We are rapidly approaching the end of the season for the Alturas Lake and Park Creek ski areas with Easter Sunday looking like a soft landing date for grooming. We want to thank the Sawtooth Ski Club, the City of Stanley, Blaine County Recreation District and the Forest Service for coming together to provide great ski trails again this year. Thanks to everyone who came out to ski the trails with smiles on their faces. Thanks to everyone who made donations on line and at the ski area collection boxes. Thanks to the grooming crew and the people who moved grooming equipment up and down the highway and to the repair shop as our snow machines unfortunately succumbed one after another to winter’s deep drifts and harsh conditions. Thanks to that guy who came out to the trails to rewire and fix track setters when the temperature hovered around zero, and of course a big thanks to the soup kitchen queens of Alturas and the chili dippers at Park Creek. Finally, we must send out an extra special “Thank You!” to the Sawtooth Society and their Mountain Goat License Plate grant program. The ski club had been saving up donations for several years hoping to step up to the next level in grooming equipment and their “Goat Grant” helped make possible the purchase of two new tracked ATV’s for grooming the trails.
Trails rolled…
On the second day of April, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled. At Park Creek, all trails except Larkspur were rolled. There was significant newly fallen snow at both areas with depths of up to 12 inches, so expect some of that to be blown about in open meadows.
Last days of March…
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the last days of March, all trails at Alturas Lake were groomed. Going out again on Sunday, April 2nd to knock down new snow. At Park Creek, Thadeus has been doing some old school grooming to the delight of classic enthusiasts.
Between storms…
Sawtooth ski trails were groomed on Thursday through a snow storm. More grooming scheduled today. Next storm on way.
YUM!
On Wednesday, March 29th, National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, snow has been falling in the Sawtooth Valley. At Alturas Lake on Tuesday, the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill, and North Cabin were all groomed but were quickly covered in new snow. A weather advisory predicts much more of the same for a few more days.
Happy trails to you…
Sawtooth Valley ski trail groomers are happy to report excellent trails. 
Gettin better all the time…
Park Creek is finally pretty decent again. On Thursday, groomer Jadius the younger got there early to beat the warm weather and used the drag on all trails including larkspur. He didn’t use the Ginzu at all for fear of getting it stuck in the soft snow so there are no classic tracks, but the trails are pretty good all things considered. At Alturas, Old Davinius added classic tracks on the east side trails that Chadeus had laid down on Wednesday. On Friday, Chadeus will attempt to break through the deep drifts to the west of the creek and push on through to the lake. May the gods be with him.
Funky clumpy…
Valiant effort by Chadeus to groom trails at Alturas on Wednesday did compact them further but sticky wet snow resulted in clumpy funky surface. Passes still closed… west side trail to lake still remains an unnavigable snowy wasteland. Thursday may be best to chill. ‘
East side Alturas rolled…
On Tuesday, the ski trails to the east of Alturas Lake Creek were rolled. More grooming there on Wednesday.
Shut the front door!
With new snow, storm warnings and temperatures above freezing, skiing is not recommended at the Alturas Lake Ski Area today. Most trails were compacted at Park Creek on Monday so some less than perfect skiing may be possible there if you arrive before the next storm. No promises.
Alturas trails
After two days of grooming deep snow drifts, ski trails to the East of Alturas Lake Creek were transformed from a powdery snowy wasteland into quite serviceable trails groomed for skate and classic. Trails to the west of the creek were still buried. Snowfall continues…
Sawtooth Ski festival this weekend!
The 21st annual Sawtooth Ski Festival rocks the world this Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise…
Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley were groomed on Saturday and should be in good shape.
YOUTH, GO SKIING!
On this date in 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto. In celebration of this earth shaking event, we would usually suggest that the proletariat and the bourgeoise join together, forget class struggle and go for a nice ski in the woods. However, since heavy snow flurries are oppressing brief interludes of radiant sunshine, you may want to wait for the violent overthrow of the entire weather system.
Calm before the storm…
After days of repeated grooming, ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are rated “pretty darn good, not quite perfect”. Hard to beat that, but we’ll keep trying.
More of the same…
Letting the days go by, same as it ever was, same as it ever was… Trails at Alturas Lake and Park Creek were groomed yesterday and are in good shape for the most part, for the most part. The Sun is shining, water flowing underground.
Valentine’s grooming…
On February 14th, after 3 to 4 inches of new snow blew in overnight, all trails at Alturas Lake were ginzu groomed for skate and classic. One might expect windblown snow to creep over trails in open meadows and to obscure the kick and glide of otter tracks down the creek.
More of the same…
The ski trails at Park Creek and Alturas were all groomed yesterday and are rated as “Yes, definitely super.”
