Closed, Tuesday, January 11, -6º at 7:30am. Three inches of snow from the cold front and lake effect snow yesterday.

Open, Wednesday, January 12, FOR SEASON PASS HOLDERS only. Limited skiing, no track, about 10 km.

The plan is to be open on Wednesday and Thursday for season pass holders. Open for everyone as of Friday, the 14th.

The skiing will be poor to good. Some places will be fine and other places are really thin. We have 3 to 4 inches of snow on the ground. So no track, Ian is working on packing it down so the skating lane will be hard, but a bit bumpy. I do recommend rock skis if you have a choice. We still have some shoveling to do. And will need to shovel on the weekend if anyone is looking for a fun activity.

The photo above is my yearly obligation of the skier crossing sign. But really what is most exciting is the baby snow banks!

Closed, 12º, blue sky and bright sun.

The photo above shows what we are trying to still trying to cover up. We had freezing rain yesterday, not too much. The trees didn’t even ice up. But between the ice and the warm temperatures the snow settled again. This was not a net gain event.

At the stake today we have 4 inches. The most we’ve had at the stake this year was 6 inches.

Feels like a game that we are not winning.

Closed, 11º at 10:00am, blue skies and sunny.

2 inches of a very hard base. (In a couple spots, less than 2 inches.)

3 inches of new snow in the last 48 hours.

The 4 STOP signs went up on the Woodcock road crossings today. Hopefully, no more foot prints.

Tomorrow’s forecast…………We are hoping to come out with a net gain. We are really hoping for some sleet and then some snow on top of that.

And really if we get to wish for what we want. We want no more rain, no more warm weather until April. We want cold temperatures and snow. And that is what we are wishing for.

There is a lot of hoping and wishing going on right now!

Closed, 22º and light snow falling. About 2 inches of snow between yesterday morning and today’s snow fall. The snow is pretty, and it almost looks like enough. But the “base” snow layer underneath is very, very hard. And we still need more snow. Darn it!

I chose this photo so you could see the amount of new snow on the bird feeders. This is a “where’s Waldo” photo, there is a chickadee on the sunflower seed feeder, and a downy woodpecker on the suet feeder.

We are finding a few things to keep us busy, but we’d rather be skiing/working! We miss you all. Please, up your snow dance game!