We will not open for skiing today, we need more snow for grooming and safe skiing. The Grooming Clinic is on as scheduled for Wed Thursday with or without new snow.
Skiing for Monday?
We had many happy skiers today to ski on the 15 k I tilled up with the Pisten Bully and reset classic track on; yes there were a few rough areas where I had to lift the tiller for a thin area but it skied well. I will not regroom until we get more snow. The trail is not safe to ski without more snow. We will reopen when we get snow. It is snowing this afternoon. So are we open Monday? Only if it snows an 1-2 inches overnight . I will post the result on the ABR web site in the AM and on the phone recorder.
The Grooming Clinic is this Wed and Thursday and is on as scheduled without or without new snow.
ABR Open
I have been out in the Pisten Bully powertilling some of the close flatter loops and it is turning out quite nice, we will have some good skiing in the AM. The new snow is mixing in nicely. I groomed about 10 K tonight and I will be out in the early AM to groom another 5-10 k with some hills.
ABR Trails Closed and SISU 42k and 21k Cancelled
Just coming in from the trails. Temp has been 41 overnight and it continues to rain. The trails have deteriated to a non skiable condition overnight. ABR Ski Trails are closed until we get more snow and cold temps. Watch the SISU Ski Fest website on details for the other events. The ski shop is open 9-4 today.
Friday night
I am just coming from checking the trails and they are still quite soft at 8 PM with 36 F. We moved the groomers schedule back to 4 AM and we have a team of 5-6 headed out in the AM. We will split up in 2 teams one heading North to town and the other heading south for the 42 K.. We will be calling in to the webmaster of the SISU Ski Fest at 6 AM CST with our report and suggestions on modifications if needed. I just had a call from the downtown crew they have the streets snowed in with a nice layer of snow powertilled in with the Pisten Bully from Gogebic Community College and snow staged at road crossings. updates on www.sisuskifest.com at 6 AM
We will be doing some regrooming after the race for day skiers at noon,