2022-12-14 Grouse mountain snow report

2022-12-14 Grouse mountain snow report

This was so far the best day ever in this season at Grouse mountain. Very clear infinite visibility, soft snow, nice grooming, and not busy. Can’t expect more.

Shady areas such as the right side of Expo, or ungroomed runs were icy, but still manageable. There was no death cookies. Unfortunately we didn’t get new snows, so all the powder-looking areas are bad; don’t dive into the fake snow. These are ice coated by 1cm layer of melt ice that looks like snow. Stay in sunny groomed runs today.

Overall rate: 5/5 ★★★★★

Downtown was very foggy in this morning, so I worries it was foggy in the mountain too.

However the fog was just around downtown. The mountain was totally clear and sunny. It wasn’t hot at all too.

The Cut:

Finally the half of The Cut where there’s usually Rookie Park got groomed.

Blue Face:

^ Do not go there. These powder is not powder but ice. Your board can not go through but it punches back.

Lifts:

  • Olympic Express High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Peak Quad Chair (Closed)
  • Screaming Eagle High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Greenway Quad Chair
  • Magic Carpet
  • Handle Tow (Coming Soon!)

Parks:

  • Paradise Jib Park (Mini Rainbow Box, 16’ Flat Box)
  • The Cut Jump Line (Closed)
  • Cut Rookie Park (Down ledge box - M, Quebec down flat - L, Down tower tube - M, DFD Ledgebox - L, Battle Ship box - M, Barrier - M, Jam rail - L, Down 16’ box - M)
  • Side Cut Park (Closed)

Runs:

  • Chalet Road (Green)
  • Paradise (Green)
  • Ski Wee (Green)
  • The Cut (Green)
  • Blue Face (Blue) (Open at Mountain Highway, Closed)
  • Centennial (Blue)
  • Deliverance (Blue)
  • Dogleg (Blue)
  • Expo (Blue)
  • Heaven’s Sake (Blue)
  • Lower Buckhorn (Blue) (Closed)
  • Lower Peak (Black Diamond)
  • Lower Side Cut (Blue) (Closed)
  • Paper Trail (Blue) (to mid station, Closed)
  • Peak (Black Diamond)
  • Side Cut (Blue) (Closed)
  • Skyline (Blue) (Closed)
    • ^ It was fully open. The official information was wrong.
  • Tyee Chute (Blue)
  • Upper Buckhorn (Blue) (Closed)
  • Blazes (Black Diamond) (Lower Blazes - Open at Mountain Highway, Closed)
  • Coffin (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Hades (Black Diamond) (Lower Hades - Open at Mountain Highway, Closed)
  • Inferno (Black Diamond) (Lower Inferno - Open at Mountain Highway, Closed)
  • Outer Limits (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Devil’s Advocate (Double Black Diamonds) (Closed)
  • Purgatory (Double Black Diamonds) (Lower Purgatory Open at Mountain Highway, Closed)
  • Peak Glades (Double Black Diamonds) (Closed)
  • Grinder Tracks (Blue) (Closed)
  • Expo Glades (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Coola’s Corner (Blue)
  • Chimney (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Upper Blazes (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Mountain Highway (Blue) (Closed)
    • ^ It was fully open. The official information was wrong.