Hey Snowshoe Fans,
We are going to take advantage of the snow in town + cold temperatures. Meet at the LA County Ice Rink, 4475 West Road, at 5:30 PM and we will snowshoe the Reservoir Road. As usual-all abilities welcome. Contact me before 4:30 pm if you wish to come. Dress appropriately for temperatures in the 20s + have some energy food and/or snacks with you. Enjoy the day off for those of you that get one.
Mike Engelhardt
Sports Director
Los Alamos Triatomics Multi Sport Club
Beginner kids clinics and races this weekend were a blast! Lots of Sharks and Minnows, going off jumps and a race course with some some obstacles! Big thanks to our awesome volunteer groomers for their daily work keeping our trails and especially Camp May Rd. safe and fun to ski on for our beginners!
Classic Track: Yes
The trails are still in great shape. Zach and I refreshed the skate lane and reset the classic track in some sections (In some sections we left Kevin’s track from yesterday). We also set up the target area for the bb gun biathlon event tomorrow.
Enjoy some spectacular New Mexico skiing tomorrow!
Classic Track: Yes
Trails are in great shape. A combination of the new snow we received Monday evening and cooler temperatures this week helped keep the snow in good condition. We refreshed the trails this evening so it should be great skiing this weekend. We reset the classic track and freshened up the skate lane. We were able to groom in some of the soft snow which had drifted in from the storm earlier this week and it made for some smooth corduroy.
Enjoy!
Kevin
Today, they went next level and had no choice but to stay in the tracks and ski straight up the big hills to get out to the Caldera rim. We usually let them wind their way up the easy, more gradual route, but not tonight. They do appreciate the view into the Valles Caldera every time. Quanah is always impressed that he skis all the out there under his own steam and even crosses out of Los Alamos County, into Sandoval County. It’s somehow epic to him that he crosses that imaginary line (well, there is a fence) šš¤£
Hi all,
We are able to offer ski clinics for adults of all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced) again this Sat Feb 11th with the following times:
9:30am-11am CLASSIC
12:30pm-2pm SKATE
To sign up, please email SWNSKIboard@gmail.com by 3pm on Friday Feb 10th, we will limit participation to 6 students per instructor.
Not sure what is skate and what is classic? Check out this short informative video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKUpNk7pVaM
Clinics are free but everyone attending should be a current club member due to insurance requirements. If you need to renew or join you can do so here:
http://swnskiclub.org/?page_id=93
$25/individual $35/family. The club is a 401c3 non profit and membership fees as well as any donations are tax deductible.
āā Big thank you to our volunteer instructors as well as our amazing volunteer groomers – their hard work is what keeps the skiing on our trails safer and more fun especially when we don’t get as much snow as we need and through the warmer days!
Hey snowshoe enthusiasts,
The warm spell last weekend didnāt last long . Itās back to winter. Ski slopes and adjacent XC trails got a nice little refresh of new snow yesterday 3 of us plan to meet at the west end of the Pajarito ski area parking lot tonight. We will hike on either the Canada Bonita multi use trail or ski area slopes/jeep roads as people wish.
All ages and abilities welcome.
Mike Engelhardt
Sports Director
Los Alamos Triatomics Multi Sport Club
Classic Track: Yes
The predicted snow actually materialized. There was a decent amount, so the trails needed to be groomed again so it won’t blow and drift, and get scraped off from ski traffic.
Classic tracks were set, so it’ll be the best bet tomorrow.
Beware of a pretty ugly bad spot on Dave’s Dogleg where the edge of the trail collapsed under the machine’s tracks and I got terribly stuck. I tried to clean it up, but it’s a mess. Sorry about that. I’m just happy to be alive.
New snow = good skiing. š
Classic Track: No
Weāre still in business. That little heat wave did transition the snow on the lower sun-exposed portions of the trails (the fire affected areas), but itās all still nicely covered. The front hill, as usual, is the least good section, but only in a short section. The farther out on the system, the better the snow is. The meadow trails are still perfect.
Tonight, I ran the groomer on everything several times to grind up the icy stuff and buff out all the weekend traffic that occurred during the warmest part of the day and left holes and/or skate indentations. It was quickly freezing up rock-hard as temperatures dropped, so each pass was different from the previous one(s). The grooming really softened up the snow, so itās safe and nice again.
Because there was a lot to be done to grind up the trails, I didnāt reset the classic track (sorry about that). Iāll plan on doing that tomorrow evening. So, skating is the best option tomorrow, classic for Wednesday. It was supposed to snow a little tonight too, but that doesnāt look likely now. It did however, get cold again, so conditions should hold into the weekend.
Enjoy!
