SUNDAY UPDATE: Even before the snowfall Saturday morning, Sourdough was in very good shape. Water Ice was limited to a couple spots in the first half mile or so and rather than bare patches, the trail had simply gotten narrow in the sun exposed areas. The whole trail (including down the to the Moser TH in Hyalite) was graded and leveled with the Pisten Bully and it looks like we will have good skiing for the last week we are allowed to groom Sourdough. Our contract with the Forest Service shuts down on March 31st. Pretty cool that we are making it all the way to the end!

What a season it has been! We had good skiing in town for 2 weeks in November, then after a short melt, December all the way to this week near the end of March. Thats a first since I have been here. It didnt take long to confirm my suspicions that the warm nights, warm days, and rain had done in the town trails. Sunset hills is rapidly turning to water (there are ponds and rivers of it) and mud. Highland Glen looked thin when it was last groomed and though I was able to patch some thin spots, theres not much you can do against the warmth. Bridger Creek likewise has bare patches and ice and the clubhouse loops are down to soft water ice. So, it is looking like we are done with grooming at our in town venues for the season.

Sourdough has a mix of ice and snow in the first mile and likely some rapidly growing bare patches. We'll give it a go with the Pisten Bully tonight as I'm sure most of the trail has plenty of snow cover. The plan is to groom the whole thing, including from Moser Divide down to the Moser Trailhead, which likely has some bare and icy patches too. After that, the PB is staying on the trailer and we are likely calling it a season. Thanks for all of the support and for getting the most out of an awesome winter! Bozeman has an incredible ski community and all of us on the BSF grooming crew are happy to be a part of it. It was a lot of work this winter (though the grooming crew had a good time with it) so if you know any of the groomers or see them out and about somewhere, give them a big thank you.

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Cheers!