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January 27, 2017

Friday 6 PM

We picked up an inch or so of new snow again overnight and the snow groomed in real nicely. We groomed 68 km of trails this morning with 4 of us; the Classic only Trails were all reset and all of the skate lanes were groomed. We will be back out re-grooming in the AM, with a team of 4 groomers. There are no bare spots and we are 98% open, we are not grooming Rudy’s Shoot, one of the Dog Trails until the Grooming Clinic which is Monday and Tuesday JAn 30-31.

Don’t miss Demo days from Atomic Saturday here at ABR

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

Thursday 6 PM

The trails are in great shape…..skiers have been very happy. We have been grooming and skiing all 73 km on all of the trails. the Highlands are back to being open yesterday after the base froze back down and the groomers were able to climb the hills. The new snow really help to mix into the harder base and make the skiing more enjoyable for the recreational skiers. We will be back out grooming in the AM.

Atomic will be doing a Demo here Saturday from 10-3. Come out and test some of the latest equipment from Atomic!

The Grooming Clinic is next Monday and Tuesday and will be on the Dog Trails across the street.

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

2017 Midwest Grooming Expo and Clinic

The 2017 Midwest Grooming Expo and Clinic is coming up next Monday, Tuesday Jan 30-31 at ABR. Registrations have been coming in and we’ve revised the schedule and moved over to our Big Barn to handle the groomers; we will have all of the Grooming Clinic across the road on the Dog Trails. More details with revised schedule.

January 25, 2017

Wednesday 7 PM

We picked up a bit of snow today, we would call it dusting in the old days, but it did groom in well. We just buffed out skate lanes today and we will reset tracks in the AM if we get more snow. The skiing has still been very good and we are skiing on 50 km. Saturday we will have Atomic here from 10-3 with demo equipment. Monday and Tuesday is the Grooming clinic, this will be across the road on the Dog Trails Monday and Tuesday.

January 23, 2017

Monday 7 PM

We had another good day of spring skiing conditions. We groomed and reset tracks on about 20 km today with our 3 man crew. The trails are skiing well but have Spring skiing conditions. We did spend a few hours cleaning up some of the debris brought up by the PB’s over the weekend. We are re-grooming the main tails in the morning and heading to check the Highlands in the AM and beef up any areas that may be thin on the down hills to the south. The classic only trails are skiing OK but have not been re-groomed today. We have 50 km of trails open for skiing. And we plan to reopen the other 23 km by Thursday or Friday.