Mar 12 2018

Skiing With Friends.

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Out for a ski.

Open, 24º at 7am. Forecast high 34º. Sunny this morning, clouds moving in. Snow starting overnight and continuing into Wednesday, forecast 6-8 or 8-12 inches.

March weather is here. And it has been fun. Snow and good skiing. More snow more good skiing. A day or 2 of boiling maple syrup. A really great start to March.

This is Martha, and she is excited.

Martha not only saw the mink slides and the otter slides. Martha saw the mink. They each stopped for a stare down. He held still long enough for Martha to think get out the camera, but not long enough to get the camera and take the picture. 

The fun downhill on the Middle Blue Jay.

Graham, the 5 year old, has been skiing a lot this winter. In the last couple of weeks he has skied the Chickadee 3 times. No Loons yet. A favorite part of skiing the Chickadee for him is getting to watch the skidder at the road crossing. Yesterday Ian and Heather took Catie and Graham to ski around the Middle Blue Jay. Graham is hooked. Best trail ever and today when he comes up to ski it again, they will be taking along more food and water and skiing the Upper Blue Jay too. Yes, the skiing is that good.

 

 

Mar 11 2018

The Skiing is SO GOOD!!!!!

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Ian, as groomer, catches more great shots in the early morning light.

Open, 23º at 7am. The forecast high 32º. Partly cloudy.

All trails open and the skiing is fantastic!!!

  • Don’t overdress. Fewer, thinner, layers.
  • Bring your Maxiglide or buy some here. Put it on once you get here. (Experience speaking.)
  • Ski at your ability level. Skiing on harder trails, with the plan to walk down the hills is a really bad plan. It wrecks the tracks Ian worked so hard to make and makes the skiing for everyone behind you, all day, awkward and more difficult. SO, do not walk in the trail.
  • When you ski  with in your ability level the skiing is safer and more fun.
  • Pay attention to the snow beside the trails. The animals will be moving and you should be able to see some good animal tracks. There was a mink slide spotted on the Blue Jay at the “Junction” a week ago, watch for it.

I am trying to get more pictures of people skiing, so you can see how much fun everyone is having on their skis. But this is the reason I love skiing.

Solitude, the reason I love to get out there and ski.

Mar 10 2018

Another Great Day To Ski

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Jonathan and Ian skiing on the Loon.

Skiing on the Loon. Go here to see this photo as a video on Instagram.

Open, 21º at 7am. Forecast high 31º. Four and a half inches of light fluffy snow overnight. Just keeps getting better!

Skiing is about as good as it gets. Grab your friends and your lunch, Maxiglide, or extra blue and get out to ski. With 4 1/2 inches of snow overnight, all freshly groomed, a beautiful day for a ski. 

Bring your Maxiglide, or the Swix equivalent. Using Maxiglide is like greasing a pan. You rub it on no wax skis to keep the ski from icing up on days with fresh snow around 30 to 34 º, or if the sun hits the new snow.  Bring yours or buy some here. Rub it on tip to tail and take it with you.

It was brought to our attention this week that we have a mention in Vermont Sports. We were named favorite Nordic ski area in southern Vermont. Check out the article here. 

Cliff added a Groomer Photo page you can check out here. I think there are very few people that truly appreciate what the groomers do behind the scenes. Ian has been taking some pictures and putting them up on SmugMug.

Mar 09 2018

This Is Your Lucky Day, Chickadee Is Open.

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Open, 21º at 7am. Forecast high 31º. 3 inches of snow overnight. Storm total 20″. Great, fabulous skiing today.

What a day, the skiing yesterday was great. A little grabby and a little icing happening on the skis. Bring your Maxiglide, put it on and take it with you.

Ian is out now grooming on the snow machine “up above”. The picture below is on the Chickadee this morning. He will next take the Ranger and the new ginzu on the “lower trails”.

We may not have won the total snow fall amount. But we have plenty and because it is not as much we are able to work and get good skiing faster. It is your lucky day. 

New track on the Chickadee as of 7am on Friday, 3/9/2018.

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