C and the Flash (photo doesn’t exactly reflect current conditions)

Open, 38º at 7am, with the temperatures dropping all day with a low of 5º tonight. Looks like most of the day we will be at 35º with snow flakes in the forecast for this afternoon. It got pretty warm yesterday, and didn’t freeze overnight. Please check in during the day to day to see if anything has changed.

22km open. Wet, corn snow base. No grooming today. With the temp falling all day, it will get faster and firmer. Again, check in during the day to see if there are any changes. I am hoping The Thunder Bolt Kid can save us from this weather.

Watch for wet spots/emerging obstacles on Chickadee and Middle and Upper Bluejay. We will send out shovelers this afternoon, and the groomers late tonight. We will definitely have 11km for tomorrow, and probably Chickadee too which would make 17km. Depending how solid the snow is, and how many wet spots melted, we might get Middle and Upper Bluejay open too. We have about 15 inches of snow on the ground at the high point on Bluejay, so there’s plenty to work with – if we can jam a shovel into it.

Man, oh man, I will say it again, I prefer cold weather! I will take below 0º. I will not complain. I know it was hard on equipment. But, this is getting old, the repeating warm, wet, cold, snow, repeat.

On a sugaring note, Chuck and Ian have some new equipment to add to the evaporator. A new blower has been installed, the arch is being rebricked and then the pans will go on the arch. On top of that they have a pre-heater and steam hood to add. And then a couple of new tubing lines up above. Wow. Chuck has been working on the sugaring operation to get us ready to go in 10 days or so.