At 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, the Lake Wenatchee Sno-Parks report listed 33 degrees, 1 inch of new snow and a maximum depth of 9 inches. The groomers went out that morning anyway. They started on the South Park trails, moved to North Park and finished on Squirrel Run, all on snowmobiles and all in daylight. The posted grooming season at Lake Wenatchee runs Dec. 1 through March 31. Snow depth and the grooming machine decide when skiers actually get corduroy, though. The ski trails open one machine and a few inches of base at a time. The park's request for the 2026-27 winter targets the weakest point in that sequence: early-season grooming on thin snow. The Dates You Can Count On Before Any Snow Falls Some of the season runs on fixed dates. Here's how the calendar runs from late October into December: Campgrounds are already first-come, first-served. Starting Oct. 25, the North and South Campgrounds switched to first-come, first-served. Exterior water is off for the season, restrooms are still open at both, and a few hookup sites and the trailer dump in the North Park will close once snow is forecast. Sno-Park permits go on sale Sunday, Nov. 1. They're sold through April 30, online or through permit vendors. The watercraft launch closes Dec. 1, 2026. State Parks lists a weather-dependent reopening on April 1, 2027. Day use stays open through the winter. Grooming season opens Dec. 1 on paper. The first three happen no matter the weather. The fourth depends on how much snow the valley gets. What a 9-Inch Base Bought Last Season Last December's report from Washington State Parks put it plainly: "With current conditions it will be a limited start to the season." With only that base on the ground, three trail systems were groomed: North Park, South Park and Squirrel Run at Chiwawa. The Kahler Glen trails on Nason Ridge didn't have enough snow cover to groom. High water on the Wenatchee River kept groomers off the See & Ski trails. The same report said opening the rest of the ski trails and starting night grooming with the PistenBully snowcats would take a large snow event.

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At 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, the Lake Wenatchee Sno-Parks report listed 33 degrees, 1 inch of new snow and a maximum depth of 9 inches. The groomers went out that morning anyway. They started on the South Park trails, moved to North Park and finished on Squirrel Run, all on snowmobiles and all in daylight. The posted grooming season at Lake Wenatchee runs Dec. 1 through March 31. Snow depth and the grooming machine decide when skiers actually get corduroy, though. The ski trails open one machine and a few inches of base at a time. The park's request for the 2026-27 winter targets the weakest point in that sequence: early-season grooming on thin snow. The Dates You Can Count On Before Any Snow Falls Some of the season runs on fixed dates. Here's how the calendar runs from late October into December: Campgrounds are already first-come, first-served. Starting Oct. 25, the North and South Campgrounds switched to first-come, first-served. Exterior water is off for the season, restrooms are still open at both, and a few hookup sites and the trailer dump in the North Park will close once snow is forecast. Sno-Park permits go on sale Sunday, Nov. 1. They're sold through April 30, online or through permit vendors. The watercraft launch closes Dec. 1, 2026. State Parks lists a weather-dependent reopening on April 1, 2027. Day use stays open through the winter. Grooming season opens Dec. 1 on paper. The first three happen no matter the weather. The fourth depends on how much snow the valley gets. What a 9-Inch Base Bought Last Season Last December's report from Washington State Parks put it plainly: "With current conditions it will be a limited start to the season." With only that base on the ground, three trail systems were groomed: North Park, South Park and Squirrel Run at Chiwawa. The Kahler Glen trails on Nason Ridge didn't have enough snow cover to groom. High water on the Wenatchee River kept groomers off the See & Ski trails. The same report said opening the rest of the ski trails and starting night grooming with the PistenBully snowcats would take a large snow event.

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November 2, 2026

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