Good morning skiers and riders, and welcome to your Monday morning snow report from Brundage!  We’re currently looking at a half inch of new snow in the box to start this morning off, and expecting Mother Nature to load us up on another rollercoaster as cool morning temps are forecasted to tickle the 40s this afternoon with a little preview of the subsequent snow beach we’re in for this midweek.  It’s another mellow Monday for making turns on the hill we call home, and it’s time to get up here and get after it because there are less than a handful of Monday lift riding days left at Brundage!

We’ve seen plenty of changes over the past week, and they’ve come on strongly/quickly, with variations day by day and even hour by hour.  Over the weekend, the mountain was skiing and riding quite differently depending on where you were on-hill.  We saw some crispier conditions up-top with wind gusts on Saturday moving snow around and loading up some fun little pockets of pow, with snow having a chance to corn up down lower as the sun decided to pop out and we moved towards a calmer and cooler Sunday.  This afternoon, we’re looking at the beginning of another warming trend, with Hawaiian Tropic as the topic by Wednesday for the midweek snow beach.  Don’t be surprised later this week if you see some stereotypical shirtless shredders making “interesting” choices sliding down lift line, or your classic Tommy Bahama shirt toting dad on the sun deck at Smoky’s taking more sips than laps.  But that won’t quite be the case yet today, as we’re starting off nice and cold before the warmup and have a slight chance of mixed precip as temps trend upward.   

Groomers have been running fast, firm, and fun in the mornings and will likely see more of a change today as the afternoon takes hold.  THE GROOMING REPORT is a great place to start for a morning read if you’re looking to figure out where those tillers touched down overnight and into the morning.  For all you freestylers out there: Bear and Jammer Parks are closed for a rebuild, but we’re hoping to get them back on your rippin’ roster before spring park laps are going down midweek.

With only a few Mondays left in the lift assisted snow shredding season at Brundage, it’s time to savor the slide every day that we can! We’ll be here waiting when you’re ready to make some Monday turns. 

Thanks for reading, and see you on the hill,

– AL Brundy