Beelze, that is a tough question to answer because so much depends on the temperatures but if we had steady temps in the low 20s or lower for 10-14 days we would have most of the mountain open where snow is made. For instance, we are turning the guns on Pushover down to the Gate House lift and there is a good chance it can open on Tuesday morning. If we have the temps we can get Upper Snowball and Spring Fling open in 36-48 hours. We try to get down 2-3 feet so the trails are groomable rather than just putting less down and moving on. With the roller coaster in temperatures this year, it has proven to be a good strategy. Jester, Upper Organgrinder, Ripcord and Downspout have a lot of acreage and we likely do not have to spend a lot more time making snow on them until we get other terrain open.

Just left snow plan and here is the plan for tonight. We are grooming every open trail except Coffee Run and Ripcord and making snow on a section of Downspout and the trails from the Heaven's Gate lift down where it has gotten very thin. On the Gate House side we will be on Pushover, Sugar Bear Road, Slowepoke, First Timer and the base area. At ME we will be on NorthStar, Mainstream, Straight Shot and Base Area trying to get top to bottom. Our forecast today is calling for 5-8" on snow Monday night into Tuesday. We will plan to groom Ripcord Monday night so the fresh snow falls on top of it. It looks like Wednesday will be too warm to make snow, but it is then cooling off again sometime on Thursday into the weekend. The pattern definitely looks better.

If you are around on Tuesday we are having a snow dance party in the LP plaza area from 2-5pm with a DJ and ice bar.