Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. 
It’s Life Imitating Art, or maybe just Billy Bob Bear imitating himself. Who is Art anyway? You can imitate Billy and get on the slopes. Maybe you’ll find Art, or at least the beauty of our mountains.
4 inches in the past 36 hours
41 trails / 148 acres of corduroy
Morse Mountain with Madonna Mountain in the background
We are 99 percent open. Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have 77 out of 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and machine groomed with average base depths of 24 to 54 inches. We plan to groom 36 trails tonight, including Upper Pipeline, Drifter, and Curley’s Cutback for a grand total of 141 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
We received an inch of new snow last night bringing our season total up to 314 inches.
Currently it is 22 degrees at the summit of Sterling with partly sunny skies and winds of 0 to 5 mph. Tonight’s forecast is calling for snow showers 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for a chance of snow early then partly sunny skies later in the day with temperatures between 17 and 26 degrees.
SSU Instructor Dara teaching parallel turns. Photo by Hugh Johnson.
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6 inches of new snow in the past 3 days!
Callen and Aaron on Snow Snake
I would like you to meet Callen and his dad Aaron. They are from Toronto and this is their first time visiting Smugglers’ Notch. I was in line to get on Mogul Mouse’s Magic lift this morning when I heard someone say “That run was so much fun!” I turned to ask “Which run did you take?” Aaron told me that they took a right when they got off at the top of Mogul Mouse’s Magic lift. I told them that trail is called Snow Snake and is one of my favorites on Morse Mountain. Aaron told me, “That they really enjoyed the features of the trail and the new snow!” Aaron said that they are having a wonderful time exploring Smuggs and they are definitely coming back! Welcome to the Smuggs Family Callen and Aaron. Enjoy your vacation and we look forward to your next trip back here at Smuggs!
Touch down
High Five
Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate and Billy Bob Bear skiing Morse Mountain this afternoon.
Give me an R
Billy Bob Bear having fun on Snow Snake
Groomer on Morse Mountain
We have 46 skiable trails and 30 lift accessible trails open today. The Madonna I lift is on hold. We have 5 lifts operating, Sterling, Mogul Mouse’s Magic, Village, Morse Highlands, and Sir Henry’s Glider. We hope to open the Madonna II lift around11 amm this morning. Surface conditions are machine groomed and variable with average base depths of 20 to 50 inches.
Currently it is cloudy and 30 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with a chance of some light rain and temperatures between 28 and 36 degrees.
Groomers leaving Morse Mountain after laying down many acres of corduroy
We received 3 to 5 inches of new snow overnight and 33 inches in the past week.
Today we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I lift. We have now 72 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 31 trails have been groomed for today, including Upper Drifter and Snow Snake for a grand total of 133 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
It is snowing hard
Currently it is snowing and 18 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 0 to 5 mph. Today’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies, a chance of snow showers an inch of accumulation possible with temperatures between 10 and 22 degrees.
Early morning groom on Lower Morse Liftline
Good Morning from Morse Mountain!
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Weather… we’ve had it. 27 inches of POW in the past 5 days and some “nippy” temps too. Temps will be rising throughout the day but the sun may go into hiding. I had a great run on Pirate’s Plank yesterday and I highly recommend any gladed trail for your skiing and riding enjoyment.
Maeve having fun in ski camp
We received 7 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, 15 inches in the past week, and 154 inches this season so far!
Tomorrow we plan to have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 6 lifts operating, including the Madonna I Lift. We now have 53 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Surface conditions are packed powder and powder with average base depths of 14 to 44 inches. 32 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Jolly Rodger, Curley’s Cutback, and Ruthie’s for a grand total of 127 acres of freshly groomed terrain.
Mitch enjoying all the fresh snow
Currently it is 25 degrees at the summit of Sterling with light snow and winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies early with increasing sunshine and temperatures between 23 and 36 degrees.
Why do they call it Powder Keg?
Powder turns on Morse Mountain
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, Mother Nature sits beside a fire in a tipi on Morse Mountain. She serves apple cider and shares nature tales. Recent visitors included Eire, Marie, and Eireann from Ontario, Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate, and local camp kids Hayleigh and Joyal. Snow Sport University Instructor Christina Turmelle took the photo.
4 inches of wet snow overnight and 1 – 3 more inches expected later today.