jANUARY 14, 2026 FSA Grooming Report
CONDITIONS:
This morning temperatures are 1.9°C at cabin elevation with light winds. 0cm amounts of new snow overnight. 34cm in the past 7 days at cabin elevation. Total snowpack heights are around 222cm.
Today: Possible low cloud and fog during the morning, otherwise sunny with cloudy periods. Increased wind during the afternoon. High 3 or 4.
Tonight: Cloudy. Clear with cloudy periods, fog and low cloud developing overnight. Low near -2.
GROOMING:
Corbin: Groomed from the staging area to the McClatchie Jan 10.
Coal Creek: Variable conditions with moist snow on lower trail up to about 1540m (Paige’s Draw) - few open water in lower sections. Good winter riding on all upper Coal Creek trails. Coal Creek, Doug Dean, Summit Trail groomed last night. Matheson groomed Jan 12. Martin groomed Jan 11.
Morrissey: Staging area to 1540m (graffiti rock) has moist snow with variable conditions. Good winter riding on all upper trails. McEvoy, upper Morrissey groomed last night. Notch groomed Jan 10 to the peak.
Hartley: Jan 10th, groomed from the staging area to just before the lake - had to stop and turn around as operator encountered more new trees down on the trail and could not pass. Last Friday the trail was groomed from staging to just before the East Fork of the Sulphur. Crews continue to deal with the massive volume of trees down on the trail from holiday windstorms.
Ram: Open. No grooming.
Rolling Hills Cabin, Coal Creek - Dec 13, 2026
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