Open, 25º at 7am and 2.1 inches of new snow. Powder over loose granular/packed powder. Snowing off and on today and cloudy. An expected high around 32º. That means you will need the maxiglide.

We have a great base (no bare spots! Thank you shovelers!!), add to that 2 inches of snow and the skiing is really good. There are tracks in most places on Woodcock, Snow Goose. The same old trails are open Woodcock, Snow Goose, Turkey, Grouse, Goshawk and Peregrine. We need a real snow storm to get the Middle and Upper Blue Jay and Chickadee open (still a lot of bare spots up there). Maybe next week????? That guess is based on a weather prediction guess, their best guess as of right now.

Start of the boys race, 1/2/19.

The ski race yesterday was great. I saw a few falls, a couple crashes, a tangle up here and there. There were about 90 high school age kids skiing their fastest on a fast, technical race course. The only injury was a fall after the race, with a banged up face and a little bloody nose. And he had a broken pole. He said, and “I don’t care about my face, I broke my new pole, and it is expensive, my mom is going to mad.” (He and his mom had split the cost.)  Save the day awards go to Chuck, first aid. And to Matt, bus driver/carbon repair extraordinaire, he can fix the pole. And for the innocents out there who haven’t purchased racing equipment, new fancy poles cost anywhere from $200 to $450. So yeah, wow.

Start of the girls race, 1/2/19.

There are longer Varsity races and shorter Junior Varsity races. I know of a few girls that skied their first Varsity races yesterday. They had great races, they felt strong on the course and on the uphills. And they appreciated all the skiing and training they’ve been doing for the last 6 weeks. Home court advantage helped yesterday.