Ski Chief Joseph Pass
It might be spring in the valley, but we still have great conditions for XC skiing.
Chief Joseph Pass was groomed this morning, and the parking lot is plowed.
Como was groomed this morning, except lower road. With the warm weather we are having please do not use the Como trails in the afternoon, you will leave ruts that are very hard to remove. Ski in the morning, or after dark.
This saturday at Chief Joseph Pass we will be having our second Free Lesson Day of the season. Lessons start at 10
Ski trails at Chief Joseph Pass are being groomed this morning.
Today is the first of our 2 lesson days, so expect the parking lot to be crowded. Please carpool if possible, and if you are not taking a lesson you may want to ski later in the day.
All of the trails at Como were groomed today.
From Tony:
The stars have aligned, the weather has cooperated, there’s skiing at the Fairgrounds!
This only happens every few years and can be short lived so take advantage of in town skiing while it lasts! The last time we had enough snow there was in late Nov. 2022.
1.4 mile loop, both skate and classic tracks. starts and finishes at the Floral building entrance.
It’s a thin delicate surface, no walking or fat bikes please. Skiers should also stay off if it’s a really warm day or after any rain just to help preserve the track. If we’re really lucky we’ll get at least 2 weeks or more of skiing before it turns back into grass.
The fairgrounds folks also ask that there be NO DOGS on the ski trails for liability reasons and to help make the track last longer.
We ask that anyone who walks their dogs there regularly to do so on the north end of the property behind the grandstands and not on the groomed surface while we have skiing there.
I’m working on 2 more arena loops, they are still too soft to set tracks on but are skiable right now, that will add some more milage to the trail.
Right now, 5 laps will be around 7 miles or just about 10.5K
Ski trails at Chief Joseph pass were groomed today, and the parking lot was plowed. Parking space is still limited, so park efficiently and consider carpooling. Tomorrow should be great conditions for classic skiing, but it might be too cold and soft for great skate conditions.
Trails at Chief Joseph Pass were groomed today, but last we heard the parking lot was not plowed. We are trying to get an ETA from the DOT on plowing, but have no ETA yet. If you go up there and the lot is plowed, please let us know.
Como was groomed today. We groomed up the to middle/upper road split, down wolf track, and to the end of lower road. We did not groom upper or middle road. The snow is very deep, expect soft conditions. Parking is now at the boat ramp, please do not attempt to drive above there.
Como was groomed last night. Up to the upper road/middle road split it is pretty well groomed. Beyond there upper road and middle road are just snowmobile packed. Lower road and wolf track were not groomed.
It has snowed 6 more inches since grooming finished.
Due to heavy snowfall and dangerous avalanche conditions the Bitterroot Ridge Runners will not be grooming any of the snowmobile trails this week. That means Lost Horse, Skalkaho, and Skalkaho Rye will not be groomed.
We will be grooming at Como tonight, but the goal is just to get things packed down, so don’t expect to go skate skiing Wednesday.
Chief Joseph Pass will be groomed again Thursday. Except ungroomed conditions until then.
Ski trails and multi use trails at Chief Joseph Pass were groomed yesterday, and will be groomed again this morning starting around 9 am.
The Multi Use Trails at Chief Joseph Pass are being groomed this morning. The Ski trails were last groomed thursday, and have received 2 inches of new snow since they. They are in great condition for classic skiing, and ok condition for skate skiing.
We will not be grooming at Como this week. Conditions are still ok from last weeks grooming, and we really need more snow.
Ski Trails at Chief Joseph Pass were groomed this morning. We will be grooming as needed over the weekend.