2020-12-25 Grouse mountain snow report

2020-12-25 Grouse mountain snow report

Rainy in the morning, clear visibility, slushy snow. Full Cut finally open, only half Paper Trail. Lower Expo was a bit icy and sketchy. Upper/Lower Buckhorn, Skyline and Heaven's Sake were great. Due to the holiday season and still early season, the line for Screaming Eagle express char was significantly longer than the line for Olympic express char. It wasn't foggy but due to the overcast weather it was also hard to read the terrain, but you can still see faraway.

Overall rate: 4/5 ★★★★☆

Open charlifts:

  • Greenway Quad Chair
  • Olympic Express High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Screaming Eagle High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Magic Carpet

Open runs:

Open runs:

  • Paradise (Green)
  • Chalet Road (Green)
  • The Cut (Green)
  • Upper buckhorn (Blue)
  • Lower buckhorn (Blue)
  • Skyline (Blue)
  • Upper Side Cut (Blue)
  • Heaven’s Sake (Blue)
  • Expo (Blue)
  • Centennial (Blue)
  • Deliverance (Blue)
  • Dogleg (Blue)
  • Paper Trail to mid-station (Blue)
  • Tyee Chute (Blue)
  • Mountain Highway (Blue)
  • Peak (Black)
  • Blazes (Black)
  • Upper Blazes (Black)
  • Purgatory (Double Black)

Open terrain parks:

  • Cut Park
  • Paradise Jib Park at Paradise

Didn't realize how fast Screaming Eagle chair was until I snowboarded at Seymour. Screaming Eagle practically throws you off of the lift.

Bottom of the Cut from Screaming Eagle Quad Express Chair

Some area at the Cut were sketchy, but mostly fine:

Almost all the runs/lifts are available:

Chalet road:

The entrance to Paper trail from Chalet road:

Paper trail to the mid station escape toward the Cut: