It felt like coming home to see snow blanketing the mountain this morning.  As I said earlier, these early snows don’t stick around, but they sure look nice!  If you look close enough at the photo, you can see that someone even got out for a couple of turns on just a few inches of snow.  Cred.

Mother Nature delivered a bit of September Snow last night.  It’s just 3-4″ of snow and will melt out this week, but it gives us a look at what’s to come!

It may not quite be official on the calendar, but it’s starting to look and feel like Fall up here. The aspens on Syncline Hill are popping and the mornings are feeling crispy.  It looks like we are going to jump right into some winter weather this weekend and sometimes these early storms can make it a short season for…

The lift line for the No Name lift has been cleared from top to bottom.  This involved cutting and processing the timber, hauling it up the slope utilizing the Ponsse forwarder with its integrated winch system, and finally masticating all of the slash on the trail corridor.  This final step cleans up the timber debris, creates a skiable surface and…

It’s an amazing sight to see a sparkling blue lake nestled high among the Alpine peaks.  We have a few of our own up here on the Divide with the cluster of lakes in the Waterdog Basin.  These are located just on the east side of the Continental Divide with our cat skiing terrain perched above.

We received our first dusting of snow on the high peaks on Wednesday afternoon and hints of fall are in the air.

The trail network within No Name Basin is coming together! The crew from VM West has been clearing the trail corridors and forwarding this timber up and over the Continental Divide. These trails drop into the Basin and have around a 1000′ vertical drop to the bottom terminal. We have been hiking these newly cut trails and they all seem…

The crew from VM West recently brought in a new machine to assist with the steep slope logging work that is taking place in NN Basin. They purchased a T-Winch that works to tether machines so that they can more easily lower and climb the slopes as well as reach further down into the Basin on each pass. These machines…

The new high voltage power line and transformer have been installed and fully energized. The power line in conduit is buried in the ground and runs up the B’s Bash ski trail. This updated line links this new transformer to the one at the base of the Panorama Lift and the Xcel Energy high voltage loop. The new transformer is…

The crews from VM West and Lowry Contracting are making incredible progress out in No Name Basin. In just a little over a month, the trail network is coming together and the long anticipated dream of developing this area for lift-served skiing is becoming more and more of a reality every day. These guys have been working tirelessly to clear…