Northern Rockies/Alberta Silver/Lookout conditions

[Pete in Idaho]

Silver Mt. just adequate snow not enough for real safe off piste except in a few places. In a 5-6 six day storm cycle now so should improve pretty good in that amount of time.

Lookout has more snow and is skiing ok, same as Silver for safe off piste. EOB not doable, chair 3 pretty saketchy.

 

[Daves not here]

Same as Schweitzer. Off piste is a bit sketchy. Need more snow and we are getting it. Today was good and more coming each day it looks like.

 

[JHust]

Silver Mt. just adequate snow not enough for real safe off piste except in a few places. In a 5-6 six day storm cycle now so should improve pretty good in that amount of time.

Lookout has more snow and is skiing ok, same as Silver for safe off piste. EOB not doable, chair 3 pretty saketchy.

What is the gondola situation like? How are they staging people to take the gondola back down to town? I have a season pass but have been concerned about whether they are just letting everyone crowd into the lodge to load up.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

What is the gondola situation like? How are they staging people to take the gondola back down to town? I have a season pass but have been concerned about whether they are just letting everyone crowd into the lodge to load up.

Loading to go up the line was ok, distanced etc. Don't know about going down as leave early usually. Loading up there was two of us and they gave us our choice ride just us or add more. We chose jiust the 2 of us and that was ok.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

Anyone ski Silver since it started snowing ?

 

[Tom Co.]

Has anyone skied Brundage or Tamarack this season? What's the coverage like? Is there enough snow to ski off the groomed?

 

[SKI-3PO]

Has anyone skied Brundage or Tamarack this season? What's the coverage like? Is there enough snow to ski off the groomed?

Yes, at both you will be fine.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

Silver today Wed. Very hard, grooming good on chair 2 and very good on chair 4. Off piste; proceed at your own level of stupidity.

 

[Jack skis]

"Off piste; proceed at your own level of stupidity." That's a thought I've followed all too frequently. In life as well as off piste.

 

[Coomba]

Skied Lookout on Tuesday. Groomers and bumps all skied well considering the hill was rained on last week and has only received four inches since then.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

Skied Silver today. Hard groomers but grooming improving. Skied Happy Jack under chair 1 at 1230 and snow had softened, fun run in the sun. No crowd on the slopes. Returned to lodge at 1pm and lots of people there.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

DEC 12th 2021. Lookout, I didn't go but my buds report. Front side good coverage, no obstacles on Gold, Silver or Copper, Black Bear too. They don't have all the new triple chairs on Chair 2 yet, so need to finish that and get safety check before 2 will run. Face showing a few tree tiptops. Report was good skiing, 11am and after quite a lift line.

 

[JHust]

DEC 12th 2021. Lookout, I didn't go but my buds report. Front side good coverage, no obstacles on Gold, Silver or Copper, Black Bear too. They don't have all the new triple chairs on Chair 2 yet, so need to finish that and get safety check before 2 will run. Face showing a few tree tiptops. Report was good skiing, 11am and after quite a lift line.

It was nice, I put some pics over in the pnw thread
https://www.skitalk.com/threads/2021-2022-pnw-ski-resorts-conditions-meetups.24004/post-680011

 

[Pete in Idaho]

Skied Silver Friday, windy of chair 3, too windy to ski. Chair 2 ok and 4 was no wind. Snow varied from 4inches to 6 and was very good. No lift lines and didn't notice others around until about 1100. Friday the 24th of Dec.