SKI

Snow conditions reported Tuesday by Wyoming ski resorts:

* Big Horn Mountain Resorts -- Reports a 24- to 40-inch base of packed powder. Open Fridays through Sundays. Contact: (307) 366-2600 or (888) 244-4676, www.thebighorn.com

* Grand Targhee - All 5 lifts servicing all 72 trails on a 99- to 101-inch base of powder. Contact: (800) 827-4433, www.grandtarghee.com

* Hogadon Ski Area - Reports a 40- to 42-inch base of packed powder. Open Wednesdays through Sundays. Contact: (307) 235-8499, www.casperwy.gov/Content/Leisure/hogadon/hogadon.asp

* Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - 11 of 12 lifts servicing all 116 trails on a 77- to 97-inch base of powder. Contact: (888) 333-7766, www.jacksonhole.com

* Snow King - All four lifts servicing all 16 trails on a 29- to 46-inch base of packed powder. Contact: (307) 734-2020, www.snowking.com

* Snowy Range Ski Area - Reports a 60-inch base of packed powder. Open Thursdays through Mondays during January and February. Contact: (307) 745-5750, www.snowyrange.com

* White Pine Ski Area - Both lifts servicing 25 trails on a 48- to 54-inch base of 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, 18 inches

* Beartooth Mountains - grooming, 58 inches

* Black Hills - grooming, 21 inches

* North Bighorns - grooming, 30-45 inches

* South Bighorns - grooming, 32 inches

Southeast

* Casper Mountain - grooming, 28 inches

* Sierra Madres - grooming, 76 inches

* Snowy Range - grooming, 49-71 inches

Southwest

* Alpine (north) - grooming, 35 inches

* Afton (middle) - grooming, 14-54 inches

* Kemmerer (south) - grooming, 10-36 inches

* Big Piney/LaBarge - grooming, 8-29 inches

* Horse Creek - grooming, 12-54 inches

Greater Continental Divide Trail

* Granite Hot Springs - grooming, inches n/a

* Gros Ventre - grooming, 8-39 inches

Continental Divide Trail

* Lander - grooming, 35 inches

* South Pass to Irish Canyon - limited grooming, 10-35 inches

* Irish Canyon to Pinedale - not groomed, 6-10 inches

* Pinedale to The Place - limited grooming, 6-16 inches

* Upper Green River Area - grooming, 28 inches

* Dubois Area - grooming, 34 inches

* Togwotee Area - grooming, 68 inches

National Park Service

* Yellowstone - Park Service reported Tuesday's snow depths at 9 to 40 inches with good trail conditions on all oversnow routes except the East Entrance to Cub Creek. Avalanche dangers are moderate on wind-loaded slopes of less than 45 degrees and considerable on wind-loaded slopes steeper than 45 degrees.

FISH

Ice and fishing conditions reported Tuesday. Check ice thickness and use caution on the ice. Conditions can change daily.

Big cat: Congratulations to Austin Swingholm, age 14 of Casper, who hauled in a 16-pound, 6-ounce catfish Saturday in the Wild West Winter Carnival Ice Fishing Derby at Boysen Reservoir.

North Platte Region

Ice fishing is good at Alcova Reservoir using minnows and worms for rainbow trout. The ice is 12 to 14 inches at Black Beach and Cottonwood, but getting "iffy" on the west side. The road is snow covered going in to Pathfinder Reservoir, which has kept most ice anglers away. It will be plowed for the fishing derby, Feb. 9-10.

Trout fishing is difficult on the North Platte River at Gray Reef due to cold and wind, but fly anglers are catching some trout on vanilla buggers.

- Yolanda Strand, Sloane's General Store in Alcova

Last weekend was a little slow for most ice anglers at Glendo Reservoir. A storm front moved through and beat up the ice a bit. Some stable weather should improve the ice and the fishing. Try minnows, jigging spoons and jigging slabs for perch and walleye.

-Bob Shelver, Curly's Leisure Sports in Douglas

Ice fishing is fair to good at Lake Hattie for perch and trout and fair to good at Alsop Lake for trout. The trout bite is a little better at Alsop. Jigs, spoons and meal worms are your best bet at either lake. Take a snowmachine to one of the Snowy Range lakes or head to Curt Gowdy State Park for some excellent ice fishing for trout.

-Carl Smith, West Laramie Fly Store

Flaming Gorge Reservoir is good for rainbow trout and ling (burbot), a little slow for lake trout. Ice fishers are finding the rainbows mostly in the shallows and the backs of bays. Try jigs tipped with meal worms. Ling fishing is good at night using glow-in-the-dark jigs tipped with sucker meat or a dead minnow on tip-ups or a jigging rod. The ling are also biting at Fontenelle and Big Sandy reservoirs.

-Robert Keith, fisheries biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Green River office

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