Time to dust off those guns!

November 10, 2025

Snowmaking began Monday morning around 7am and will continue through the night.

This is more than just a test & tune of the snowmaking system. Thanks to more upgrades this year, our snowmaking system is bigger and badder than ever. We’re already taking advantage of the weather this morning with some full-tilt snowmaking, and things are just getting started. Conditions will be even better tonight, meaning Mountain Ops will be able to run the system at maximum capacity overnight.

Here are the details for early season at Timberline from the email sent out today.

fatsalmon wrote:

Is purchasing a bonus day ticket a specific product or do we just buy a regular ticket and get refunded like some of their other promotions? I can’t find info on the website. Also, if I’m only going to ski there a few times this season is it better to get an upfront 1 day pass to take advantage of the credits or their 3 day pass? First time going up there

 It wasn't a "bonus ticket," it was a sale on gift cards with a few bonus dollars added as a Black Friday sale that ended Dec. 1.

I only make the drive to Tline once a season.  I start from Massanutten after my timeshare week there, which is much closer than my house near Raleigh, NC.  I've only been skiing midweek.  My approach the last couple years was to use any credit I had leftover from the previous season to buy the first day ticket.  Then I get the second ticket and use whatever credit is left over for that one.  I bought a Gift Card last year and the year before.

While it's possible to use credit online, for midweek skiing I just get the ticket at the desk after parking.  Then I don't have to type in the long number associated with a Gift Card.

The RFID lift access card is essentially two things on one card.  One number is the lift pass and another is the gift card ID.

Happy New Year Ski Bums!   

A rare but beautiful crisp day at TL - one of my best ever days.  Was able to sport the ole Rossi Soul 7's to slay some very dry packed pow baby!

Hope you got some too!

These pictures caused me to panic.  I'm missing out.

I looked at their webcam just now, and the lift line today shows the word has gotten out.  They are awesome and doing a great business.

swoop wrote:

Happy New Year Ski Bums!   

A rare but beautiful crisp day at TL - one of my best ever days.  Was able to sport the ole Rossi Soul 7's to slay some very dry packed pow baby!

Hope you got some too!

“A person who died January 4 at Timberline Mountain appears to have suffered a medical emergency on a chairlift, leading to a fall from a substantial height, according to Tucker County Sheriff Jake Kopec. 

Tucker County Ambulance Authority President Dennis Filler said EMS responded to the incident, but he had no information about the official cause of the person’s death. Filler said the person who died was in his 60s. Filler said he didn’t know where the person was from. 

Kopec said he had no additional information, because law enforcement didn’t respond to the scene. He added that he has directed his Office of Emergency Management to look into the protocols for how such situations should be handled to make sure all the proper authorities are notified of and respond to 911 calls.

Timberline announced the fatality on Facebook but provided no details, saying the incident is under investigation.

Another skier died in March at Timberline Mountain after suffering a “medical emergency” and crashing into a tree.”

fatsalmon wrote:

Think of doing a weekend trip to t-line this weekend first time. With the incoming storm, had bad will the roads be back to DC if I leave Sunday afternoon. 4wd/chains needed?

 Same here. Have 2wd and chains. Still debating given the roads. 

Bluesky13 wrote:

fatsalmon wrote:

Think of doing a weekend trip to t-line this weekend first time. With the incoming storm, had bad will the roads be back to DC if I leave Sunday afternoon. 4wd/chains needed?

 Same here. Have 2wd and chains. Still debating given the roads. 

 May I suggest (cough, cough) calling in sick on Monday and spending the night somewhere. If want to collect the insurance money for your wrecked automobile drive back Sunday. 

It would be an impossible trip on Sunday given you would drive through snow, sleet, and freezing rain and never see the temperature above 25. Please don't attempt a Canaan to DC drive on Sunday. 

Qualifications - Bachelors in meteorology :)

Bluesky13 wrote:

fatsalmon wrote:

Think of doing a weekend trip to t-line this weekend first time. With the incoming storm, had bad will the roads be back to DC if I leave Sunday afternoon. 4wd/chains needed?

 Same here. Have 2wd and chains. Still debating given the roads. 

SKI-PSU wrote:

It would be an impossible trip on Sunday given you would drive through snow, sleet, and freezing rain and never see the temperature above 25. Please don't attempt a Canaan to DC drive on Sunday. 

Qualifications - Bachelors in meteorology :)

Bluesky13 wrote:

fatsalmon wrote:

Think of doing a weekend trip to t-line this weekend first time. With the incoming storm, had bad will the roads be back to DC if I leave Sunday afternoon. 4wd/chains needed?

 Same here. Have 2wd and chains. Still debating given the roads. 

 Echo the Met guy. If you guys are that stupid, pack winter camping gear and provisions for a few days.

mtn ops rocked the groom...freshies helped a lot...hammered all day...still firm...one more sesh tue...yew!

Idk about anyone else but I am enjoying these updates.  Weekend storms on the way ?

snapdragon wrote:

twenty two inches over three days...every form of frozen...roasty subzero kit...the line recoated with single digit potomac highland super pow...best surface in forever...descended in a classic mt storm blizzard...the tour continues sat...yew!

ground zero boys and girls...ullr is puking his guts out...issuing PURPLE POWDER ALERT...yew!

I am planning on checking totals here tomorrow:

https://snowgallery.com/pages/canaan-snowfall

From email from Timberline on March 6:

Today (Friday, March 13) turned out to be a good day to ski Timberline. Temperature was 31 when I passed through Davis at about 830am. Open trails were groomed for the most part, and mountain ops had touched them up with some new machine-made snow overnight.

The Drop and Upper Almost Heaven are closed for the season.The terrain parks were being rebuilt today - presumably for the weekend.

The expected high winds (gusts probably exceeded 40 mph) almost prevented descents from the top of Twister, and snow had blown off there and on the top of Upper Dewdrop. But while winds were high, they were warm so I didn’t find them particularly annoying.

By mid-day, the machine-made snow was packed and spread around more evenly by ski traffic, which had also squashed most of the crunchy  chicken 🐓 heads present on Dewdrop and White Lightning. 

And then corn snow - one of those wonderful perks of spring skiing - began to form around 1:00 pm, first on much of Salamander, and then on Winterset and most of the lower 2/3 of Twister. By 1:30-2:00 pm, the lift line (which was rarely over a minute long anyway) had pretty much disappeared, leaving the good stuff to those of us who stayed. Although the sun showed up briefly, clouds prevailed, keeping temperatures below 50 until maybe 3:00 pm.  As a result the snow never got gloppy or sticky before I left at about 3:15.

Get it while it’s here! ❄️ 

Woody

snapdragon wrote:

the boys got the line fired up...potomac highland super pow blown at ten degrees...git yew sum...yew!

 Yes, probably Taxus canadensis, SD!

Woody