Dec 24, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
34 degrees, sun beginning to hit the mountain. Lower Alpine loop hard pack/icy, canyon to shooting range hard pack/icy too, with some bare ground and rocks showing. Upper Alpine loop recommend skiing to shooting range, as descent into hairpin turn is hard pack/icy....
Dec 24, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
35 degrees, no new snow. Will be grooming upper Alpine from hairpin turn to upper parking lot gate, including the spur. Snow is crusty. Blacktail Road slippery in spots so exercise caution
Dec 23, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
Alpine and the spur are groomed, more or less. Snowpack is heavy with some slush/ice in spots. Particularly around the canyon to the hairpin turn. You may see spots where I had to dig out, particularly by the upper parking lot gate where I put the snowmobile on its...
Dec 23, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
35 degrees and 1” of new wet snow. Light snow with no wind. Alpine Loop will be groomed from hairpin turn to gate at upper parking lot, including the spur. Let’s hope temperatures stay low enough to support the white stuff.
Dec 22, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
32° here with a dusting of new snow. The upper parts of the alpine loop look really good this morning, and grooming is starting to shape up the lower parts too. Tis the season!
Dec 22, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
33° at the trailhead this morning with rumors that it’s colder up higher. A dusting of fresh snow here, so we’ll give grooming a shot. Update before daylight…
Dec 21, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
happy winter solstice! Looks like it’s much colder in the valley than up high. Will wait for temps to cool down up high and more snow before grooming again. Happy solstice and do a snow dance too! Smile:)!
Dec 20, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
40 degrees. Alpine groomed yesterday. No new snow and lots of sunshine. Powerline rolled today but not much snow in spots.
Dec 20, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
36°F, no new snow. Warm temperatures will make grooming difficult but we will try to open up powerline this morning.
Dec 19, 2024 | Blacktail Mountain Nordic Trails
23F, 3” of new wit 1/2” crust on top. We’ll be working on Alpine first. Not sure how the crust will groom out. Alpine descent not recommended. We’ll update later.
