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Trail Report

DATE: March 23, 2013 – 8:44am

Current temperature at the top of the hill is -11 and -16 with the windchill. Skies are partly sunny and we’re anticipating temperatures to rise throughout the day.  Spring-skiing conditions throughout the mountain with a complete groom done last night.

LIFT STATUS
	Quad Chairlift	10:00am-4:00pm
	Rope Tow	10:00am-4:00pm
	T-Bar	On stand by.

TRAIL STATUS
	Pokey’s	Machine Groomed.
	Hailey’s	Machine Groomed.
	Coyote	Machine Groomed.
	Gold Rush	Machine Groomed.
	Dan’s Descent	Machine Groomed.
	Chilkoot	Machine Groomed.
	Bark Biter	Spring Conditions.
	Pete’s Plunge	Spring Conditions.
	Billy Goat	Spring Conditions.
	Bunny Hill	Machine Groomed.
	Half Pipe
	Terrain Park	All jumps open with rails, kids line and other features – helmets mandatory. Spring Conditions.

TERMINOLOGY	DEFINITION
Powder	Freshly fallen fluffy snow
Packed Powder	Packed by skiers or grooming equipment
Hard Packed	Firmly packed, “edgeable” dense snow
Loose Granular	Loose “sugar” snow
Frozen Granular	Frozen “sugar” snow
Wet Packed	Snow High moisture content
Wet Granular	Soft granular snow that is wet from warm temperatures, rain or humidity
Spring Conditions	A late season mix of conditions created by a variety different weather patterns
Windblown Snow	Powder or granular snow blown into drifts in some places, leaving a firmly packed surface
Corn	Large, loose snow crystals about the size of corn, frozen at night, loose during the day
Ice	Hard and slippery, glazed or see-through surface, bulletproof
Variable Conditions	A range of surfaces can be found
Wet Snow	Powder snow which has become moist and heavy due to a thaw, or rainfall, or moist fallen snow