtooth Ski Festival, promising fine trails for both the classic and skate ski enthusiast.
Alturas Lake Ski Report
On Thursday morning, the 25th of February, an inch of light new snow covers the trails at Alturas Lake. The temperature at 8 a.m. was around 15 degrees. The trails have been in good shape and additional grooming today should produce a combed unbroken corduroy trail through a soft snowscape of preternatural beauty.
ALTURAS SKI TRAILS
Saturday morning, February 20th, at 9 a.m. the temperature at the Alturas lake ski trails was around 8 degrees. 1 or 2 inches of new snow fell overnight in the upper Sawtooth Valley. This was followed by a skiff of the finest fairy dust which appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground ... Read More →
Feb. 17 Alturas Lake ski area
Mardi Gras is over. On Ash Wednesday morning, the 17th of February, a silver tongue of fog crept silently up the Sawtooth Valley, it reached the headwaters of the Salmon River, where it rose up into morning sunlight, thinned into a golden shining mist, and then disappeared into the new blue sky. At the Alturas ... Read More →
ALTURAS LAKE SKI TRAILS 2/13/10
Misty ground hugging clouds slowly disappeared into bright Saturday morning sunshine at the Alturas Lake ski area on the 13th of February. Skiing is not recommended today for the triscadecaphobic, however all others should find the conditions favorable for midday enjoyment. By 9 a.m. the temperature was around 18 degrees on the sunny hilltops. All the trails ... Read More →
