Weather and Ski Conditions

Wednesday, March 25^th – 7:30 am - QUAD (Wildcat Express) starting on WIND HOLD.  Lower Mt lifts Bobcat, Snowcat OPEN

Headline: And Just Like That, A Majority of the Mountain is Back…For Now

Good Morning Wildcat Community –

We are heading into our fourth day in a row of phenomenal conditions as the mountain continues to ski and ride like mid-winter right now! Since Sunday we received 11 inches of both dense base building snow followed by drier fluff that is allowing our Patrol Team to go on all out terrain opening spree yesterday, opening 20 natural trails, bringing our total available terrain to 89%. Now candidly some of these trails may be short lived as conditions change, but all that means is that you shouldn’t wait to come out and enjoy quick laps off the Wildcat Express on some of your favorite trails before its too late. As we know weather in March is volatile and conditions can change day by day, so enjoy it while we have it!

Today will be another great weather day with partly cloudy skies becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon with temps topping out at 30 – 35 degrees across mountain elevations. One potential buzzkill for the day is that we do expect some moderate to possibly strong winds as the day progresses ahead of a warm front and storm tomorrow. Ideally this won’t impact lift operations, but if they do, our teams will be ready to pivot as needed to keep you skiing and riding on as much of the mountain as possible. Stay tuned to the My Epic App, this report, and the Lift & Terrain Status page for the most up to date information!

We will be open today from 9:00 am – 4pm with 3 lifts and 43 trails including the Bobcat, Snowcat, and Snowbelt lifts.  The Quad is on WIND HOLD and will be monitored during the day.  The groomers have manicured 20 of these trails which will have packed powder machine groomed conditions while on our 23 natural trails you should expect variable conditions and natural features. All this to say, I wouldn’t take your best skis of the groomers today! As stated above, Patrol will continue to assess conditions throughout the day with settling/melting snowpack, and this trail count could decrease as the day progresses.

Our famous Wildcat Trail pins and other free limited-edition pins are back while supplies last, so stop by guest services to ask for your favorite trail! And if you haven’t stopped in to grab your Wildcat logo gear at Wildcat Sports this season, now is the time as select apparel is now 30% as we go into latter part of our winter season.

Last but certainly not least, our Ski & Ride School and Nursery are in full swing on the best learning terrain in the Valley as we have all of our beginner terrain fully open. This terrain includes the longest novice run in NH, the Polecat, at 2.75 miles, or check out the Wild Kitten with our signature and kid favorite tunnel that gets you from the top of the Bobcat lift safely to that trail. We still have spaces available for all ages and walk-in’s are always welcome!

Looking at the rest of the week, we should expect to see a change in conditions as we will experience some mixed precipitation going into Thursday followed by cooling temps that will most likely firm up the snow surface again on Friday. All this to say, get out there now and enjoy a beautiful day! I’ll be away for the next couple of days taking the family to enjoy some skiing at our sister resort Stowe, so our Mtn. Ops Director Pat Hogan will be taking over the report, and I’ll be back with you on Saturday. Enjoy it out there!

      Brandon Swartz – General Manager

POND SKIM UPDATE – As you may have noticed, yesterday we announced that we will be shifting the pond skim down to the Attitash for April 4^th to ensure that we can guarantee the event will take place this year. Although our snowpack is doing alright in the base area right now, we rather keep it where its needed to ensure that we can ski & ride into April. We still plan to host our Spring Fling weekend, so come prepared with your best island flair, and expect some more details to come around other activities!