12/26/2023 Grooming & Conditions Report

We’ve had a couple of issues with our grooming machines and low volunteer availability for grooming, so it’s been a little hit and miss with getting on top of things. After a couple of days working on our Viking snowmobile, it was usable enough to get in a good number of laps focused on widening, tilling, and leveling the trails so they’re not so narrow, uneven and side-sloped. The outer meadow was also groomed out, but it was windy, so there will be a lot of windblown drift by tomorrow.

While the trails will be cleaned up from all the holiday traffic, they still need some more work. There’s no classic track and even the skate lane needs more conditioning. Hopefully, we’ll get more passes on them by the weekend.

Sorry for the slow grooming response – we just don’t have much volunteer coverage right now. At least the snow and weather are both good!

51st Chama Chile Ski Classic

The 51st (!!!) Chama Chile Ski Classic is ON for Saturday Jan 13th! There are classic and snowshoe events (no freestyle this year).

Please support this fun and historic event by volunteering or participating! A registration could be a neat experience gift for someone on your list!

Race website is here: https://chamachileskiclassic.com/
Race registration and race list is here (open now!!):
https://runsignup.com/Race/NM/Chama/ChamaChileSkiClassic

Grooming Report for 2023/12/13

Classic Track: Yes

This past storm is just what we needed for the ski trails. Pajarito reported 15″ and this evening we groomed in close to 1 ft of new snow. The snow was very wet and all of the trees are covered. It’s a winter wonderland up there! Here are conditions before we groomed this evening

We have full coverage and the trails are groomed for both skate and classic. Should be a superb weekend for skiing!!

Kevin

GROOMING/CONDITIONS REPORT- SATURDAY EVENING 12/9/2023

Conditions weren’t so great this morning, but things were groomed this afternoon and it snowed about 1/2″. There were a lot of dogs and hikers not adhering to the signs, and they made a mess to the point of causing damage and degradation of the conditions. It was not easy to groom that out with so little snow.

Anyway, things were regroomed and where the snow is still covering the trail well, there’s still some good skiing. It’s not so great from the trailhead to about Point-C. Lower Road is a mixed bag, but it was also groomed.

Be super careful and use rock skis.

-Clay

Weekend Ski Planning…?

There are plans for a “best we can do” regrooming of the system. The warm weather this week definitely hit the conditions hard, but there’s still skiable conditions. It’ll definitely be rock-ski conditions, so keep that in mind. You may have to bridge over a bare spot here and there, or ski over grass sticking through. It is snowing a little up at Pajarito right now. You can now see the weather again since they got their webcam up and running.

https://www.pajarito.ski/weather-conditions-webcams/webcams/

Conditions Report from Wednesday Evening 12/6/2023

Things have deteriorated quite a bit from the weekend with the “heat wave” weather we’re experiencing. With only a couple of modest storms covering the ground, there just wasn’t much snow to start with. The warm temps in the 40s warms up the ground and melts things from above and below. So, expect soft, wet conditions during the day, and ice by mid-afternoon and night. There are also numerous exposed rocks, sticks, and grass, so be SUPER careful. There will be completely exposed spots within a couple of days, most likely.

We did get our group of juniors all the way to the top of the meadow and I think they learned how to get over their kick zones much more emphatically 😉

Learning to classic ski on variable surfaces and icy conditions builds early-season grit!

Grooming Report for 2023/12/05

Classic Track: Yes

Good evening everyone. Trails were regroomed last evening (Monday), with both skate and classic track groomed in. Keep in mind that it’s very much early season conditions with a LOT of little obstacles and rocks poking through. The classic track is hit and miss because it’s thin. Be super careful!!!

The upper trails were groomed completely, with track, but the lower road is still needing a bit of work, but is still not bad out to Point-O. We’ll probably keep it groomed to that point until we get more snow.

Just be careful with the early season conditions. There are a lot of hidden obstacles under the thin snow, so keep your eyes open for them.

Warm days mean freeze-thaw conditions. Icy in the morning and evening, then soft and slow during midday.