nebben wrote:The road to the Snowbowl is plowed, so you'll always be able to get up there.
I'm quite sure that "always" is not the correct word, unless something has changed in the last several years. I was there the day
after a snowstorm, and the Snowbowl road and ski area were closed. (Imagine a ski area closed the day after fresh snow. Haha!)
The date was 04 January 2004, between 08:50 and 09:00 local time (MST). The weather was cold and sunny, as the cold front and storm had passed the day before. Of course the Snowbowl road goes up to the trailhead at 9300 feet, but the gate was closed just off of US180, at elevation 7350 feet. US Highway 180 was open through to Valle, over its summit at 8050 feet.
It has been several years since this observation. But, again,
if nothing has changed, you can't expect to have any luck at Snowbowl after a storm.