March 24, 2026. The mountains.
Strong winds moved into the area with consistent guests in the 40-50’s overnight. The winds decreased slightly this morning however not enough for a flyable condition. The snowcat terrain in Conrad Creek has been marginal this season due to low elevation. Fortunately we have had generally great flying conditions in 2026. Because of the high […]
March 22, 2026. High Talbot Creek.
We spent the day in high Talbot and Thorpe Creek for the final day of the tour. The first run of the day was variable with good skiing in the upper elevation and unsupportable punchy snow in the lower area of the run. The next four runs were higher elevation and held quality spring corn […]
March 1, 2026. Changeover day.
With forecasted incoming weather, we skied as much as possible the first two days of the tour (Friday and Saturday). Back to back nine runs days finished the 18 run guarantee yesterday. All guests departed there lodge this morning after breakfast as cloud obscured the upper elevations and light rain fell at the lodge. Moisture […]
November 16, 2024. Top of Conrad.
A strong low pressure system delivered a fresh coat of white at the lodge elevation (7,000 feet). The storm moved in slow with not much wind associated with it. Heavy snow began around noon through the early evening hours. We took one of the cats for a spin to see how far we could get […]
March 20, 2024. spring fever.
Extra vertical in Thorpe Creek today. High Ground Rez for the first time in 2024. Big terrain: 2,600 vertical feet, more than 1.8 miles per run. Sending off an epic tour, which opened several runs for 2024 and saw some of the biggest terrain in the Rubies, on a high note. Sixteen new guests arrive […]
March 18, 2024. east side.
It has been two years since we went to some of the most beautiful terrain in a mountain range full of gems. The East Side- some of the longest runs in the range, each more than 1.25 miles long and 3k feet of vertical. It is full on spring skiing at Ruby with peel away […]
March 10, 2024. time change.
After 2 days (Friday and Saturday) of some of the best skiing of the season and opening many new runs for the 2024 winter with improved stability, we finished the gun guarantee on Saturday and skied an extra vertical run. The weather was meant to deteriorate today with increasing wind and cloud cover ahead of […]
October 18, 2023. Life in Living Colour.
The incredible peak fall color has come and gone. Some of the most amazing fall foliage we have ever seen. We are closing in on the end of our 2023 Summer Season, the busiest summer by far in the history of Ruby 360 Lodge. We will close out the summer after 2 more sold out […]
August 1, 2023. Summer.
We are in the middle of an incredible summer season at the lodge which began the third weekend of May. The busiest summer in the history of Ruby 360 Lodge. Weekend dinners are sold out nearly 2 weeks in advance. We have a wonderful crew putting on the show each night of the service. The […]
February 14, 2023. valentine’s day.
Valentine’s Day storm with 6-10 inches of new snow overnight and through the day. Snow and cloud kept us in Conrad Creek throughout the day where we skied 8 runs of cold smoke in the snowcats. Current base in Conrad is more than 6 feet, more than a third above the current average for the […]