Author: abrski

The ski trails are open for the hard core who want to train on a thin base with a patch of skiable snow here and there. We discourage the recreational skiers from skiing. There are many bare spots.  The overnight warm temps and sun of yesterday took a toll on the base. Ski Trails open on a  very limited basis Friday for rock skiing, SKI SHOP open Friday and Saturday.

4 PM Thursday, Happy Thanksgiving! We had skiers today and reports were it is skiable. However I am not sure how skiable it will be after tonight. We plan to head out in the AM on foot and skis to shovel in some of the thin areas to put together a 5-7 km loop. This should give you an idea on the condition. We plan to be open until the snow is not skiable. If we wake up in the AM and the snow is all gone I will report back.

Yes we are open for Thanksgiving! The snow is holding up so far. The skiing is best at 9 AM when we open.

“How will it be for Friday and Saturday?”  I think the snow will be skiable but more for those who are wanting to get on snow. I am thinking the recreational skiers, may not be satisfied.

“What have skiers been saying?” The skiers have been saying that is just what they expected and are not disappointed for early season. They are/were happy to drive 5-8 hours to ski the past 2-3 days.

“Will you close if it gets soft to save the snow? No, we plan to be open but we will close if the trails becomes unsafe for the intermediate skier.

“What are your grooming plans?” We will groom as needed when we can.

“Do I have to worry about wearing orange?” I work on the trails in a brown carhart, we are on private land and we do not allow deer hunting. Most skiers have colorful clothing. We close at dark 5 PM for skiing during early season.

 “Is there snow in the forecast” Yes!

Just coming in from tonights grooming. We groomed multiple passes on Bluberry, Bards, Meadow Ridge and Cherry. They were smooth with the Ginzu and are a cordoroy surface with thin areas of some grass coming up here and there as pictured. We also groomed this morning and trackset River Popple  and Pit Point using a low snow track setter. The areas that had grass showing were shoveld in. Hemlock Jack Pine and White Pine were groomed flat with no track for the skiers to ski in a track. Coverage on these was good (see picture) with a bare aspot going in to the pines like other years. In the morning we plan to groom more skating and set some more track. We have had cold nights, it is 26 now and not had  melting. We plan to be open Thanksgving Day and over the weekend. I see the forecasts calling for some warming but I do believe we can provide early season skiing over the weekend.

We set 5 km of tracks this morning and will set more later , trails are shaping up. we have a thin base but it is very skiable