Good morning.
Nice to see a little fresh snow! Skate lanes were groomed on Pincushion Mt., North Advanced, Caynon Curves, West Overlook, and Upper & Lower Snowman. I left the classic tracks alone, as the fresh snow should make the classic skiing pretty good.
Ok, here’s the grooming report: Get out and ski! Somewhat unconventional grooming due to the prep for the race this Saturday. West overlook, upper and lower snowman, canyon curves, 1st half of Pincushion Mountain, last 1/2 of north advanced. Basically, ski where it has been groomed and you’ll be all good. Skate lanes and classic tracks are looking very good, be advised, there is still a fair bit of tree debris mixed into the snow, but it’s looking better every day.
On Friday afternoon the skate lanes on Upper & Lower Snowman, West Overlook, and North Advanced were groomed. The Pincushion Loop and the rest of North Advanced will be done this morning. The skate skiing is fantastic after grooming. Classic tracks are mostly solid, full depth, take caution on the corners, tracks are generally pretty fast.
Great to have all the high school racers up at Pincushion on Friday! We’ve got a great crew of volunteers, couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks to WTIP and crew for putting the event on the air and web!
This morning the skate lanes were groomed on West Overlook, Upper and Lower Snowman, and Pincushion Loop. Classic tracks are mostly intact, watch for a few corners where they have washed out a little bit. Things will be fast in the mornings and soften up in the afteroons during this freeze thaw cycle.
3″ of new snow fell on Monday, grooming finished up in the early morning hours on Tuesday. All trails have been groomed for classic and skate skiing. The warming house is open from 10-9 each day and the lights stay on until 10pm, it is going to b a great week, hope to see you all out there! On a side note, it had started to snow when I was wrapping up, might have to repeat the entire process today!
All trails were groomed on Saturday following 3-4″ of fresh snow. No tracks set on East Overlook. Re-groomed West Overlook, Upper and Lower snowman after dark. Skate skiers reported good skiing, a little soft at times, that should harden up overnight. Classic skiers reported less snow in tracks after grooming, but it did snow lightly all day so tracks should be pretty good. The thin spots were mostly an issue on 3 select south facing slopes, the rest of the system had great looking tracks. I would say we generally have a 3-4″ base. Certainly have not taken out the Pisten Bully, but we are very happy with the product the Ginzu is achieving. If anyone out there has taken any great pictures, it would be great to send them in to Skinny Ski or send them our way.
All trails except East Overlook were groomed for both skate and classic last night. There is roughly a 3″ base. Ole Hyvaa and Hilfiker Hill have some thin spots and there are a few thin spots in the track on the Pincushion Mountain Loop, otherwise conditions are good on the whole system. Winter is finally here!