west carven Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 snowreport: mon apr 01, 2019 howdy all just like yesterday it was grey and cloudy and light snow in the morning. by 11am a good wind starts and gets a little chilly. huge puffy clouds roll thru and some sunshine peaks thru in the afternoon and the sun softens the snow. it gets cloudy again about 2:30pm with a few specks of snow and flat light and the snow firms up a bit. carved good about 1pm till closing. the clouds kept things cool and made for a nice comfy day... today was fun... firm morning working on verts... rode the 157fp from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 snowreport: tue apr 02, 2019 howdy all wow! time flies when your having fun. I can't believe there is only a few more days till the end of the season. another truly beautiful bluebird day. this morning was on the chilly side and I had my extra thin layer on and it was comfy in the morning, but later it was too warm. same old, firm then fun then too soft. when it gets too soft a softboot would be better, but it gets too hot and I am burning up and it is time to call it. wanted to stay all day, but it gets too warm. forecast is cloudy with some rain tomorrow and thru the final weekend. the groomers did a pretty good job, but did not groom the places I like and some places where they should groom, but did not. ptarmigan bowl was groomed and did a few runs. kinda took it easy and was a fun day... rode the 157fp from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 snowreport: wed apr 03, 2019 howdy all a grey cloudy morning, but clouds above the big and on the chilly side. clouds all around and looks like snow coming in from the northwest. starts to snow about 10:30am with a slight wind from the south. again frozen cords in the morning and it took a while to soften up and the new dusting of snow made it sticky slow. the last past of the groomers was good and icy crunchy soft so I would follow that in the morning. also followed it from the summit, down towards big ravine thru 1000 turns then interstate to home again to chair 2 and hellroaring back to chair 1. toni matt was polished ice then very slowly gets easier to run thru as it gets scraped off. gets foggy about noon and the light snow gets wetter and goggles get wet and it is time to go home... tried to have fun, not the best... rode the 157fp from 9 till 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 snowreport: thu apr 04, 2019 howdy all cloudy, but above the big and warm temps. rained all night here in town and on the big there was 3 plus inches of wet heavy creamy new snow. on the top of chair 2 where it was not groomed there was an inch plus of new snow and the groom was very firm and groomed nice and smooth. the top of toni matt was good heavy wet pow and it was a nice change from the firm ice in the morning. later I did a couple runs down the face to old chair 5 and a few people were surprised cause I was on the hardboots. the wet heavy snow would break up into big chunks and just barely support you. looked like the sun was going to come out about 10:30am, but it gets cloudy again. the new snow got sticky as it got warmer at noontime and it was hard work carving thru the wet heavy push piles. it was really warm as I got back into town, it was in the upper 50's... a different kinda day with the new snow... not much people on the hill... fun... rode the 157fp from 9 till 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackaddict Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Howdy West! How's the base at Whitefish? Any brown spots poking through? Will we be riding rock boards at the WTF this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 howdy crackaddict it should be good next year... if your talking about this weekend... not so good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 snowreport: fri apr 05, 2019 howdy all super high clouds and thick and grey and looks like it could rain at any moment. the snow on ed's first thing in the morning was all ready wet and soft, but held an edge really good and carved hard for the first two hours. just flip your board and let the edge track and don't push too hard so you don't push out the snow. it was good top to bottom on chair 2 so I stayed there for two hours and there were only a handful of people after chair 1 opened. took a couple of runs on toni matt then took my break and it started to rain/snow, rained lower and snow higher. people were coming in the summit house a little wet. took a longer than normal break and waited for the dumping snow to slow down then went to the backside, but it rained all the way up till the summit then it was snow. the fog/cloud was just at the summit and as I was going to leave the rain stops so I made a few more runs and looking west there was more rain/snow on the way so called it... super fun on ed's... rode the 157fp from 9 till 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 snowreport: sat apr 06, 2019 howdy all a little cooler with grey clouds hanging at the summit level with some blue skies to the west, but the clouds build all day and looks like it could rain at any time. a bit foggy on top, but vis was good and the cooler temps made the groomers firm and there was a dusting of new snow on top. the big reported 3 inches new, but there was