After four days of temps in the upper 40’s, we cooled back down to the upper 20’s on Wednesday. Jonell has always wanted to try her hand at grooming so today we groomed Skaters Waltz. We made four passes total and the trail groomed up very nice. I was expected southern exposed areas to be bare and water in low spots but the entire Skaters Waltz trail has excellent coverage with just a arm length section of trail that is “thin”. Overall the coverage on the trail system is very good. Skate skiing on the groomed surface early this afternoon was very nice and about as good as it gets for spring skiing. Fast but enough loose for edging and speed control. Temps not warm enough to make it mushy and the surface was very nice. Should stay cool until Friday when we will warm up again. We will probably groom again on Friday and also try to groom out North Loup. The classic trails still have definition of tracks and would be okay skiing during the transition time. This time of year it is hard to know when conditions are going to be just right but when timed properly, can be some nice skiing.
After a run of very warm weather, the temps have cooled back down and we did a little bit of grooming Wedneday morning. Latest trail report on the Trail Report page.
Not quite as warm today as Sunday and Monday. Froze down again this last night, making for crusty conditions early then getting soft in the afternoon. Once again, skiing was very nice this morning during the transition period before the snow got soft and slow. The coverage today didn’t look much different than the photos below. Most noticeable were the tree wells a bit bigger. The trails will be closed until Thursday afternoon. Even though we plan on skiing in the mornings, we can not provide any emergency service if so required so for safety, we will have the trails closed. It looks to be a bit cooler tonight and tomorrow so we might try grooming a bit tomorrow morning. Grooming most likely to occur on Skaters Waltz and North Loup with no classic tracks to be set.
Ede Family and friends enjoying the beautiful morning on Suicide Hill.
Although the weather has been very warm the past few days, skiing has been nice in the mornings before the snow gets soft and mushy. Latest trail report on the Trail Report page.
