Open, 25º at 7am. Mostly sunny.

The skiing today is good. The expected high is 40º and the clouds will move in later this afternoon. Woodcock, Snow Goose, Turkey, Grouse, Peregrine. And Goshawk, Catie skied it with her little group last night and told me about the new, fun Goshawk.

Here is a 2 second loop video of Scott and Ben classic skiing.  This photo is from our friend Ben’s instagram page. This is how you do it when you are 19. And his dad, I know John would tell you getting to ski with Ben and friend Scott yesterday was the best day ever too!

Awwwww…..the weather. Today good, then a few days of crap. The Christmas thaw, whatever you call it is not going to be pretty. Rain Thursday night and Friday. Cold again by Sunday. We will reassess daily, but my best guess right now is we will be closed until we get some new snow. Depending on what damage the rain does, sometimes we need a couple inches of new snow, sometimes 6-8 inches of new snow.

And the solstice celebration tonight, hosted by West River Nordic, 5:30pm, potluck, byob and bring a head lamp.

Open, 11º at 7am and mostly clear. Beautiful sunrise and one very bright planet in the early morning sky. Expected high today 29º and partly cloudy. Tomorrow warm around 40º. Friday warm and rain.

So, the plan as of today. Open, pretty good skiing today and Thursday. Closed Friday while it is raining. Then we will have to see what snow is left and reassess. 

Skiing for today and tomorrow, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Turkey, Grouse and Peregrine all groomed yesterday morning and/or last night.

Pretty good hard pack skiing. Bob skied back in from the Woodcock, Snow Goose very happy with the wax he was using yesterday and the hard pack tracks allowing for excellent double pole skiing.

The animal tracks are all over. The inch of new snow on Monday and Tuesday allowed the animals to leave the tracks for us to see. There are so many squirrels, and hare. I saw one track that was a tunnel, so I was guessing it was a shrew or a vole, maybe even a mouse. Then, the coyote following along behind. My favorite track yesterday was the turkey up on the Peregrine in the smaller wildlife habbit cut, it had come thru after Ian groomed and was very busy looking for a bite to eat.

Remember the Soltice Party hosted by West River Sports on Thursday, the 20th, at 5:30. Pot luck and bring a head lamp. 

Open. 14º at 7am, and aother dusting of snow overnight.  Cloudy skies with an expected high of 20º and maybe sun later this afternoon.

Ian is out grooming all the open trails as I type, and the skiing looks pretty, darn decent. Loose granular base, which now has an inch of new powdery snow in it. (The dustings start to add up and they make a difference.) There will still be a few thiner spots, but overall pretty good. Looking at the forecast today and tomorrow look pretty good. Thursday the skiing will still be ok, with an expected high of 41º. Looks like some rain on Friday/Saturday before cooling back off. 

The solstice party,  hosted by West River Sports, will be Thursday night, December 20th at 5:30pm. Pot luck, BYOB. This is the only photo I have from last year. Lots of kids, lots of fun, remember your headlamp!

Open, 29º at 7am. A dusting of new snow, on top of a ground up base. The skiing will actually be ok. And if the forecast is correct this week is as good as it gets for for the 10 day out forecast.

Woodcock, Snow Goose, Turkey, Grouse and Peregrine. New snow would help everything, but for the Blue Jays and Chickadee we need a new foot.

This photo is from yesterday. And the skiing ground up with a dusting of new snow on top.

The new snow has stuck to the base and will make the skiing really, ok.

On Thursday evening the West River Sports Association is Hosting, at Wild Wings, a Winter Solstice Party. Staring about 5:30pm. It is pot luck, on skis, and BYOB. All are invited. If you want to voluteer to help, I am sure I can find you a fun job. I think the fire starter/builder job is open the year. 

And, if you are looking for a new hat for yourself or as a gift we have a new selection of Skida hats, with the Wild Wings Logo in stock. Come check it out.