Weather and Ski Conditions

Sunday January 25^th – 6:00 AM

Headline: POWDER ALERT!!

Good Morning Wildcat Community –

We are back and at it today at Wildcat and appreciate everyone’s patience as we navigate this cold and blustery weather. Although the cold temps are sticking around the winds have significantly subsided which means it’s much more comfortable out there. Its still important to bundle and layer up, take frequent breaks, and hydrate so you can enjoy a full day on the slopes!

We are on POWDER WATCH as temps will top out today in the low single digits under mostly cloudy skies with calm winds out of the NW, shifting to the SSE as we see a Nor’Easter moving into the area! This is looking to be our biggest snowfall of the season, and although the storm is tracking slightly more south in today’s model runs, we are still hoping to pick up 12 – 14 inches of blower powder starting later this afternoon and into Tuesday morning.

Today we will be operating from 8:30am – 4pm with 4 lifts including the Wildcat Express, Bobcat, Snow Cat, and Snow Belt. New Terrain Alert - We are excited to share that on Friday we opened our newest snowmaking trail, Lower Catapult as well as Copy Cat right under the Bobcat lift.  This brings our trail count up to 36 of 48 trails, or 75% of our terrain! 17 of these trails are groomed with 19 ungroomed, so there is absolutely something for everyone to enjoy right now. Please keep in mind that in true Wildcat fashion, our natural terrain can have variable conditions, especially as we are just building our natural base, so please use care when exploring these new areas.

As always, there’s no better place to take a break than in our lodge at the Café, Bobcat Bar, or Wildcat Pub, offering a plethora of options to warm up with between runs. The Pub offers daily specials, while the Bobcat Bar is great place to grab a hot or cold adult beverages and Lavazza espresso drinks. The Café has all of your favorite comfort foods including one of my favorites, the crispy buffalo chicken sandwich.

We are really looking forward to continue opening more terrain as we see the snow this week, so now is the perfect time to make your plans to be at Wildcat over the next couple days enjoying the best conditions of the winter!

We’ll see you out there –

      Brandon Swartz – General Manager

Snow Surfaces Update – 1/24

The team will be taking a couple days off as we navigate this extreme cold, then will come back to finish burying Alley Cat for to ensure spring depths. Ultimately its just too cold to make snow. Yes this is a thing. When we make snow in ambient temperatures below zero, we risk freezing out water lines, which would have more lasting implications to our continued snowmaking plans.

Our next steps will be to shift to Black Cat & Middle Catapult before we head into Operation Spring Ski, bulking up key terrain across the hill to take us well into April.

Uphill Access – OPEN

Uphill access is OPEN for the season on the designated route of Polecat Trail from 4:30pm – 8am. Please reference our Uphill Policy here for more information, and please keep in mind that uphill access is not allowed during operational hours.

We appreciate the feedback around the website not accurately reflecting that uphill is open, and currently working with teams to get this resolved.

Out of Bounds Access ALERT

Recently our Patrol team was called to assist a couple groups of guests find their way out of side country terrain that is accessible from our trail network. These areas are beyond our resort boundary, for experts only, unmarked, and unpatrolled. If you are unfamiliar with this area it’s best to wait until we see a better snowpack and go with someone that has familiarity with this terrain. Thank you!