Just a trace of new snow. 85mph South winds yesterday! Sun and fun, warm temps, wind buffed skiing! Merry Christmas! Christ is born!
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12.26.25 SnoFax
CRUSTY Lower mountain! Wind buffed turns on Challenger. Lone Tree to open today (Supposedly). Temps more wintery but still warmish. Fun and sun!
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MORE SNOW FALLING IN BIG SKY 11/05/2024
A couple of inches already this morning and it's not stopping any time soon!
SNOW on The Mountains!
6" recorded at ANDESITE, LIKELY EVEN DEEPER HIGHER UP! WINTER IS COMING SOON!
Apologies for the missed reports!
Tis the season of chaos! But all things are good on our end... honestly still not much to report on. We need a dump for Christmas, and then some! Hope you are all enjoying this special time of year. Keep praying for snow! Exciting things with the Gondola opening!
More wind! Windier!
Liberty opened yesterday! Variable not terrible reports say. Could see wind holds out there today with mid mountain gusts over 50mph! Chance for snow!
Mountain of mash...
Yesterday's temps his the mid 30's alright... at the summit! An absolute scorcher to say the least. Westerly winds continued to blow to 40mph up there, and needless to say the rest of the resort was practically a meltdown. Temps are still above freezing at mid mountain so things probably won't be terribly icy and there may still be chalk in the bowl. More meltdown today as the sun continues to shine down! Clouds this afternoon, snow hopefully this evening... forecast temps for the next two days of snow have climbed, lessening snow totals and increasing chance of rain... fingers crossed!
SnoFax 12.24.25 Christmas Eve
More South Winds!
No new snow today but the 15" of snow we've gotten in the last week has dramatically transformed the skiing. There's great powdery snow to be found in the Bowl, and fun wind buffed skiing to be had off of Challenger, and into the Headwaters. South Winds gusting to 75mph overnight likely continued to load up the The Bowl and the Headwaters, while scouring the South Faces of the peak and Challenger. Still no Lone Tree on the North Side, sounds like we just need more snow over there...
Today's temps are expected to be similar to yesterday, ranging between 23°F at the summit, and 37°F down at the base, with winds howling stronger than yesterday, gusting to 40mph at mid mountain. All under mostly cloudy skies.
Looks like we are going to get some more snow for Christmas! A few more days of warmer temps, ripping winds, and snow blowing in out of the Southwest before temps drop halfway through the weekend and we have a chance to top things off with a little Northwest storm action, then cold wintery temps and sun into next week. There sure are a lot of people out on the mountain but the skiing is nice and that Gondola sure helps keep people spread out! A Christmas cheer is in the air and the snow is not nearly as bad in Big Sky as it is in a lot of other places. As always remember to stay safe, and have fun out there.
2"+ Tuesday SnoFax 12.23.25
24 hour snow total: 2.5"+
Yesterday raine prevailed at lower elevations until about 9am, at that point a white out level storm blew in a few more inches of snow, depositing more and more lighter and lighter powder the higher you went. Southwest winds continue to gust over 50mph, loading up aspects of challener with soft wind blown pow, while down at the base things were wet and sticky. Skiing on the North Side opened with a couple headwaters chutes, and a path down to the bottom of Madison 8, as well as skiing over on Southern Comfort. This morning down low once again temps are high and snow will be sticky.
Today's temps are expected to range between 25°F on the upper mountain, and 37°F at the base, and winds are expected to continue to blow steadily out of the Southwest. Clouds will prevail, high flying and not expected to deliver any snow!
Yesterday was the first day of the season that felt like real skiing off of Challenger. Let's hope we get more surprisingly sizeable deposits like yesterday morning's storm. It's Christmas Eve's Eve and the hordes are pouring in! Remember, we don't have much room to spread out yet!
