Archive for March 2019

The 2.5K loop was groomed Wednesday (3/27/19) morning and resulted in a fairly good skate deck. Tracks were not set. Conditions will vary depending on the time of day/temperature. Due to the number of passes required to get to a smooth trail, and also due to the very few skiers now using the trails, it…

Trail Update: The 2.5K loop was groomed this morning and is in good condition, although very soft during the afternoon. All other loops will be in fair condition. Tracks are no longer being set.

Trail update: Trails where in rough shape after the last grooming and the weekend activity – lots of rutting from the gator, snow rubble dropped by the groomer and frozen in tracks from the skiers. This morning we tried cleaning up the trails by dropping the groomer knives all the way down and tilling up…

Trail update: ‘Groomed’ the ski trails this morning and set track on the 2.5 and 6k loops. Even though temps were down in the teens last night, trails where still a little soft and sticky this morning resulting in a lot of dragging of snow and a lot of balling up resulting in a skate…

Trail update: Attempted to groom the trails this afternoon but the base is too soft and the snow is too sticky. Temperatures drop into the teens tonight so I may attempt again early tomorrow morning. Stay tuned…

Trail update: We picked up another 5-6″ of snow this weekend and groomed the snowshoe and ski trails this morning. With full sun and the fresh snow, conditions are currently pretty soft. With above freezing days and nights and rain in the 10-day forecast, keeping the trails in shape for skiing much longer may become…

Fatbike trail update: I finally got a chance to check out the fatbike trails today and they are beautiful…for snowshoeing…but are totally unrideable for fatbiking. With the amount of snow, drifting and crustiness it would be pointless to try to run the Snowdogs until we can get the trails packed down. The best way to…

Trail update: With a light dusting of snow and a windy day yesterday it was time to clean up the ski trails – so we did.

Trail update: Picked up another 3-4″ of fluff last night – yippee. Just finished grooming all the snowshoe and ski trails and resetting track. Looks like we may be getting a break next week which will give me a chance to evaluate the bike trails and see what it’s going to take to get them…