Daily Snow Report
Thanksgiving Day Snow Report Update [11/28]
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Granite Peak! We’re so excited to kick off the season and can’t wait to see all of you out on the slopes this weekend. Yesterday we shared our plan to open Blitzen to Mid-Station with access to Hot Cocoa and thanks to an excellent night of snowmaking, we’ve got some exciting additions to share for Opening Day.
Snowmaking Progress & Opening Day Terrain
Cold temperatures overnight gave us one of the most productive snowmaking windows we’ve had so far this season. Our teams worked straight through the night and are continuing right through the holiday pushing out snow, widening runs, and farming piles into skiable terrain.
With that progress, we’re now expecting to open the Grom Park on Friday, featuring a jump and around six early-season features. It’s a great bonus to kick off the season and adds a bit of much anticipated fun for our freestyle skiers and riders right from day one.
We still anticipate opening Blitzen to Mid-Station, providing access to Hot Cocoa for early-season laps. While we had hoped for top to bottom skiing on day one, our focus remains getting you on snow as soon as we can, safely, and with a surface we’re proud of.
Looking Ahead to the Weekend
The continued cold temps in the forecast mean we’ll be expanding terrain quickly. If conditions continue trending the way they have, we expect to open:
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Meadows serviced by the Blizzard Conveyor, and
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Blitzen all the way to the top with skiing on Sundance as early as Saturday.
As always, these openings are weather-dependent, but based on last night’s productivity, we’re feeling optimistic that we'll be skiing from the top this weekend. If you haven't read it yet, check out all we have planned for our opening weekend celebration in our snow report update from yesterday, just below this post. We're stoked to see you on the slopes less than 24 hours from now!
We’ll continue sharing updates as progress unfolds. In the meantime, check out the map below for a visual of what’s open, what’s next, and what’s on deck:
- Green: Opening Friday
- Yellow: Snowmaking in progress — opening soon
- Blue: Up next on the snowmaking plan
Opening Day Outlook [Update 11/25]
We’re so excited to kick off the season and can't wait to see all of you out on the slopes this weekend! While we've made significant progress towards our opening plan, we've also seen some melting in key areas of our existing snowpack over the past week. As of today, we expect to open with Blitzen operating to the Mid-Station providing access to Hot Cocoa.
While we had hoped for more terrain on opening day, our goal has always been to get you on snow as soon as we possibly can. With the Thanksgiving holiday this week, we wanted to provide you with the opportunity to enjoy time with your family creating memories, being thankful for what we have, and making the most of it. We'll be offering our Neighbor Discount of 30% off walk-up tickets for everyone all weekend long ($62 adults; $41 kids). So stop out for a visit, get your pass printed, try out your new skis, enjoy the view from the chalet and shop our black Friday sale in the retail store with discounts up to 50% off.
Operating Hours Friday 28th - Sunday 30th:
- Lifts: 9am-4pm
- Ticket Office: 8am-5pm
- Rental Shop & Tuning: 8am-5pm
- Retail Shop: 8am-5pm
- Historic Chalet: 9am-6pm (Limited menu served from 10am-5pm)
Opening Weekend Celebration Events:
- First Chair Banner Break
- Bragging rights for the first 3 riders
- Giveaways for first 25 riders
- Kids Craft Corner
- Make a paper snowflake or color a picture to help us decorate the chalet for opening weekend)
- Hot Chocolate Happy Hour @ 1pm
- Complementary Hot Chocolate to celebrate the start of the season!
With the incoming weather system arriving late Wednesday evening we anticipate making rapid progress towards opening additional terrain throughout the weekend. Our immediate focus will be on getting Mystery, Meadows, and Sundance open for top to bottom skiing off Blitzen.
Looking towards the first weekend in December, we expect to be in an entirely different place after a rock solid week of round the clock snowmaking. We're eyeing Exhibition, Upper Dusky, Lower Dusky, Birch and Miracle served by Comet in time for our reopening on Friday December 5th. We'll share an Stay tuned to this page for ongoing updates throughout the snowmaking season. Check out the map below for a visual on what we'll bet starting with.
- Green Highlighted Terrain = Open Friday
- Yellow Highlighted Terrain = Snowmaking in Progress, Opening Soon
- Blue Highlighted Terrain = Up next on the Snowmaking Plan
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