When it’s blowing…it’s snowing! Mirkwood Bowl sits high on the Continental Divide. With consistent winds out of the west and southwest, this northeast facing bowl receives almost continuous wind loaded snow. If you haven’t made the hike up yet this season, I highly suggest making a little side mission to explore this corner of the ski area. Currently, the turns…
We have it all up here! Accountants, Childcare, Events, Explosive Technicians, Food and Beverage, Guides, Lift Operations, Lift and Vehicle Mechanics, Parking Ops, Patrollers, Property Maintenance Staff, Restaurants, Retail, Ski School, Terrain Parks, Tubing, Shuttles…and yes, we even have a water treatment facility.
Well, we were once again delivered a Christmas storm. Between December 21st and January 4th, we received 49″ of snowfall. This included just shy of 4″ of water content helping to not only bolster our base but improve the long term snowpack average and subsequent water runoff in the spring. The Snotel site just west of the ski area is…
It’s good to be back!
The first wave of storms this week delivered 18″ in 48 hours. This included 14″ in the last 24 hours. Today was a special day. If you were here, I hope you enjoyed it. It looks like we could see a few more memorable days coming up soon.
Mirkwood is now open and the skiing is steep and deep! Mirkwood Bowl, Trees, Orcs, Staircase, Lodgeview and Southbound opened today. With more snow in the forecast, conditions will only get better from here. Get your hike on and we’ll see you at the top.
