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A view from the lodge roof looking approximately East towards Ptarmigan Bowl. Click to see a larger image. Provided by our friends at Borealis Broadband.

Snow Report

Updated Thursday 3/28/2024

New snow last 24 hours: 2″

New snow since last week: 3.5″

Total snow depth: 30+”


Lift Schedule – Thursday & Friday March 28 & 29

T-bar: 1:00-7:30

Lift schedule – Saturday & Sunday March 30 & 31

T-bar: 10:30-6:00

Chair 1: 10:30-6:00

Rope Tow: 10:30-6:00

Chair 2: 12:00-5:30


Thursday update:

Get some weekday riding in with our new snow! We have about 3.5″ of new snow since Monday. It fell pretty wet and heavy, so will pack in nicely over the existing snow. The ridge was groomed on Wednesday, and base areas on Thursday morning. Join us for some great T-bar laps today from 1-7:30! Rental skis and snowboards are available today.

Temperature is 32 degrees at the lodge, and 24 degrees at the top of the mountain. Winds are calm, and we have a moderate cloud cover, with visibility to the top of the T-bar (this may change throughout the day).

This Week Outlook:

Winter is making a comeback! We got some new snow Tuesday and it’s still falling lightly Thursday morning. There’s more snow in the forecast for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Temperatures at the lodge look to hover right around freezing this week. We may get some heavy winds on Friday, but hopefully these will be mitigated by the southeast direction, where we’re often sheltered.

On Sunday we’ll have our annual easter egg hunt at 12:30! Bring the kiddos – we have lots of prizes, and will have eggs hidden around the lodge and a few out on the mountain.

With the longer days, our entertainment features double headers in the Afterglow Pub. On Saturday MusiCal plays from 12-3, and Matt Harper from 4-7. On Sunday we have Weeds & Honey at noon and Loaded Karma at 4pm.

Arctic Valley is closed for inbounds uphill travel. The trail up the saddle is in for those wanting to ski off of Mt Gordon-Lyon. Please respect the ski area boundaries.


Grooming report

Base & beginner areas: Sunday March 24rd

Ptarmigan Bowl: Wednesday March 13th

Return from the saddle/backcountry up track: Sunday March 24th

Sunshine Daydream (south of Chair 1): Saturday March 23rd


Reservation Availability – Sunday March 24th

Tubing – reserve online

11:30: Sold Out

1:30: Sold Out

3:00: Sold Out

5:00: Sold Out

6:30: Sold Out

Ski & Snowboard Lessons

Reserve online for future dates, purchase at the ticket counter for same day.

Ski Lessons: 10:30

Snowboard Lessons: 10:30, 11:45, 1:00, 2:15, 3:30


For questions, please contact us at info@arcticvalley.org (Wed-Sun) or 907-301-1031 (Thu-Sun).


Road Conditions

Updated: Saturday March 23rd

Arctic Valley Road has melted out. Note that there are some muddy sections on the top part of the road. We are doing our best to mitigate these by moving snow berms back with our loader. Please avoid driving through the mud where you can – this will help keep it from getting worse.

Below is the current schedule for military live fire exercises on Arctic Valley Road:

For most exercises, road guards will allow traffic to flow every 20-30 minutes in each direction. For some exercises, the waits may be 30-40 minutes. The road (unless noted above) should not be ‘closed’. If road guards are communicating longer wait times than those listed above, or telling you the road is closed, please call JBER Range Control at 907-384-6230 and report the issue. They will work to make sure the units conducting training are following the road access rules.


Chair 2 Ridgetop Weather Station:

Air Temp: 21.9 °F
Relative Humidity: 97%
Wind Speed: 7mph from 169°
Max Gust: 12mph

Last Updated: 1 hour 5 minutes ago
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