maybe an inch on the summit. first run on toni matt the top was good on the icy hard groomers with a dusting of new snow, but the mid toni was not groomed and it was icy hard bumpy and I side slipped and barely made it down alive. not much was groomed and it was very firm icy hard in the morning. made a few runs and took a long break and the fog was getting lower and looked like rain/snow was coming from the west. called it early and as I was leaving it rained a little, but not much and as I got into town it looked like it was clearing up on the mountain a bit and was nicer. the crowds was coming all morning for the pond skimming and it was getting busy with everyone in a party mood. today is day 100 for me and I did not feel bad leaving early from the crappy conditions and the crazy crowds. last month got so warm and it really did a number on our snow and it was not good the last few weeks so I am kinda glad the season is over so I can change gears and go fishing and stand up paddling thru the summer... one more day, but forecast is rain and cooler temps the next five days... bitter sweet... rode the 157fp from 9 till 11:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 snowreport: sun apr 07, 2019 howdy all ski season always seems to go by too fast... woke up to a rainy morning and did not have the stoke to go up and enjoy the last day. it was dumping rain here in town and I would have been soaked by the time I got to the snowbus. heard it was snowing early in the morning then rain by noon. I am happy that I completed my goal of a 100 days and ride over 2 million vertical feet and not get seriously injured... not the best season as conditions was always changing. started with not much snow in December then kinda warm in January then super cold and windy in February then super warm in March and by April it was pretty sad with dirt showing and very thin coverage... the big had 6 days that they closed chair 1 to the summit including 1 day they closed the whole mountain... made some good turns so it was a fun season... 100 days... 2,157,344 vertical feet... rank 13... did not ride the last day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 howdy I am posting our last day snow report... we had over a 100 inches settled base on the summit and lost a lot of snow during a very warm March... total to date was a little more than half of last year... Reported (April 9th, 2019) Summit (6,817 ft./2,078 m) Overnight Snow: 1"/3cm Settled Base: 79"/201cm Total to Date: 253"/643cm 6am Temp: 25°F/-4°C 24hr Snow: 1"/3cm 7 Day Snow: 8"/21cm Current Conditions: Melting toward summer Visibility/Wind: See webacam/NE at 11mph Terrain Status Open Runs: 0 Terrain Parks: See you next year! Night Skiing: Closed for the season Lower Mountain (4,464 ft./1,361 m) 24hr Snow: 0"/0cm Village Settled: 27"/69cm Total to Date: 127"/323cm 6am Temp: 34°F/1°C 7 Day Snow: 0"/0cm Current Conditions: Grass growing Visibility/Wind: See webcam/0mph Deep thoughts by Riley*: That's All Folks! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared the 2018/19 season here at Whitefish Mountain Resort. I hope everyone had a Hellroaring good time! It sure seemed like it to me. Sure, the weather made 1,000 Turns, which meant there was something for everyone! All of you powder hounds had your fix, there were a number of inversion days which are a true Inspiration for getting on the mountain. Spring skiing came in full force and the sunny, warm days were Good Medicine after all the arctic air came through. I'm sure all of you had more than one Nice Day on the mountain skiing with your friends and family. A few cool things to mention: We broke a record for the number of adult "Learn to Ski/Ride" lessons! That means more of you are now ready to join in on all the fun! All of our kids' programs are growing as well as our Freestyle Team-- more kids out there who are learning to love the sport! Frank Creasia is the new vertical champ, he skied 3,555,447 feet this season 120 passholders skied ONE MILLION feet or more (wow, great job you guys!) All of our passholders broke a record this season-- we skied a total of 2,138,100,034 feet! If you are already thinking about next season and making a list of things you want to do, here's one more: buy your 2019/20 Winter Season Pass. Just remember, the season pass is on sale now through September 30. After September 30 the price will go up. Now is a good time to take advantage of the installment plan-- six payments between now and November 1, 2019. Let's not forget about summer! We open Saturday, May 25 for weekends and then we'll be open daily starting June 15. New this summer-- we are adding a second alpine slide and redesigning the old one so it will be new too. If you were a 2018/19 Winter Season Passholder you get lots of summer perks. Also as a thank you for another great season, we're going to up the discount for the first few weekends with our Passholder Appreciation Days-- you will receive 50% off activities and 20% off food. Thanks again for another amazing season! We will see you again soon I hope, until then HAPPY SPRING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) howdy here is more pics of 2019 season... Edited April 14, 2019 by west carven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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