Very good to Excellent Mid winter. 12 degrees, mix sun/clouds off and on flurries. Grooming on 8km of trail. 5″ fresh snow past 48 hours compacted to 1-3″ packed powder on top of 1-3″ icy/frozen granular base.
Last night North Loup and the connector trail to North Loup was roll combed. A inch of fluffy snow on top this morning. Skiing was spectacular on North Loup this morning, just a few cruncy/icy spots but skiable throughout. Otherwise, very good coverage and 95% excellent skiing. We will continue grooming this 8km loop through the weekend as areas skiers have expressed interest in skiing. Not recommended to ski other trails as there are areas of standing water that have thin layer of ice with snow on top. We are closed for lodging on the season but have taken in three families displaced by the flood and prepared to take in more folks.
Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved with the Flood of 2009 in Red River Valley. The situation is overwhelming. Great job to all the volunteers and officials who are trying to save the cities and keep everyone safe. Jonell and I went up to Moorhead on March 26th to help a homeowner build a dike around their home and a few photos are posted below. If anyone needs help or a place to stay, please contact us.
Winterlike weather returning with 4-5″ of fresh snow and temps in the teens. Later morning (Wednesday), North Loup was groomed using a better section of Skaters Waltz to access the Loup since these trails still had snow and ice coverage before the new snow. Skiing on the groomed later was not too bad, minus the low areas that had water/slush. Snow since grooming has improved the skiing but a few low areas still wet. Temp has been in the upper teens, freezing down most of the low areas and should make for better grooming and skiing next time around, most likely Thursday night and skiing should be very nice on Friday and Saturday mornings.
Snowy conditions on North Loup Thursday morning.Trees flocked with snow in the skinny field on Sukkerbusk.
