Classic Track: Yes
The grooming crew was out Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week. We have been trying to keep the snow in good shape so it continues to last and ski well.The front hill is starting to narrow but the shade fencing is doing its job and there’s still coverage the whole way. Past Point A, the trails are in great shape. We refreshed the corduroy and reset the classic track this evening. Should be good skiing Sunday morning.
Kevin
Just a quick PSA: it’s super warm and the snow is very sensitive/vulnerable to degradation from all sorts of traffic, including skiing. Please consider NOT skiing during the warm/melty part of the day. Wait until late afternoon or the morning so as to preserve what we have. Hopefully, we’ll see some sort of return to winter next week…
In the meantime, here are some recent photos of grooming in the early evening — the longer days mean it’s not completely dark during the first round of grooming. Unfortunately, the conditions will NOT look like this after this week. UGH.
Temperatures are headed into the meltdown range this week. As such, please consider not skiing, and especially snowshoeing, during the warm time of the day. It’s quite detrimental to the conditions.
It was a busy holiday weekend. Most of the trails were cleaned up but it’s a variable mix of conditions and not everywhere has a classic track.
Conditions are dependent on the grooming. Freeze-thaw weather and grooming frequency is like a jar of mayonnaise sitting out on the kitchen counter. If you don’t do something about it in a couple of days, it goes bad pretty fast. Hopefully we still have some base after this hot spell.
So, please refrain from using the trails as much as possible, especially while it’s warm. Looks like a weather change is in store next week…
Got things groomed nicely Friday night with a lot of passes with the groomers. Went back out Saturday evening to clean the lower Guaje Trail and to get a better classic track on the lower trails, below Point-J. It should ski very nicely for classic. Today was pretty interesting with that cold foggy air mass rolling in. It was noticeably colder at the bottom of the system than out in the meadow near the high point.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Trails have been groomed extensively during this past week, after the great round of storms of last week, which totaled 18 to 20 inches. Days are warming up with the southwest winds and flow from the south, but hopefully temps moderate in the 40s, which is not too bad. It’s supposed to cool off over Friday and Saturday, but maybe warm again early next week.
As of this morning, things looked great, but will start changing with the freeze/thaw cycle.
Please choose colder hours to ski or snowshoe to preserve the trail conditions. Skiing, and especially snowshoeing in the middle of the day causes some ruts and etc. that refreeze and are hard to groom out.
Classic Track: Yes
I set track but I assume with the way it was snowing, track will be filled in soon. Cleared trees and a lot of debris. Still bits here and there but had to keep moving with the high winds ripping.
Tom
A big thanks to Lukas for heading out last evening to clean up the trails after a super busy weekend with lots of traffic, and also the big freeze-thaw cycles we’re currently experiencing. He reports that trails were freshened up for both skate and classic. Be aware that until we see temps go back down, we’ll have freeze/thaw conditions…
Classic Track: Yes
Trails were beautifully refreshed tonight for both classic and skate skiing. CMR groomed as well. Enjoy!
Lukas
Classic Track: Yes
It was a good week for the trails. Pajarito reported 7” of new snow over the past 7 days with 4” last night. We groomed Tuesday night and Friday night.
There’s fresh corduroy and classic track throughout. Should be fantastic skiing this weekend!
Kevin
Lots of new snow, but also lots of wind. Battling the drifts has taken up most of the grooming effort, but things are now pretty well set for classic skiing, with a new track set throughout. The upper/outer meadow loop has been re-established with a fresh track as well. Lots of drifts still exist on the inner meadow trail from Point-M, down to Point-O (the lower road trail). Classic will be the best bet until the weekend. We do hope to have more grooming/smoothing passes done by then to even things out and make it firm and smooth. It just takes a lot of grooming work to get that done. The snow depth is very good now, though, so we’re very happy about that!!! Go ski classic! It will be good with skin skis in the middle part of the day, and kick wax in the morning and evening.
