We are able to offer two clinics this weekend:
Sunday Jan 14th 9:15-10:45 am CLASSIC ski clinic. More details in the post
https://www.facebook.com/events/1350555342176847
Monday Jan 15th 9:15-11 am SKATE ski clinic. More details in the post
https://www.facebook.com/events/1414350376185232
Thanks!
Dina
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Classic Track: No
Lukas and I groomed tonight. There was 8-12 inches throughout the trails and much more out in the meadow.
It was very hard to find the trail out in the meadow, but we did our best. We did two laps each in the meadow loop and one lap each of the rest of the trails. No classic track, just rough packing.
Travis
Classic Track: Yes
Sunday night we got about 4-6” of new snow and it’s been really cold up on the mountain. Conditions are great for skiing. We groomed Monday night and Tuesday night. Trails are in fantastic shape. Both skate and classic are fully groomed. We just set a new classic track this evening.
Kevin
Super fun classic clinic today, inner-tube bungees and all! Thank you!
Tomorrow (Sunday) some of us are meeting up to work on our skate skiing 9-10 am on Camp May Rd just below the Aspen Lift of Pajarito Mountain – feel free to join us!
Classic Track: Yes
Rolled again this morning, widened trails, hard packed soft shoulders in trouble areas. Widened meadow, Groomed and set classic track throughout.
We are able to offer another classic clinic this coming Sat Jan 6th! We may have fewer instructors this time, so for now it is limited to 8 participants but we may add a few spots if the number of instructors increases by Friday.
You will be emailed Friday night with your sign up and confirmation of the clinic as the clinic is contingent on weather and availability of our volunteer groomers!
Please see event invite here for more details and to sign up:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1072700107313067
Thanks!
Dina
Lots of new snow, lots…
We’re packing and planning on grooming tonight for a wonderful weekend of beautiful New Mexico cross country skiing. Should be especially great for those new classic skis you got for Christmas, along with all that Swix “Extra Blue” kick wax. Conditions like this are what we all live for! 😉👌
Happy New Year!
Trails were completely groomed, including setting fresh classic track. Snow is holding up, but needs to be groomed about every other day or so to stay in good shape.
Classic track should be pretty nice for a couple of days.
Enjoy!
Everything was refreshed last evening. Cool temps are helping the conditions stay pretty good. New classic track was set throughout, including on Camp May Rd practice area.
Saturday, December 30, 9:30 – 11:00
1) Beginner and Intermediate instruction for up to 12 participants with 2 instructors. Please send email to SWNSKIboard@gmail.com to reserve your spot – first come first served!
2) Skiing style for this clinic is CLASSIC (not skate skiing, see bottom here for rental info). If you are not sure which skis you have or which style is which, please contact us to get clarification to make sure you attend the correct clinic.
3) FREE to current club members.
To join or donate to the club: Support the Southwest Nordic Ski Club!
4) Geared toward adults, but will work for older kids who are up for learning in a group of adults (guessing ages 12 and up might work depending on the kids – contact the page with questions).
GEAR RENTAL INFO: The only rentals in our area are the Santa Fe Cottam’s Ski Shop, they are located at 740 Hyde Park Rd which is about half way from Santa Fe to the Santa Fe Ski area. They do NOT rent XC gear online, they ask that to rent XC skis you go into their shop and since they charge by the day ($29.95) they recommend coming in Friday after 3 pm to get your gear for Sat morning clinic and then bringing it back Sat afternoon after your clinic/skiing if you only plan to rent for 1 day. Their direct number is 505-982-0495. They only rent CLASSIC gear (no skate).