Mighty fine…
On Saturday, February 11th, ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek are groomed and have been rated as “YES, MIGHTY FINE”…
Most excellent trails…
On February 9th, all trails at Alturas and Park Creek were about as good as they get.
New snow blankets Alturas
After trails were groomed to perfection on Tuesday, four inches of snow fell overnight at the Alturas ski area. More grooming is scheduled there today to knock it back into shape. At Park Creek, trails were also excellently groomed yesterday and although we could not get through for a morning briefing, we assume that if it snowed there as well, our veteran, seasoned, grizzled groomer Thadeus Maximus will do his best to make things right. 
Skiing outlook…
Ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek have been looking mighty fine.
Verrrry colddddd….
On Monday, January 30th, the 54th anniversary of the Beatles last public appearance, the temperature in the Sawtooth Valley at 1 p.m. was still still stuck at double digits below zero. It is unlikely that there will be any public appearance by the ski trail groomers today. 
Light snow falling and blowing…
On January 28th, the 160th birthday of Australian artist Ernest Christmas, a light snow is falling and blowing across trails at Park Creek and Alturas that were just groomed yesterday. More grooming to touch things up is scheduled for today. More snow showers are also scheduled.
Happy trails to you…
On January 26th, the birthday of the 12th Dalai Lama, all trails at Park Creek and Alturas Lake are groomed and in good shape. More grooming scheduled for today at Alturas to correct any minor imperfections. Until we meet again…
We are rapidly approaching the end of the season for the Alturas Lake and Park Creek ski areas with Easter Sunday looking like a soft landing date for grooming. We want to thank the Sawtooth Ski Club, the City of Stanley, Blaine County Recreation District and the Forest Service for coming together to provide great ski trails again this year. Thanks to everyone who came out to ski the trails with smiles on their faces. Thanks to everyone who made donations on line and at the ski area collection boxes. Thanks to the grooming crew and the people who moved grooming equipment up and down the highway and to the repair shop as our snow machines unfortunately succumbed one after another to winter’s deep drifts and harsh conditions. Thanks to that guy who came out to the trails to rewire and fix track setters when the temperature hovered around zero, and of course a big thanks to the soup kitchen queens of Alturas and the chili dippers at Park Creek. Finally, we must send out an extra special “Thank You!” to the Sawtooth Society and their Mountain Goat License Plate grant program. The ski club had been saving up donations for several years hoping to step up to the next level in grooming equipment and their “Goat Grant” helped make possible the purchase of two new tracked ATV’s for grooming the trails.
Trails rolled…
On the second day of April, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled. At Park Creek, all trails except Larkspur were rolled. There was significant newly fallen snow at both areas with depths of up to 12 inches, so expect some of that to be blown about in open meadows.
Last days of March…
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the last days of March, all trails at Alturas Lake were groomed. Going out again on Sunday, April 2nd to knock down new snow. At Park Creek, Thadeus has been doing some old school grooming to the delight of classic enthusiasts.
Between storms…
Sawtooth ski trails were groomed on Thursday through a snow storm. More grooming scheduled today. Next storm on way.
YUM!
On Wednesday, March 29th, National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, snow has been falling in the Sawtooth Valley. At Alturas Lake on Tuesday, the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill, and North Cabin were all groomed but were quickly covered in new snow. A weather advisory predicts much more of the same for a few more days.
Happy trails to you…
Sawtooth Valley ski trail groomers are happy to report excellent trails.
Gettin better all the time…
Park Creek is finally pretty decent again. On Thursday, groomer Jadius the younger got there early to beat the warm weather and used the drag on all trails including larkspur. He didn’t use the Ginzu at all for fear of getting it stuck in the soft snow so there are no classic tracks, but the trails are pretty good all things considered. At Alturas, Old Davinius added classic tracks on the east side trails that Chadeus had laid down on Wednesday. On Friday, Chadeus will attempt to break through the deep drifts to the west of the creek and push on through to the lake. May the gods be with him.
Funky clumpy…
Valiant effort by Chadeus to groom trails at Alturas on Wednesday did compact them further but sticky wet snow resulted in clumpy funky surface. Passes still closed… west side trail to lake still remains an unnavigable snowy wasteland. Thursday may be best to chill. ‘
East side Alturas rolled…
On Tuesday, the ski trails to the east of Alturas Lake Creek were rolled. More grooming there on Wednesday.
Shut the front door!
With new snow, storm warnings and temperatures above freezing, skiing is not recommended at the Alturas Lake Ski Area today. Most trails were compacted at Park Creek on Monday so some less than perfect skiing may be possible there if you arrive before the next storm. No promises.
