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Good Ski Trails… cold temperatures
On the 7th of January, 2012, the temperature at the Sawtooth Valley Ski areas was around zero degrees at 8 a.m. but it should warm up as the sun crests the mountain horizon, with a predicted highs of 25 to 30 over the week end.
At Park Creek all trails were freshly groomed yesterday, with both skate and classic tracks on lupine, camas, shooting star and skyrocket. Larkspur is groomed for skate or touring.
There is quite a bit of ice forming on camas, we will continue to try and groom around it, but the trail will be soft around that area.
At Alturas Lake, the flooded area on North Cabin Creek trail has frozen solid and the trail is once again open and rolled for skating and touring. Watch out for that icy patch near the creek as there is no groom-around possible there.
All other trails are groomed for skate and classic except for the Sheep Thrills which is open again but lacking classic tracks on the last little loop. And there are a few meadow areas where the classic grooves have blown in.
Ski trails groomed for skate and classic
All trails at Park Creek are open! Conditions on lupine, camas, shooting star and sego are good, with fresh skating lanes and classic track. Sky rocket is improving, although still soft. Larkspur is just packed and rolled today, so is very soft, and recommended for touring only. At the Alturas Lake ski area all trails ... Read More →
Ski trails groomed but soft
On, Monday, the second of January, the good news from the Park Creek Ski Area, 7 miles west of Stanley, right up against the magnificent Sawtooth Mountains… is that skyrocket is now open, although soft and a bit punchy. Lupine, shooting star, camas, and sego are freshly groomed for both classic and skate. Larkspur (dry ... Read More →
1 foot of new snow on ski trails
On Friday evening one foot of snow fell in the Sawtooth Valley as what started out as a very wet storm cooled down and dried out a bit. The last Saturday of 2011 has started out sunny and cold with the temperature around 15 degrees in Stanley at 10 a.m. Good news… grooming has begun ... Read More →
Sawtooth Ski Trails not good!
Sorry, but during this ongoing storm cycle, temperatures ranging from 32 to 38 degrees have made trail grooming impossible at the Alturas Lake and Park Creek ski areas. Until we get some sustained low temperatures to freeze things solid again, expect to find 3 to 10 inches of ungroomed wet glommy snow on top of ... Read More →
