LOW SNOW

by | Dec 19, 2023 | .

All trails at Alturas Lake have been compacted and some trails at Park Creek. However, snow levels are very low and trails that follow roads would be your best bet for a cross country tour. This is difficult at Park Creek because most trails are accessed across open sage brush areas. Skating is not recommended and trails with steep hills, like Wapiti and North Cabin at Alturas should be avoided! No appreciable snow is forecast for the next week or so. The Alturas Lake trail and the road to Alturas are navigable. Your prayers to El Niño or his mother would be appreciated.

CARPE DIEM AND SKI ‘EM!!!!

CARPE DIEM AND SKI ‘EM!!!!

by | Dec 8, 2023 | .

On December 8th, the 2031st birthday of Horace, the Roman lyric poet, take heed of his advice…”Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.”
At Alturas Lake, all ski trails have now been compacted with two full days of grooming. Although skate skiing cannot be recommended, flat trackers with low expectations should be delighted. Rocks and sagebrush still exposed,,,,

by | Apr 17, 2023 | .

On April 17th, National Cheese Ball Day, we are saddened to announce the total and almost complete end of grooming at the Sawtooth cross-country ski areas. Except for dragging one ginzu groomer into the woods and retrieving the ever popular picnic tables, it really is over. Thank you’s go out to the Forest Service, the City of Stanley, Blaine County Rec., the Sawtooth Ski Club, the Sawtooth Society, and of course to our wonderful cheesy grooming crew. Thanks for the memories

by | Apr 4, 2023 | .

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.