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5º at 7am. Forecast high 23º.

There are snowflakes in the forecast. Doesn’t take much too make me happy! We are wishing for snow. Chuck’s mom always said, “If wishes were fishes” (I googled the rest) we’d all have a fry we’d eat and we’d eat until we would die. Or, the other version, a little more optimistic,  If wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets.

But really today is the same. Ian is driving around scraping the top loose, again. Same two people, second day skiers, skied again on Tuesday. They did another 6 miles, and left smiling. Is the skiing powder, blue sky perfect, no. But it is skiing and it is pretty ok.

New groomer update on Friday. Delivery of the “ginzu” has been changed to Thursday, because Wednesday afternoon is the 80 Bill Koch ski program day, and 30 Burr and Burton skiers. Ian guessed they would all show up at once, he wants to be able to pay attention to only the “ginzu” when it arrives. Click on the link and scroll down, there is a picture of what it will look like.

Open. 21º at 7am.

Ian is driving around and around. The snow we have is ground up and fast. Yesterday Eddie and Ro skied the Woodcock/Snow Goose, their everyday ski. We had two people, never on skis before, ski for 4 hours. They  skied 2 Turkeys, 2 Woodcocks, and 1 Snow Goose. They loved it and hoped to come back today. And 2 people snow shoed the Goshawk and Middle Blue Jay. They were very happy and tired.

The skiing is what it is, better than nothing. Would a nice snow fall help? You bet! But in the mean time, it is nice to be outside. And skiing or snow shoeing is always better than sitting at a desk.

PS The new Side by Side is here. And the groomer for it arrives tomorrow. Will post pictures soon.

OPEN

20º at 7:00am. Forecast high 29º.

Everyday the snow is different and the same.

As of 7am, the snow is hard and fast. Saturday and Sunday the temperature was 45º and 40º respectively. Which meant that after being ground up, the temperature softened the snow and the skiing was pretty darn good. Spring like.

Today is another story. Frozen up, not solid, like rain washed, but hard frozen granular. Ian will drive around and around and grind up and shave the frozen snow. No wax skis work great. If you have wax it will wear off. Skiing is fast. If you are new to the sport, snow shoeing would be the way to go.

Skiing the Lower Blue Jay

Ian is going around and round again this morning.

Everyday the snow is different and the same. First, about yesterday. Ian ground the trails, again, fast and very skiable. Some people were on snow shoes, some people snow shoed and then skied and some people just skied. The temperature did go up, went to about 45º. The skiing was good, slower and fun.

Today: A little rain last night. A drizzle while the moon poked through the clouds. Wet, loose granular surface, fast, good skiing. It is grinding up nicely today because the temperature didn’t get as cold last night.  Open trails are the Turkey, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, Goshawk, and Lower Blue Jay. I skied the Turkey, Grouse, and Lower Blue Jay with various little kids yesterday. All were good.