We closed Sunday night for a few days waiting for the snow to return. Our base is partially in tact in the woods as a thin icy base but not skiable. We see snow in the forecast Wed and Thursday and we hope to reopen Friday.
Sunday 3:30 PM
We are closing for Sunday at 3:30, the snow is too thin to ski safely. We hope to reopen Friday after the forecast snow event on Thursday. The Ski Shop, Ski Trails the Snowshoe Trails and the Dog Trails are closed until further notice. Thank you
Saturday 6 PM
The trail froze hard last night …down to 27. We groomed last night as it was freezing and the trails froze up hard and fast. We regroomed about 1/3 of the trails this morning and waited for the sun to warm the rest up. By 10:30 some of the hills were still fast so we regroomed a few of the hills. the base is getting very thin with many bare spots …but it is skiable. We are going out with 3 of us early in the AM to regroom again Sunday AM. We expect conditions to be similar to this morning but we will try to make it a bit softer.
We expect to close Sunday late afternoon as the temps warm up and the trail melts out and then we plan to reopen Thursday or Friday when more snow arrives.
Friday 9 PM
I am just coming in from scouting the trails and doing some preliminary grooming. The low areas were starting to show signs of wet, the up hills are getting chewed up a bit on Blueberry and the River Trail. Tonight’s grooming smoothed these out and I expect them to freeze tonight. The bare spots 12 inch by 12 inch are more numerous…about 75 areas in the base 10 km loop….but they are small and you can ski around them easily. I think the skiing at 9 AM will be more favorable for the advanced skiers and the skiing later towards 11 AM will be better for the recreational skiers. Tonight is forecast to freeze hard and we will lightly groom in the early AM to keep the base firm, it is flat fro the grooming tonight and ruts are groomed out. We are grooming and skiing about 25 km for Saturday.
Looking ahead I see that Sunday we are probably OK until early afternoon. We do not think we will be open Monday thru Wednesday based on the forecast.
Friday 7 AM
Just coming in from the morning grooming routine and pleasantly surprised with how good the trails held up after yesterdays traffic and warmer temps. We are grooming and skiing about 28 km today.Early season conditions mean a bit bumpy and thin but very skiable and not icy. The main trails ( about 15 km) had about 20 areas of bareness or wetness about 12 inches square…easy to see and ski around. The classic track we set yesterday also seemed to hold up well and we did not reset it. We are open at 9 AM.