SKI

Snow conditions reported Tuesday by Wyoming ski resorts:

* Big Horn Mountain Resorts -- Two of three lifts servicing all 20 trails on a 24- to 48-inch base of packed powder. Open Sat-Sun. Contact: (307) 366-2600 or (888) 244-4676, www.thebighorn.com

* Grand Targhee - All five lifts servicing all 72 trails on a 119-inch base of powder. Contact: (800) 827-4433, www.grandtarghee.com

* Hogadon Ski Area - Two of three lifts servicing all 24 trails on a 38- to 40-inch base of packed powder. Open Wed-Sun. Contact: (307) 235-8499, www.casperwy.gov/Content/Leisure/hogadon/hogadon.asp

* Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - Eleven of 12 lifts servicing all 116 trails on a 94- to 115-inch base of powder. Contact: (888) 333-7766, www.jacksonhole.com

* Snow King - All four lifts servicing all 16 trails on a 32- to 44-inch base of packed powder. Contact: (307) 734-2020, www.snowking.com

* Snowy Range Ski Area - Reports an 80-inch base of powder and packed powder. Contact: (307) 745-5750, www.snowyrange.com

* White Pine Ski Area - Both lifts servicing 25 trails on a 70- to 73-inch base of packed powder. 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 - Main: (307) 739-3300, www.nps.gov/grte; Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center: (307) 739-3399

* Yellowstone National Park - Main: (307) 344-7381, www.nps.gov/yell; Old Faithful Ski Shop: (307) 545-4825; Mammoth Ski Shop: (307) 344-5276

RIDE

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

North

* Bear Lodge Mountains - grooming, 25 inches

* Beartooth Mountains - grooming, 78 inches

* Black Hills - grooming, 33 inches

* North Bighorns - grooming, 48-58 inches

* South Bighorns - grooming, 46 inches

Southeast

* Casper Mountain - grooming, 43 inches

* Sierra Madres - grooming, 94 inches

* Snowy Range - grooming, 60-88 inches

Southwest

* Alpine (north) - grooming, 50 inches

* Afton (middle) - grooming, 71 inches

* Kemmerer (south) - grooming, 41 inches

* Big Piney/LaBarge - grooming, 42 inches

* Horse Creek - grooming, 71 inches

Greater Continental Divide Trail

* Granite Hot Springs - grooming, n/a

* Gros Ventre - grooming, 16-41 inches

Continental Divide Trail

* Lander - grooming, 43 inches

* South Pass to Irish Canyon - limited grooming, 12-43 inches

* Irish Canyon to Pinedale - not groomed, 9-12 inches

* Pinedale to The Place - not groomed, 9-32 inches

* Upper Green River Area - grooming, 35 inches

* Dubois Area - grooming, 40 inches

* Togwotee Area - grooming, 81 inches

National Parks

* Yellowstone - Park Service reported snow depths Tuesday of 23 to 63 inches with good conditions on most all oversnow routes; fair conditions from Canyon to Mud Volcano and Grant to South Entrance. Mammoth to Norris, Lake to Cub Creek and East Entrance to Cub Creek are closed. Avalanche danger is rated as high on wind-loaded slopes of 35 degrees or greater, considerable to moderate on other slopes.

FISH

Ice and fishing conditions reported Tuesday. Check ice thickness and use extreme caution on the ice, which is getting thin on some lakes. Conditions can change daily.

Casper Region

Ice fishing season is winding down on most lakes. Glendo Reservoir has lots of open water and the ice is melting at Alcova and Pathfinder reservoirs. Before too long boating season will be starting. Right now the best fishing in the Casper region is on the North Platte River.

- Jake Sabus, Sportsman's Warehouse in Casper

Trout fishing is good on the Gray Reef of the North Platte River using leech patterns, scuds, RS2s, red rock worms and midges. The river is clear and mostly ice-free from Gray Reef Dam to Government Bridge, cloudy with some areas of ice farther downstream.

- Mark Boname, Platte River Fly Shop in Casper

Northwest

Fly fishing for trout remains good on the Lower Shoshone River through Cody using para-Adams, olive sparkle duns, snowshoe emergers, Griffith's gnats, zebra midges and North Fork specials.

The ice is melting fast at East Newton Lake and it should have open water soon. Most of the ice is off Buffalo Bill Reservoir where a 30-pound lake trout was caught a couple of weeks ago.

For ice fishing, there's still more than 2 feet of ice on most lakes of the Beartooth Mountains. Hop on a snowmobile or put on some snowshoes to trek up to the high country where brook trout are hitting jigs and wooly buggers through the ice.

- Tim Wade, North Fork Anglers in Cody

Southeast

Most of Lake Hattie is open water though some people are still ice fishing along the edges. That's not recommended because the ice is unsafe. Fishing is good using Super Dupers for perch and egg sacks for rainbows.

Meeboer Lake is fair to good using ice jigs tipped with meal worms or wax worms. The ice is 6 to 12 inches thick but watch for thin spots near the aerator.

A snowmobile ride to Lake Owen, Rob Roy Reservoir or alpine lakes of the Snowy Range leads to some very good ice fishing for trout. Use jigs, spoons, night crawlers, Power Bait, meal worms and wax worms.

- West Laramie Fly Store in Laramie

The Winter Sports Report is compiled on Tuesdays by Star-Tribune outdoors editor Wes Smalling. To contribute to the fishing report, send an e-mail to wes.smalling@trib.com.