There is a volunteer crew that does some clearing and brushing each fall to work off passes. Last year we spent a day opening up West Bowl mostly below the bike trail. This year, we spent a day...

I don't think you will see open cut runs. If you look closely you can see various gladed areas. The run down the skiers right ridgeline is fairly open, but elsewhere, the trees are still fairly...

430779 TV mountain face this past week.

As of yesterday, the towers and sheave assemblies were all laid out in the parking lot with lifting cables attached.

Just got back from a four day trip from Missoula to Waterton Park. Had to show proof of a negative test, which my wife and I had done the day before. The ArriveCan site let us sign up to cross at...

I am going to assume that this is an honest opinion and not trolling... Nevertheless, as a patroller at a small ski area, I can tell you that there is not a g-d...m thing a ski area can do in...

I may be wrong, but I believe the plan is to glade out the designated runs rather than clear-cut them. There is still going to be a lot of undisturbed terrain between the runs, no matter what they...

I am fortunate that I have had the opposite arc of susceptibility to seasickness than the OP...I have largely aged out of it, but not completely. The things that worked for me were: time at sea......

Yup! Was up there Saturday, as well. A bit sloppy but stable and fun!
And yes, the snow levels were impressive!

West Ridge this morning: top third- mostly soft and fun, middle third- a bit stiff but still enjoyable, bottom third- set up pretty firm, skiable but grabby. Not sure what the sun will do to the...

Thanks for the info on Marshall.
Definitely peanut butter at the bowl yesterday!!! Maybe a corn cycle beginning, though.

Can anyone tell me if the gate at Marshall is open?

Is there a procedure for asking permission there?

Thanks

Yesterday, actually...

Re- Ski search...
Patrol bombed the cliffs yesterday morning and the releases ran wide and deep pretty much everywhere. The ski might easily be 2 feet down by now...

Not there today so can't report on today's progress, but:
Splice is finished, upper terminal repaired, haul rope back up (all this observed Saturday afternoon) and some chairs reported to have been...

I heard that both Griz and Snow Park chairs passed load testing and are good to go. Now all they need is snow that fills in and sticks around....

As a business, SB has been somewhat screwed by either or all of USFS, Missoula County or MTDOT... They are entirely responsible for building and maintaining their 12 mile access road, something no...

There you have the range of opinions on Snowbowl in a nutshell ; "the most underrated ski area in the country", or "it sucks"!

I am a fan of the place myself, but I agree that it is not kind to...