Got up to the shop Sunday afternoon to do some cleanup both inside, and around the base area. It was time to get the trailhead signs removed to let people know that the grooming is done for the year, and get the grooming implements moved to the other side before the snow melts. There were also a lot of dog poop bags to gather for disposal (yuck!).
Remember, we’ll plan on a big group “work party” on April 27-28. It’ll mostly focus on fencing removal, loading, and hauling to the storage shed for the summer. Bring snips or needle-nose pliers and a plastic bag for disposing of the ties.
Gotta get the stuff moved over the shop side of the base area. It was still pretty frozen in!It took a bit to get the Kubota out of the frozen hole it was in.Every year… There’s always a bunch of these dog poop bags to gather and dispose of. Yuck. This is only one of three piles!
This turned out to be a good season, if not a bit challenging to keep groomed at times. It was smooth sailing (mostly) until February, when high winds blew down a bunch of trees and debris, and that was on top of a tropical heat wave that settled in for about two weeks and burned up a lot of our great winter base of snow. Thankfully, we’d stayed on top of the grooming and the snow depth was good, so we were able to weather the challenges, so to speak. March was fabulous, with so many BIG snowstorms, but we didn’t have a fully-staffed grooming crew, so it was difficult to stay on top of the big influx of new snow. We managed and there were some great days in there, for sure!
Finally, we still have some fine spring skiing and there was even one last grooming this past weekend, with Kevin getting out and setting a fresh classic track to finish out the season. It was so nice Tuesday evening, with about 1″ of fresh snow on top from the little waves of precip that rolled through during the day.
Thanks to everyone who supported the efforts with volunteering and donations, etc. This is entirely a DIY volunteer program, so it belongs to all of you. We’ll put together another weekend of year-end volunteer work to get the fencing and signs down and stored away until next November.
Great classic skiing on April 9Front hill shade fencing performed wonderfully this season!It’s always a treat to make it out to the Caldera rim. This view as magnificent on April 9 at around 6pm as the storm passed through.
