Author Archives: Richard Hodges

Hanging on! SKI WITH CAUTION EARLY! A week of record setting heat is doing us no favors. Despite that, and as a result of a lot of hard work, all trails remain open for skiing. It is full on icy … Continued

repeat from yesterday. More sun, more heat. great skiing early, slush festival later. Get some structure on those skis. All trails groomed and open, but the 5k is starting to show the effects of the extreme heat. Ski it while … Continued

Another blue sky, blue wax morning. SPF50+ is the recommendation. All trails smoothed out and open. Classic skiing should be pretty good until afternoon, skating as well. Significant warming this afternoon will lead to some troublesome icy and soft spots … Continued

Absolutely beautiful blue sky morning. Cold conditions early, warming later. SPF 50+ and blue wax. Conditions on the trails have been the best in weeks so come and enjoy. Thank you everyone for supporting the WCS Farm race yesterday and … Continued

Another dusting of fresh snow overnight. All trails groomed and open, fresh classic set on 3k and 5k today. Very cold conditions expected through the day. Blue wax all day under the blue sky. a great day for a classic … Continued

Winter is back for a few days. Very cold (-5 F at 7:30) this morning so bundle up. Below freezing all day. 3-4 inches of fresh snow yesterday and overnight. All trails groomed and open. We’ll be resetting classic track … Continued

Dust on crust. So far the “storm” has just dusted the firm and icy crust that yesterday’s heat created. We’re hoping that more snow will continue all day. We’ll be smoothing the tracks, but not enough new snow to reset … Continued

Another Spring Holiday. All trails smoothed and open. Very exciting skiing early with a hard track. If you are a beginner or a bit less interested in hard track conditions, best skiing will be between about 10:30 and 2. After … Continued

More Spring skiing conditions. Repeat. Very hard firm track in the morning, significant warming later in the day. All trails roughed up with classic track in where possible. We’ll try to put new classic in on the 3k today. Skating … Continued

Such a cruel tease. Just a skiff of snow on the firm packed trail. At least it was something rather than nothing. Spring conditions will continue. Very firm base with fresh crumble on top. Skating should be pretty good all … Continued