Grooming Report for 2023/03/07
Classic Track: Yes
Trails were groomed and classic track was set. It had been above freezing for a long period of time, making them soft and not structurally very strong on the surface. While it was freezing up while I was out there, there are a few places where the machine tracks left somewhat of a rut, mainly where wind caused drifts over the past two weeks. More grooming traffic and settling will alleviate that.
There’s still a good snow pack, but it’s definitely spring skiing now with these warm days and less cold nights. The meadow trails had good cold snow and will ski the best. Parts of the tree trails were also still cold dry snow, but there are parts that have transformed into slushy corn snow.
We have probably two weeks of grooming/skiing left if we don’t receive any more snow. Conditions should be good tomorrow through the weekend.
Enjoy!
Grooming Report for 2023/03/05
Classic Track: Yes
I groomed this morning (Sunday), 2 laps around the network chewed up Fridays Classic track (it was icy and tore up) and reset throughout. Conditions are fantastic, the breeze helped keep the snow cold.
Tom
Grooming Report for 2023/02/20
Classic Track: Yes
I groomed this evening with two full laps of the main trails and four laps in the meadow. I reset the classic track.
Grooming Report for 2023/02/18
Classic Track: Yes
Did three more laps on the entire network this morning fixing error spots, and resetting classic track in areas.
Grooming Report for 2023/02/17
Classic Track: Yes
Everything is nicely groomed. Tomorrow morning’s corduroy will be nice.
Fun on latest snow (and in the gym)!
Some snowy weeknight fun, intense bungee pulling competition, more downhill runs and strength from our juniors! Huge thank you to our awesome volunteer coaches!
And our amazing groomers are working hard on catching up with all the new snow but it is a LOT of work for many evenings after their day jobs! Hug a groomer (and have a look at their awesome Grooming Report / Trail Status!
Grooming Report for 2023/02/15
Classic Track: No
Tom and Travis groomed all trails including the meadow loop. There is a lot of fresh snow and the trails look great right now!
Reservoir Road Snowshoe Tonight 5:30 PM-Meet at the LA County Ice Rink
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
Grooming Report for 2023/02/14
Classic Track: No
Nick and I had an adventurous grooming session this evening. The snow was surprisingly deep, probably 10 inches, with much deeper drifts in sections. We got stuck in three places on the lower end of the meadow and had to work our way out.
There were two trees down; one between Dave’s and TJ’s, and another on the switchback above point J. I tried to use minimal chainsaw cuts on the trees to avoid sawdust on the trails, so we may need to do a bit more pushing on the logs to get them fully off the trail when we have an extra set of hands.
In the end, we did three passes on the lower road out to the top of the meadow (no passes on the big meadow loop), and one pass on the upper trails.