Alturas trails
After two days of grooming deep snow drifts, ski trails to the East of Alturas Lake Creek were transformed from a powdery snowy wasteland into quite serviceable trails groomed for skate and classic. Trails to the west of the creek were still buried. Snowfall continues…
Sawtooth Ski festival this weekend!
The 21st annual Sawtooth Ski Festival rocks the world this Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise…
Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley were groomed on Saturday and should be in good shape.
YOUTH, GO SKIING!
On this date in 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto. In celebration of this earth shaking event, we would usually suggest that the proletariat and the bourgeoise join together, forget class struggle and go for a nice ski in the woods. However, since heavy snow flurries are oppressing brief interludes of radiant sunshine, you may want to wait for the violent overthrow of the entire weather system.
Calm before the storm…
After days of repeated grooming, ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are rated “pretty darn good, not quite perfect”. Hard to beat that, but we’ll keep trying.
More of the same…
Letting the days go by, same as it ever was, same as it ever was… Trails at Alturas Lake and Park Creek were groomed yesterday and are in good shape for the most part, for the most part. The Sun is shining, water flowing underground.
Valentine’s grooming…
On February 14th, after 3 to 4 inches of new snow blew in overnight, all trails at Alturas Lake were ginzu groomed for skate and classic. One might expect windblown snow to creep over trails in open meadows and to obscure the kick and glide of otter tracks down the creek.
More of the same…
The ski trails at Park Creek and Alturas were all groomed yesterday and are rated as “Yes, definitely super.”
Mighty fine…
On Saturday, February 11th, ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek are groomed and have been rated as “YES, MIGHTY FINE”…
Most excellent trails…
On February 9th, all trails at Alturas and Park Creek were about as good as they get.
New snow blankets Alturas
After trails were groomed to perfection on Tuesday, four inches of snow fell overnight at the Alturas ski area. More grooming is scheduled there today to knock it back into shape. At Park Creek, trails were also excellently groomed yesterday and although we could not get through for a morning briefing, we assume that if it snowed there as well, our veteran, seasoned, grizzled groomer Thadeus Maximus will do his best to make things right.
Skiing outlook…
Ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek have been looking mighty fine.
Verrrry colddddd….
On Monday, January 30th, the 54th anniversary of the Beatles last public appearance, the temperature in the Sawtooth Valley at 1 p.m. was still still stuck at double digits below zero. It is unlikely that there will be any public appearance by the ski trail groomers today.
Light snow falling and blowing…
On January 28th, the 160th birthday of Australian artist Ernest Christmas, a light snow is falling and blowing across trails at Park Creek and Alturas that were just groomed yesterday. More grooming to touch things up is scheduled for today. More snow showers are also scheduled.
Happy trails to you…
On January 26th, the birthday of the 12th Dalai Lama, all trails at Park Creek and Alturas Lake are groomed and in good shape. More grooming scheduled for today at Alturas to correct any minor imperfections. Until we meet again…
We are rapidly approaching the end of the season for the Alturas Lake and Park Creek ski areas with Easter Sunday looking like a soft landing date for grooming. We want to thank the Sawtooth Ski Club, the City of Stanley, Blaine County Recreation District and the Forest Service for coming together to provide great ski trails again this year. Thanks to everyone who came out to ski the trails with smiles on their faces. Thanks to everyone who made donations on line and at the ski area collection boxes. Thanks to the grooming crew and the people who moved grooming equipment up and down the highway and to the repair shop as our snow machines unfortunately succumbed one after another to winter’s deep drifts and harsh conditions. Thanks to that guy who came out to the trails to rewire and fix track setters when the temperature hovered around zero, and of course a big thanks to the soup kitchen queens of Alturas and the chili dippers at Park Creek. Finally, we must send out an extra special “Thank You!” to the Sawtooth Society and their Mountain Goat License Plate grant program. The ski club had been saving up donations for several years hoping to step up to the next level in grooming equipment and their “Goat Grant” helped make possible the purchase of two new tracked ATV’s for grooming the trails.
Trails rolled…
On the second day of April, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled. At Park Creek, all trails except Larkspur were rolled. There was significant newly fallen snow at both areas with depths of up to 12 inches, so expect some of that to be blown about in open meadows.
Last days of March…
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the last days of March, all trails at Alturas Lake were groomed. Going out again on Sunday, April 2nd to knock down new snow. At Park Creek, Thadeus has been doing some old school grooming to the delight of classic enthusiasts.
Between storms…
Sawtooth ski trails were groomed on Thursday through a snow storm. More grooming scheduled today. Next storm on way.
YUM!
