And the groomer tests out the tracks.

Open, 31º at 7am. Forecast high of 33º.

Spring skiing conditions today. 24 k open, groomed and tracked. Ian just came in from skiing the Turkey and it is good skiing. Soft, moist snow. Beautiful in the woods.

In the last week, 22 inches of snow have fallen. The skiing has been absolutely fantastic. Yes, even yesterday. There were a lot of skiers here yesterday. Some big groups. And a few couples and singles who came skiing and skied by themselves while the others from there group stayed back at the lodge reading and watching TV. 

The people that got themselves together despite the cloudy, drippy weather, were outside breathing fresh clean air, moving muscles, checking out the meandering brook. Looking at beautiful trees. The hardest part is getting yourself together and into the car. You will love being out in the woods.

Snow flee ski.

We had the best ski around the Lower Blue Jay. The tracks were great we skied right up the hills. The downhill was slow, but fun. And the kids brought home snow fleas, which are now being housed in my refrigerator. 

Good tracks at the beginning of the Blue Jay.

Open, 26º at 6:30am, forecast high 40º. 1/2 inch of new snow.

In the last week it snowed about 2 feet. All trails are open and have a double track thanks to our new grooming rig.

That snow has been groomed to perfection by Ian. (His birthday is today, somebody get him an egg sandwich from Bromley Market, and everybody else give him a hug.)

And, really, he has groomed to perfection. During a 24 hour period, about 10am Wednesday, until about 10am Thursday, he spent 17 hours driving one of the grooming rig or another. He also recruited our friend Jonathon to drive the snow mobile for a couple hours on Wednesday.

You see, lots of fluffy new snow is beautiful. But, for skiing, unless you pack and knock the air out of it the snow is soft and fluffy, great for snow angels, not so great for skiing. So around and around he has been and the skiing is fine.

The weather forecast is for snow to mix to rain and back again. The skiing will still be good. We have enough snow to work with and the right equipment to get the skiing good again, whatever the weather.

Nice tracks.

Open, 3º at 6:30am, forecast high 20º. Today the skiing is perfect.

The skiing is absolutely fabulous. The tracks are in and set up. The sky this morning is clear and going to start out blue. The wax is also blue. Another fabulous, wonderful day. 

The weather is going to warm up for the weekend. The skiing will still be good. The weather prediction is snow overnight, rain/snow Saturday. Occasional rain/mix Sunday. The temperatures both days in the high 30ºs.

Now that we have enough snow, the skiing will stay good. Because, enough snow even wet and then frozen can be ground up with the snow cat and tiller. The same combination as the alpine areas.

How our week is going, the 23 year old snow blower crapped out yesterday. I guess it lasted 3 years past Chuck and Ian thinking it was on its last legs. Chuck found a used snow blower for sale on Craig’s list and is on his way up north to pick it up. Ian, after spending hours and hours grooming is going to ski Chickadee, Middle and Upper Blue Jay, and Woodcock/Snow Goose. He is going to take advantage of the perfect conditions today.