January Spring skiing is back with a vengeance. Cold nights are helping keep the snow around but the very warm afternoons are starting to take their toll. Spring days are great for fun for skiing but not so great for the snow depth. Blue or purple wax until mid morning, then red and SPF 30+ until early-afternoon for skate and classic. We groomed a very light skate lane refresh on the 3km Community Loop, the 5km “Pond Loop” and Armstrong last night. Best skiing will be from 9 until about noon today. Trail coverage remains surprisingly good on most of the open 10km. We have slowly disappearing classic track on more parts of the 3km and the 5km The classic tracks are cold and glazed this morning for the start of your ski day.
Trail areas will be starting to transform and melt by noon. Ski before mid day if at all possible. Armstrong is packed and OPEN but thin and exposed in a couple areas. Ski with caution in the corners, crossing cart paths and near the trees as the trails remain thin and the relentless heat is not helping. There are unmarked hazards here and there and the forecast afternoon heat will start to deteriorate exposed parts of the track further. The Farm and Dog Loop ski trails remain closed. We are OPEN 9-5 today offering lessons, rentals of skis and snowshoes.
Drop in to the shop, purchase your trail pass and go play outside! Snow dance rehearsals are nightly on the deck at sunset. It will be a lovely sunny day for skiing, bundle up early, peel off layers later and go play! The bunnies and maybe that young moose will definitely be out enjoying the sunshine today so keep your eyes out for them.
Wednesday Haiku:
Bluebird day again,
sun on the trail brings the melt,
Ski early today
We will be entering snow saving mode yet again as this week heats up. If the trails start to get significantly soft in the afternoons, please ski early or switch to classic skiing. We’ll be shoveling again daily to help the keep the trails open.
A HUGE THANK YOU to our groomer team who’ve spent hours out on the trails in the dark making your skiing possible. It’s difficult cold work and they give their all to make the trails as great as conditions allow.