On Wednesday, March 29th, National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, snow has been falling in the Sawtooth Valley. At Alturas Lake on Tuesday, the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill, and North Cabin were all groomed but were quickly covered in new snow. A weather advisory predicts much more of the same for a few more days.
Happy trails to you…
Sawtooth Valley ski trail groomers are happy to report excellent trails.
Gettin better all the time…
Park Creek is finally pretty decent again. On Thursday, groomer Jadius the younger got there early to beat the warm weather and used the drag on all trails including larkspur. He didn’t use the Ginzu at all for fear of getting it stuck in the soft snow so there are no classic tracks, but the trails are pretty good all things considered. At Alturas, Old Davinius added classic tracks on the east side trails that Chadeus had laid down on Wednesday. On Friday, Chadeus will attempt to break through the deep drifts to the west of the creek and push on through to the lake. May the gods be with him.
Funky clumpy…
Valiant effort by Chadeus to groom trails at Alturas on Wednesday did compact them further but sticky wet snow resulted in clumpy funky surface. Passes still closed… west side trail to lake still remains an unnavigable snowy wasteland. Thursday may be best to chill. ‘
East side Alturas rolled…
On Tuesday, the ski trails to the east of Alturas Lake Creek were rolled. More grooming there on Wednesday.
Shut the front door!
With new snow, storm warnings and temperatures above freezing, skiing is not recommended at the Alturas Lake Ski Area today. Most trails were compacted at Park Creek on Monday so some less than perfect skiing may be possible there if you arrive before the next storm. No promises.
Alturas trails
After two days of grooming deep snow drifts, ski trails to the East of Alturas Lake Creek were transformed from a powdery snowy wasteland into quite serviceable trails groomed for skate and classic. Trails to the west of the creek were still buried. Snowfall continues…
Sawtooth Ski festival this weekend!
The 21st annual Sawtooth Ski Festival rocks the world this Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
Saturday at Park Creek from 11 to 1 – chili feed and ski poker run sure to delight crazy outdoor enthusiasts.
Sunday at Alturas from 11 to 3 – Soup Kitchen to warm your frozen soul.
If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise…
Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley were groomed on Saturday and should be in good shape.
YOUTH, GO SKIING!
On this date in 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto. In celebration of this earth shaking event, we would usually suggest that the proletariat and the bourgeoise join together, forget class struggle and go for a nice ski in the woods. However, since heavy snow flurries are oppressing brief interludes of radiant sunshine, you may want to wait for the violent overthrow of the entire weather system.
Calm before the storm…
After days of repeated grooming, ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are rated “pretty darn good, not quite perfect”. Hard to beat that, but we’ll keep trying.
More of the same…
Letting the days go by, same as it ever was, same as it ever was… Trails at Alturas Lake and Park Creek were groomed yesterday and are in good shape for the most part, for the most part. The Sun is shining, water flowing underground.
Valentine’s grooming…
On February 14th, after 3 to 4 inches of new snow blew in overnight, all trails at Alturas Lake were ginzu groomed for skate and classic. One might expect windblown snow to creep over trails in open meadows and to obscure the kick and glide of otter tracks down the creek.
More of the same…
The ski trails at Park Creek and Alturas were all groomed yesterday and are rated as “Yes, definitely super.”
Mighty fine…
On Saturday, February 11th, ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek are groomed and have been rated as “YES, MIGHTY FINE”…
Most excellent trails…
On February 9th, all trails at Alturas and Park Creek were about as good as they get.
New snow blankets Alturas
After trails were groomed to perfection on Tuesday, four inches of snow fell overnight at the Alturas ski area. More grooming is scheduled there today to knock it back into shape. At Park Creek, trails were also excellently groomed yesterday and although we could not get through for a morning briefing, we assume that if it snowed there as well, our veteran, seasoned, grizzled groomer Thadeus Maximus will do his best to make things right.
Skiing outlook…
Ski trails at Alturas and Park Creek have been looking mighty fine.
Verrrry colddddd….
On Monday, January 30th, the 54th anniversary of the Beatles last public appearance, the temperature in the Sawtooth Valley at 1 p.m. was still still stuck at double digits below zero. It is unlikely that there will be any public appearance by the ski trail groomers today.
Light snow falling and blowing…
On January 28th, the 160th birthday of Australian artist Ernest Christmas, a light snow is falling and blowing across trails at Park Creek and Alturas that were just groomed yesterday. More grooming to touch things up is scheduled for today. More snow showers are also scheduled.
Happy trails to you…
On January 26th, the birthday of the 12th Dalai Lama, all trails at Park Creek and Alturas Lake are groomed and in good shape. More grooming scheduled for today at Alturas to correct any minor imperfections. Until we meet again…