Skiing on the Chickadee and chatting with a friend.

Open, 9º at 7am. Forecast high 21º.

The sunrise was quite a show. 6:25am, a nice red/purple glow. Fading away. Recheck at 6:50, a orangish/red, rising into pink. I am so grateful to witness the sunrises. And I don’t like to get out of bed. I really am only up to get down and start the fire for the 7:30am yoga class. So thank you early yogis. I see sunrises I would otherwise miss.

In other news, THE SKIING IS FABULOUS!!!!!!! Enough said!? All trails are open. Skied the Chickadee yesterday. I love skiing the Chickadee. Clouds and blue sky came and went yesterday. I got blue sky and sun. Skiing the whole Chickadee and only saw our friend and neighbor, picture above. He went on to ski laps on Loon, and then over to ski laps on Upper Blue Jay. Many people tell me Loon is their favorite. Loon doesn’t do much for me. Upper Blue Jay, on the other hand, I love. I love the Middle Blue Jay, and I love the Goshawk. I like each trail for different reasons. It is interesting hearing peoples stories about which trails are their favorites. Let me know yours.

And, the incoming storm. We are in the 8 to 12 inch range. Ian prediction is 18 inches. I’ll let you know in the morning.

Skiing this good show be illegal!

Open. 10º at 6:30am. Forecast high 23º. The snow is wonderful. The skiing is fabulous. Figure out a way to get here and ski!

Ian has groomed and put a single track in the Chickadee, Loon, and Middle and Upper Blue Jay. These are open, a little bumpy and humpy and wonderfully fun, great skiing.

He groomed late last night, the Turkey, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, Goshawk, and Lower Blue Jay. Double track put in by the new rig. Like skiing on silk. (He groomed yesterday from 5am to 7:30pm.)

We ended up with 13 inches of new snow. I have heard from you all down in the valley, that the precipitation on Sunday night turned to rain. WE STAYED ALL SNOW! And more expected Wednesday. Great skiing today. When you ski Wednesday you might want goggles, the skiing will be really good. Thursday will be another work in progress day, good skiing, new snow is a little more work, but still fabulous. And Friday would be another day to skip work.

The weather in general is pretty fickle. Ski while the skiing is great!

Open 27º at 10:50am and dropping all day 5º for an overnight low. 13.1 inches of new snow! We stayed all snow!

The skiing is really good and will just get better! And for today a work in progress. Everything is going well.

Ian has a track in all the lower trails. Chuck used the snow machine to pack the Middle and Upper Blue Jay, and the Chickadee. You can ski those as is. Chuck and Ian will continue to work on the trails. I know they want a track in all the trails by the end of the day. The tracks then will set up overnight (with the colder temperatures) and the tracks tomorrow will be firm and hard, vs today, they tracks are a little softer and slower.

This was not the fluffy, airy, cold snow. This 13 inches is heavy. This was the kind of snow that looks blue and smells wet. As the wind blows it is drying out.

16 km, Turkey, Grouse, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Goshawk, Lower, Middle and Upper Blue Jay open packed and tracked. Upper and Middle Blue Jay,  are  packed with the snow machine. Track to follow. Chickadee, not today, hopefully tomorrow. No guarantees.