Loon 2025-26 Season

snowphoenix

Thursday ⅛/26

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Fun day at Loon with comfortable temperatures in the 30s, partly cloudy skies, and pretty much the whole mountain open apart from Triple Trouble, the Timbertown area, and some of the glades. It felt decently busy for a weekday but lines were usually only a few chairs. Conditions were good wet packed powder on most trails, with the highest elevations having a lighter, more typical packed powder surface. Some of the steeper trails got a bit skied off going into the afternoon which I feel like is pretty typical for Loon.

Towards the end of the day I took a victory lap on the Kissin’ Cousin Double just for fun and since I hadn’t ridden that lift on any previous visit to Loon. It’s a pretty interesting beginner area, with the lift being relatively steep and the run (Snubber) switchbacking its way down the mountain. A bit different from the typical wide bunny hill.

Hopefully we get a few good storms in the second half of January after this little warm spell!

Photos:

Upper Northstar
Upper Walking Boss
Sunset
Cruiser
Boom Run
View from North Peak
Lower Walking Boss Woods
Mike’s Way
Big Dipper
Upper Speakeasy
Riding up the Kissin’ Cousin Double
Snubber

ciscokid

Very nice report as usual Phoenix. My brother and his family were there a few days before you. I think it was the sixth on a Tuesday so a couple days before you and I like the product that is presented. They’re at long. I think they get the tickets ahead of time for like 70 bucks or something which is not too outrageous in today’s world but seems like Boyne Does a pretty good job there?
My brother-in-law who passed the 70 age group got out and skied with his grandson and my brother-in-law had not skiing close to 50 years he said and my young buck brother of 62 is still boarding away

snowphoenix

Monday 1/20/26

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Skied Loon yesterday with a group of friends. Conditions were pretty good thanks to a couple inches of new snow overnight, which made the first few runs very nice, though quite a bit of ice was showing on some trails by the end of the day. It was pretty busy due to the holiday, but lift lines weren’t too bad considering that, except for possibly the gondola which I did not ride today. It would have been nice if they were running the East Basin Double to offer another lift option, and I think I definitely could have gotten more runs in if that were the case. It was snowing most of the day with a few breaks of sun, no wind, and temperatures in the upper teens.

Photos:

Lower Picked Rock
Lower Bear Claw
Lower Flume
Big Dipper
Jobber
Cant Dog
Skidder

skelley19

I am surprised the East Basin Double wasn’t running for you. I wonder if there is a mechanical issue? It was running both Saturday and Sunday the prior weekend when I was there so I would expect it to be running on a holiday weekend. Especially considering that Sunday I was there was not that busy and the gondola was only about a 5-10 minutes wait.

snowphoenix

skelley19
I don’t think it was a mechanical issue, I remember the afternoon report on Sunday saying it wouldn’t be running Monday.

hazlntskier
There were a few rocks and thin spots that the photo doesn’t show, but it wasn’t bad overall!

hazlntskier

That picture of Skidder looks better coverage than normal. Looks like fun

snowphoenix

Saturday 2/21/26

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Another good day at Loon yesterday, with about 5 inches of moderately wet snow falling on Friday night. It was a busy day, and I heard tickets were sold out – not surprising considering it’s a popular mountain on a powder day Saturday during MA school vacation week. All lifts were running except the Little Sister Double (does it even still run at all?) and all trails and glades open. I stuck mostly to the East Basin and North Peak lifts in the morning before heading to South Peak in the afternoon, which meant I never waited more than 3-4 minutes in line.

Conditions were packed powder/wet packed powder that generally skied well, but quickly formed bumps on steeper areas (Walking Boss and Flume were completely bumped up by noon). As a result, it was quite a tiring day but still fun. One of the highlights of my day was skiing Undercut for the first time since they cleared out the trees. It was a good natural bump run with a few hazards to avoid, and reminded me of when I skied Talisman at Magic Mountain on natural snow a few years ago.

The mountain was in the clouds most of the day with light snow falling making for tough visibility at times, but it cleared up rapidly at around 3:00 so my last few runs were in the sun!

Photos:

Upper Speakeasy
Summit of Loon Peak
Big Dipper headwall
Triple Trouble
Bucksaw Glade
Upper Walking Boss Woods
Blue Ox