Open at 9 am. The temperature at 7 am is 17º The forecast high is 27º. New snow total 6 inches. Forecast is more snow, sleet and winter mix.

Ian is in the groomer on the low trails. Turkey, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, and Peregrine. Andy rolled the Chickadee. Lots of touring more back country experience skiing today. Skating would not be fun today.

The weather so far is changing from sleet to snow back to sleet back to snow. When it changes to snow the snow is more than an inch an hour.

The photos above are from 7 am this morning, and Ian had already groomed them. If I looked carefully I could see the corduroy. Remember with the weather changing, the skiing will change also. And so will the driving.

Open at 9 am. The temperature at 6:30 am is 5º. The forecast high for today is 23º. Starting the day with sun, then clouding up with snow beginning late this afternoon.

The skiing today is good. Ian is in the Pisten Bully grooming this morning, Woodcock, Snow Goose, Grouse, Goshawk, Turkey and Peregrine. The Pisten Bully is working its magic today and the skate lane and tracks are firm and lovely

From Andy after he groomed then skied late yesterday, “I only skied the shortest Chickadee this evening. The fresh tracks—an hour old—were powdery-delightful, with good kick with Swix Blue. No herringbone needed between the end of Upper J and the J junction. The tracks that were set this morning were in good shape I’d recommend skins or no-wax for current conditions.” And Ian is on the Chickadee this morning putting in new tracks.

And the weather for Sunday looks pretty sketchy. As of right this minute we do not have a plan other than putting one foot in front of the other keep moving forward. I will let you know as soon as we can make a decision. It seems like the most reasonable forecast I have access to has us in the 6-12 inches of snow range. It looks quite likely that we will see a switch to sleet and maybe rain and that will happen at 24º. So we are going to maxi glide the shovels and fuel up the machines. Push back the snow banks, again, and hope for the best.

The photos above, Ian in the snow cat on the Grouse. #2 Andy grooming the Middle Blue Jay at sunset. #3 Andy on Waite’s Loop at sunrise.

Open at 9 am. The temperature at 6:30 is 14º, the high today about 20º.

We had three inches of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. It will groom out nicely and be a little quicker skiing that we have had this winter. The skiing will be soft, with a little sugary snow mixed in. The photos are of the Grouse crossing on Gretchen’s driveway.

The forecast looks like a repeat times 2 for Saturday night Sunday. We will just keep on smiling and shoveling and grooming and skiing.

Open at 9 am. The temperature at 7 am is 22º. We have 2.2 inches of new snow on the ground. Right this minute snow is falling from the sky. If the weather app on my phone is correct, expect a wintry mix until 12:30 and then back to snow with some wind thrown in. Overnight low of 14º.

We are not grooming today. If the mix goes to rain, we come out ahead by not packing it down with a machine. The skiing will be ok. The photos above are from this morning. Come on out and enjoy the fresh snow. Maxiglide will be needed for waxless skis.