Spirit Mountain
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No snowmaking weather in the next 16 days. The coldest it gets is 29.8°. ECMWF and GEM have some. GFS and ICON have none. The longest stretch under 28° is 8 hours straight.
| Th15 | Fr16 | Sa17 | Su18 | Mo19 | Tu20 | We21 | Th22 | Fr23 | Sa24 | Su25 | Mo26 | Tu27 | We28 | Th29 | Fr30 | Runhrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFSAmerican | 39 | 30 | 30 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 51 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 45 | 36 | 30 | 0 |
| ECMWFEuropean | 40 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 40 | 37 | 53 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 8 |
| GEMCanadian | 41 | 31 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 41 | 46 | 49 | 40 | 34 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| ICONGerman | 42 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 41 | 44 | 52 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0 |
Wet-bulb forecasts from Open-Meteo, last pulled 15 October. Each cell is that day's lowest hour. Run is the longest stretch under 28° without a break. The history on this site counts a window at 8. A dot means the model does not reach that far.
Each date says where it came from. About means the archive placed it in a window without pinning the day; confirmed means two independent sources agreed.
| Season | First lift | Full operations | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Nov 26 | Dec 14 | |
| 2022-23 | Nov 25 | Dec 14 | |
| 2023-24 | Nov 26 | Dec 12 | |
| 2024-25 | Nov 30 | Dec 13 | |
| 2025-26 | Nov 30 | Dec 12 | local |
This resortOpens in stages, every year on record: a single run or three in late November, then full hours in the second week of December. The gap runs a fortnight or more and is the hill's normal pattern, not a bad winter.
2021-22A poor winter for natural snow in Minnesota. The resorts opened on schedule on snow they made themselves, but terrain came slowly: Buck Hill had six of its sixteen runs open on 3 December, and Trollhaugen ran a part-week schedule into the new year without ever announcing normal hours.
2023-24The latest start on record here. Coffee Mill did not turn a lift until 14 January, after posting "still currently closed", "Waiting for Cold!" and "Still Waiting for Cold Weather!" through December. Trollhaugen opened on 2 November and shut again four days later: "Mother Nature wins this round."