SKI

Snow conditions reported Tuesday by Wyoming ski resorts:

* Big Horn Mountain Resorts -- Opens today. Received 8 inches new snow this week. Contact: (307) 366-2600 or (888) 244-4676, www.thebighorn.com

* Grand Targhee - All five lifts servicing all 72 trails on a base of 60 inches. Received 5 inches new snow this week. Snowing at time of report. Contact: (800) 827-4433, www.grandtarghee.com

* Hogadon Ski Area - One lift servicing three of 24 trails on a 15-inch base. Contact: (307) 235-8499, www.casperwy.gov/Content/Leisure/hogadon/hogadon.asp

* Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - Seven of 11 lifts servicing 71 of 116 trails on a base of 42 to 51 inches. Received 5 to 7 inches new snow. Contact: (888) 333-7766, www.jacksonhole.com

* Pine Creek Ski Resort - 4-inch base. Received 8 inches new snow this week. Will open when conditions permit. Contact: (307) 279-3201, www.pinecreekskiresort.com

* Snow King - One lift servicing two trails on a 35-inch base on the lower mountain. Contact: (307) 734-2020, www.snowking.com

* Snowy Range Ski Area - 30-inch base and 1 inch new snow. Opened last weekend. Will be open daily today through Jan. 7, except Christmas Day. Contact: (307) 745-5750, www.snowyrange.com

* White Pine Ski Area - Two lifts servicing nine trails on a 19-inch base. Contact: (307) 367-6606, www.whitepineski.com

Nordic Trails Contacts

Casper Mountain Trails Center: 235-4772, www.caspernordic.com

Pahaska Teepee (Cody): (800) 628-7791

Grand Teton National Park: (307) 739-3300, www.nps.gov/grte

Yellowstone National Park: (307) 344-7381, www.nps.gov/yell

RIDE

Snowmobile grooming reports and off-trail snow bases reported Tuesday by state grooming crews at wyotrails.state.wy.us:

North

* Bear Lodge Mountains - not groomed, 5 inches

* Beartooth Mountains - limited grooming, 44 inches

* Black Hills - limited grooming, 6 inches

* North Bighorns - not groomed, 13-25 inches

* South Bighorns - not groomed, 16 inches

Southeast

* Casper Mountain - not groomed, 11 inches

* Sierra Madres - grooming, 38 inches

* Snowy Range - grooming, 30-42 inches

Southwest

* Alpine (north) - not groomed, 8-23 inches

* Afton (middle) - grooming, 10-21 inches

* Kemmerer (south) - not groomed, 6-10 inches

* Big Piney/LaBarge - grooming, 0-9 inches

* Horse Creek - not groomed, 25 inches

Greater Continental Divide Trail

* Granite Hot Springs - limited grooming, 2-8 inches

* Gros Ventre - not groomed, 0-6 inches

Continental Divide Trail

* Lander - not groomed, 12 inches

* South Pass to Irish Canyon - not groomed, 7-10 inches

* Irish Canyon to Pinedale - not groomed, 3-7 inches

* Pinedale to The Place - not groomed, 7 inches

* Upper Green River Area - grooming, 9 inches

* Dubois Area - grooming, 21 inches

* Togwotee Area - limited grooming, 4-44 inches

FISH

Regulation changes coming: Anglers around the state will have several new fishing regulations to follow after Jan. 1. The new regs include some significant changes. Refer to the 2008-2009 state fishing regulations booklet, which is expected to be available after Christmas at Wyoming Game and Fish offices or online at http://gf.state.wy.us. Anglers also will need to pick up a new license and conservation stamp prior to fishing in 2008.

North Platte Region

Ice is forming in coves at Alcova Reservoir but it's still unsafe for ice fishing. Anglers are doing very well fishing open water using marshmallows, Power Bait and worms for trout.

Pathfinder Reservoir has 12 inches or better of ice. Ice fishing is a little slow for trout but some anglers are doing OK using minnows.

- Yolanda Strand, Sloane's General Store in Alcova

Trout fishing is good on the Gray Reef of the North Platte River though cold weather may slow it down a little from time to time. The usual subsurface stuff is working best: leeches, rock worms and egg patterns.

- Richard Diesburg, Ugly Bug Fly Shop

Southeast

The west end of Lake Hattie is partially open water but there's 4 to 7 inches of ice near the dam. Trout fishing is good using jigs, assorted lures, Power Bait, salmon eggs and mealworms. The ice is about 4- to 6-inches thick at Alsop, Gelatt, Leazenby, Meeboer, Sodergreen and Twin Buttes where the fishing is mostly fair.

- West Laramie Fly Store in Laramie

Northwest

The Lower Shoshone is fishing great through Cody. Midge hatches are providing good dry-fly fishing using Griffith's gnats and para-midges for trout. Streamers are working well too. The Lower Clark's Fork is fishing well near the hatchery using streamers and midge pupas for trout.

- Chip Andrews, North Fork Anglers in Cody

Southwest

The ice is a good 6 inches at Fontanelle Reservoir. Ice fishing is good for brown trout, rainbows and burbot. The burbot tend to be along the rocky eastern shore.

Big Sandy and Viva Naughton have had ice forming and the fishing should be getting good soon.

No recent reports on the ice at Sulfur Creek Reservoir, but it should be a good spot for trout and walleye in the coming days and weeks.

Flaming Gorge Reservoir has ice and open water. Anglers are doing very well for rainbow trout, but not so great for lake trout yet. The Firehole area and Upper Black Fork Arm are iced over and are both good spots to go after burbot.

For now, daily limits on walleye and burbot in Area 4 are 25 per day. The bag limit in that area will be unlimited for walleye and burbot starting Jan. 1 in an effort to remove them from the area's waters. Refer to the state's fishing regulations booklet for details.

Use extreme caution when ice fishing and check the ice thickness to make sure it's safe.

- Robb Keith, Green River region fisheries supervisor, Wyoming Game and Fish

The Winter Sports Report is compiled on Tuesdays by Star-Tribune outdoors editor Wes Smalling.