Month: January 2012

Groomed yesterday afternoon to take out the ruts and wear from the weekend and to mix in the inch of snow we got during the day. Trail came out super flat, firm and fast. Set track on all trails with firm walls and fast but kickable tread. With these warm days and cold night the morning skiing…

The park got approximately 3″ of dense snow last night and this morning. There was some rain before the snow so the base was fairly saturated. Luckily the wind is drying things out nicely and the temps are dropping. The lot was not plowed when I was out there this morning but at least the entrance/exit onto…

I had planned to groom early this morning but am holding off until later in the morning. The temperatures are still borderline, the snow is soft and it is snowing pretty hard as of 7am. Looks like temps will drop throughout the day and that the snow will stop around 10am. Hopefully there wasn’t much…

Things are getting really thin out there on the trail so it is good that we are supposed to get some more snow this weekend! Hopefully we will get the couple inches predicted tonight so that we can groom tomorrow morning. Temperatures are looking good for skiing this weekend. Since I don’t have very good…

The skate lane on all trails were groomed this morning but no track is set. Our base is still too thin for tracks. There are very few thin spots and little to no icy patches. So far the base is holding up really well to our warm days and the skiing is still wonderful in…

Yesterday we got about 2″ of wet snow so I did a single pass with the groomer on all of the trails last night. No classic track, only skate lane. There was some moisture beneath the snow so classic tracks would have just turned to ice. Luckily, the skate lane is holding up well with…

This is not what I wanted to wake up to! That said, I think the trails have enough base that we should be good to go on the ski trails tomorrow. We are supposed to get 1-3″ of snow tonight and temps are going to drop back below freezing for tomorrow. We hope to groom…

Trail is in great shape. Everything was groomed this morning and track set. It was really cold out there this morning at -2 degrees F: Once the sun came out it was absolutely gorgeous. Have a great time out there today!

Rolled the trails this morning but didn’t set track. The snow is still accumulating too quickly to make it worthwhile to set track. Planning to head out this afternoon to groom and set track again. Should be in great shape this evening.

Right now the trails are rolled so they are compacted and have the 2″ ribs to catch blowing snow. This is good for skating and ok for classic. We won’t be able to get out to the trails to start laying down nice corduroy and classic track until about 4 this afternoon. Night skiing is…