Weather and Ski Conditions

Thursday, March 19^th –

8:00 am Update, The wildcat express is going to start the day on a mechanical hold. Bobcat, Snowcat and snowbelt will be runnning to start our day.

5:15 am

Headline: Enjoy Good Turns & Delicious Flatbread as the Rebuild Continues

Good Morning Wildcat Community –

Today is looking like another nice day with some continued cooler temps keeping that winter feel in the air, which will make for some good turns across the hill. The grooming team is continuing to work on dialing in our current conditions while doing what we can to revive some of our other terrain. More on our creativity below.

Looking at today’s weather, we are expecting a mix of sun and clouds to start the day, shifting to mostly cloudy as we expect to see a small slider system moving in this evening with possibility of dusting us with an inch of snow. Temps will be a bit warmer than yesterday with highs topping out at 27 – 33 degrees across mountain elevations. Winds will start the day light then become breezy in the afternoon as the even front approaches.

We will be open today from 9am – 4pm with 3 lifts and 14 trails including the Wildcat Express, Snowcat, and Snowbelt lifts. Conditions will be machine groomed frozen granular and variable in spots, and you should expect some narrow spots on certain trails such as Middle Wildcat & Bobcat.

TERRAIN EXPANSION UPDATE - The grooming team is continuing to work and assess the ability to bring Lynx and Upper Catapult back online and appreciate your patience as we balance grooming our existing footprint with the time-consuming snow pushing work needed to reopen those trails. Most of Lynx is Upper Cata are in good condition, however both have very specific sections where the weather burned out large parts of the trail requiring large snow long pushes of snow. There is also a lot of water that is flowing down and out of this mountain that create large ice boils that need to be ground up and covered. We have partnered with Pisten Bully to bring in a special bucket implement that connects to our snow cat’s allowing us to tap into our strategic snow stocks and place the snow exactly where its needed. An example of this is taking buckets of the snowmaking piles at the top of Black Cat that we have been saving, and moving them to Middle Wildcat to bulk up that critical area. We are getting creative and not throwing in the towel as we are determined to keep going into April.

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. As always, Wildcat Pub specials are in full effect today with my favorite Flatbread Thursdays- Purchase any beverage and get a Flatbread for $12.00. Not only do we have our normal flat bread options, but expand the menu during this special to have even more options. I have personally had our new Polecat Flatbread, and can vouch for how delicious it is. The team uses fresh ingredients from local Maine vendors, so this is not one to miss!

Looking forward to the weekend, we couldn’t be more excited to welcome the Mount Washington Valley Adaptive Sports program for a Wildcat ski day with this Saturday March 21^st. This is a great opportunity for new and existing participants to develop their skills on Wildcat’s signature terrain, as well as for everyone to learn more about this important organization and how you can get involved as a doner or a volunteer!

While March hasn’t lived up to the hype so far, we are not down and out and still have plenty of good turns and strong vibes ahead of us! A day on the slopes is still better than a day at home so come up and allow our team to provide our signature Wildcat hospitality! We’ll see you out there!

      Brandon Swartz – General Manager