Good afternoon and happy holiday's. Christmas day will bring great skiing and riding with 83 trails and 7 lifts turning. The forecast is for sunny skiies and light winds with temps into the 30's. Our surface conditions are machine groomed packed powder. See you on the slopes this holiday season at Stratton.

Mountain Summary

Number of Trails Open: 78
Acres of Skiing Terrain Open: 396
Number of Lifts Open: 7

Updated

Date: 12/24/09
Day: Thursday
Time: 2:43 PM

Weather

Temperature at 39 PM Base: 30°F
  Summit: 27°F
Wind Speed & Direction: 0-5 mph West

New Natural Snow

Last 24 Hours:
"1" inches
Last 48 Hours:
1" inches
Last 72 Hours:
1" inches
Base Depth:
24--30 inches

Stratton Nordic Center

7k of machine groomed trails.

VANS Cold Wars Rail Jam

The first of three events takes place on December 26 at 5 p.m. under the lights on Tyrolienne. Open to the public, this freestyle competition features cash prizes, not to mention King & Queen of the hill bragging rights for the winners.

Registration starts at 4 p.m. in the Bear's Cave in the Base Lodge. All riders will be required to wear a helmet, have an SES pass and parental consent upon registration.

Surface Conditions

Packed powder (all trail opening's are subject to weather/ski patrol delay's)

Snow Update

The National Weather Service forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with temps in the upper 20's.

Lifts Update

American Express, URSA Express, Cub Carpet, Villager, Gondola, Tamarack, Sunrise Express.

Upper Mountain

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Trails Level O C G S
Bear Bottom More Difficult O   G  
Big D Most Difficult O   G  
Black Bear More Difficult O   G  
Lower Grizzly Bear More Difficult O   G  
North American Most Difficult O   G  
Old #8 Easiest O   G  
Polar Bear Most Difficult O   G  
Rimeline Most Difficult   C    
The Chute Most Difficult O   G  
Upper Grizzly Bear Experts Only O   G  
Upper Standard Most Difficult   C    
Upper Tamarack Most Difficult O   G  

Lifts

Lifts People Open Closed Delay
Summit Gondola 12 O    
URSA Express 6 O    

Snow Bowl

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Trails Level O C G S
Drifter Link Easiest O   G  
Get My Drift More Difficult O   G  
Interstate More Difficult O   G  
Janeway Jct More Difficult O   G  
Liftline Cut Through Most Difficult O      
Lower Drifter More Difficult O   G  
Lower East Meadow Easiest O   G  
Lower Liftline Most Difficult O      
Lower Slalom Glade Experts Only O   G  
Lower Spruce Most Difficult O   G  
Lower Switchback Most Difficult O   G  
Lower Wanderer Easiest O   G  
Lower West Meadow Easiest O   G  
Mike's Way Easiest O   G  
Stevek Experts Only O      
Upper Drifter More Difficult O   G  
Upper East Meadow Easiest O   G  
Upper Liftline Most Difficult O      
Upper Slalom Glade Most Difficult O   G  
Upper Spruce Experts Only O   G  
Upper Switchback Most Difficult   C    
Upper Wanderer Easiest O   G  
Upper West Meadow Easiest O   G  
Work Road Easiest O   G  
World Cup Experts Only O      

Lifts

Lifts People Open Closed Delay
Snow Bowl 4   C  

Learning Parks

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Trails Level O C G S
Craig's Run Easiest O   G  
Daniel Webster Easiest O   G  
Downtowner Easiest O   G  
Lad's Legacy Easiest O   G  
Lower Tamarack Easiest O   G  
Mark's Run Easiest O   G  
Stage 1 Easiest O      
Tyrolienne Terrain Park O   G  
Village Walk Easiest O   G  

Lifts

Lifts People Open Closed Delay
Cub Carpet 1 O    
Teddy Bear Carpet 1   C  
Tamarack 3 O    
Villager 2 O    

Glades

Phone Numbers

For all your lodging needs, or any other information contact us at 1.800.STRATTON (787.2886).

Events

CALL 297-4FUN

Lower Mountain

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Trails Level O C G S
Beeline Terrain Park O   G  
Betwixt More Difficult O   G  
Cabot's Run Easiest O      
Duck Soup More Difficult O      
East Byrneside Terrain Park O   G  
Ethan's Alley Easiest O      
Flukey's Run Easiest O   G  
Grizzly Access Easiest O   G  
Hemlock Easiest O   G  
Lower Standard More Difficult O   G  
Old Log Road Easiest O   G  
Old Smoothie More Difficult O   G  
Overpass Easiest O   G  
Runaway Easiest O   G  
Snow Bowl Alley More Difficult O   G  
Spillway More Difficult O   G  
Suntanner More Difficult O   G  
Tink's Link More Difficult O   G  
URSA Access Easiest O      
Underpass Easiest O   G  
White Birch More Difficult O   G  
Yodeler More Difficult O   G  
Yodeler Express Easiest O   G  

Lifts

Lifts People Open Closed Delay
American Express 6 O    
South American 4   C  

Kidderbrook/Sun Bowl

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Trails Level O C G S
"91" Easiest O   G  
"91" Extension Easiest O   G  
Bear Down Experts Only   C    
Big Ben Easiest   C G  
Churchill Downs Easiest O   G  
Free Fall Experts Only   C    
Gentle Ben More Difficult   C    
Home Run Easiest   C G  
Lower Down Easter More Difficult   C G  
Lower Kidderbrook Easiest O   G  
Lower Middlebrook Terrain Park   C    
Main Line Easiest   C G  
Shooter More Difficult O   G  
Shortcut Big Ben Easiest   C G  
Shortcut Gentle Ben More Difficult   C    
Solstice Way Easiest O      
Sun Bowl Express More Difficult O   G  
Sunriser Supertrail More Difficult O   G  
Tree Top Way More Difficult O   G  
Upper Down Easter Experts Only O      
Upper Kidderbrook Most Difficult   C    
Upper Middlebrook Most Difficult O   G  
Way Home More Difficult O   G  

Lifts

Lifts People Open Closed Delay
Shooting Star 6   C  
Solstice 4   C  
Sunrise Express 6 O    

Terrain Parks

O = Open  C = Closed  G = Groomed S = Snowmaking
Park Name O C G S
Tyrolienne O   G  
Beeline O   G  
East Byrneside O   G  
Lower Middlebrook   C    

Parks Update

Slay Tyrolienne. Features include: 10' box, two-box combo, A-frame box, 30' flat box, 15' battleship rail, 15' flat rail, 15' down rail, culvert, 4 jumps!

Rating System

Easiest
More Difficult
Most Difficult
Experts Only
Glade Access
Terrain Park

Safety Tip

Environmental Update 2009
Stratton Mountain Resort. 2009 Northeast Energy Efficient Partnerships: Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency Recognition; Vermont (2008)
Know the Code. It's your responsibility.