ABR Trails

Only a few flakes of new snow fell overnight…I am not sure it was visible on the webcams.

Widetrack and Pig Heart headed out grooming the skate lanes again early AM and all (but Ridge Runner was groomed) with 2 groomers renovating skate lanes of about 45 km of skating. Meanwhile Crasher reset classic track on Tamarack 2 track, the Highlands and Deer trail. 21 km of new classic track. The new set classic was highly rated, The skating was highly rated. The trail deteriorated with skier traffic as the day went on, but morning skiers were very pleased. Yes there are some very thin areas under the Christmas trees and on the hills.

We are forecast for 3-7 inches of snow tonight. Conditions could change quickly. Pig Heart, Widetrack, Crasher, Wully Bully and even Honey Badger signed up for a groom routine at 6 AM. I predict we will see some midwinter conditions at 9 AM Monday!

A big thank you to Widetrack who came in on Christmas morning to groom with Pig Heart. We groomed about 37 km of skate lanes and they turned out much better than we both expected and better than skiers expected. The thin glaze from last night churned up into fine powder and provided a fast surface butwas very skiable. Classic skiers opted for the groomed skate lanes as opposed to the glazed track except on the flats where they enjoyed double poling with little effort. We are expecting about an inch overnight and plan to have 3 groomers out early AM regrooming. We will redo some classic tracks, if we get the inch they are promising… I mean forecasting. If we don’t get the snow promised we will retrack Tamarack one side. Forecasts look great for this week.

Merry Christmas! Today’s temps warmed up to 36, skiing was super in the morning but got slow in the afternoon. We did NOT receive any rain, thank you. I did touch up grooming this AM on 15- km of trails, the trails were looking good, Tracks were looking good. Wide Track and Pig Heart are heading out in the AM to groom Christmas day, not sure if we will reset classic tracks unless we get new snow, but we will give it our best for making a day of skiing on Christmas. Open 9-4:30 for skiing.

Just a few flakes of new snow today, however with the temps and humidity, skiing was rated very favorably. I plan to do some touch up grooming in the early morning and maybe a bit of shoveling on the Highlands exit hill. Lots of kilometers open for skiing, most is quite good.

A few disappointed customers this week bringing coolers in the ski shop. The lunchroom is not open, “the heated change room building is open”. Check our web site for COVID plans for more details. Sorry if we are erroring on the conservative side with our COVID rules . You need a face mask to enter our ski shop, 3 people at a time. You need a mask to enter the rental shop 3 people at a time. The heated wax room is closed but there is a wax bench in the unheated barn with porta potties and cabin supplies. Drinking water faucet is on the wax barn labeled with reflective sign.

If you have a season pass or the driveway ticket booth is open stay in your car and drive by at the drive thru…, purchase your ticket,..show your multi day pass or season pass and go enjoy 85-95 km of trails!

The new snow groomed up well this morning. We groomed all 95 km and have 87 km open for skiing. We were able to set new tracks on all trails except we elected to not set classic track on the combo Highlands Trails until we finish shoveling in the exit hill and we did not set track on Darla’s Diversion, There are a few spots here and there where the groomer brought up some leaves or grass… under the conifers…but skiers were quite happy with the conditions. We are open 9-4 in the ski shop Christmas day and New Years day… ski trails open 9- dark every day

A few cancellations on Rustics and Houses. The best way to book cabins is try the phone 9:15-3:30 or send an email and I will print it for Angela.( Remeber Angela is in the cabin by herself many days and does not have time to pick up ). Best way on Kaartunen House and Jackson Farm House is use Air BnB.

Rockfence dec 23-25 night (3nights) Jan 2-6

Cherry Dec 23-Jan 2 Jan 5-6

Balsam Dec 23-29

Tamarack Jan 5-6

Hemlock Jan 2-6

Everets Jan 2–5

Rasclas Jan 5-6

Kaartunen House Jan 9-12 4 nights / Jan 17-18 2 nights Jan 23-24 4 nights all thru Air BnB

Jackson Farm House mid Jan to March on Air BnB