SR-65

The warm temperatures today hammered the thin coverage beginning at the gate. Plan on walking way too long before skiing. The better plan yet would be to wait until we get more snow before skiing 65.

Groomed for skate this morning to the 1st switchback. Thin coverage at the gate but skiable. Improving coverage as you climb.

Finally enough snow at the gate to groom. It’s icy and paper thin for the first mile. After grooming, two of us skated it with caution; a very light touch with the legs and didn’t cut through the ice and … Continued

SR 65 / Big Mountain Finally got to move some snow around! Snow , well snow and ice (SNICE) at the gate. Coverage gets progressively better with altitude. Roughly 1st mile is very thin (not ready for your race skis). … Continued

The recent rain and warm temperatures have resulted in exposing large areas of asphalt and extremely thin coverage for the first mile. This, together with the forecast calling for more warmth, the decision was made to end grooming for the … Continued

Groomed to the first switchback for skate and classic. There were about 5″ at the gate and 8″ at the switchback. The snow quality made for perhaps the nicest classic tracks of the season. The skate lane cleaned up nicely … Continued

Asphalt is showing in places and the high winds have scoured the snow from the track in the first mile or so. The track is icy down low. Grooming is on hold until more snow arrives. Snow dances aren’t just … Continued

Groomed to Big Mountain Pass Friday evening for skate and classic. The rain saturated snow that had been through a number of freeze-thaw cycles resulted in a rather poor result below the restroom. The classic was ill-defined and chunky. There … Continued

SR 65/East Canyon Hwy groomed Friday evening 2/16 for classic and skate from winter gate to first switchback (3.2 mi). Grooming conditions were challenging so we didn’t get to the top, as we’d hoped, but finished product looked like it … Continued

Groomed tonight for skate and classic to the top. Skate groomed nicely. Classic above the restroom groomed good. Classic a bit weak lower down but skiable. Oliver W / John K