Author Archives: Richard Hodges

About 4 inches of fresh snow and still light snow and windy at 7:30. A fair amount of wind drifting and on trail and especially at the Farm. Good snow overnight, but grooming will be a little delayed due to … Continued

A warmish, transitional day before tonight’s expected storm. It looks like it will a bit cloudy and relatively humid after a cold night. Hard packed cold snow and conditions for classic and skate today. Firm skate surface. The classic tracks … Continued

Another warm Spring Day before tomorrow’s storm! Sunshine and blue sky one more time. SPF 30+ today. A repeat of yesterday, but even warmer in the afternoon. Great snow and conditions for classic and skate today. Crumbly on top and … Continued

Another Bluebird Day on the way! Sunshine and blue sky. A repeat of yesterday, but slightly warmer in the afternoon. Great snow and conditions for classic and skate today. Packed powder crumbled skate surface. The classic tracks will be a … Continued

A Bluebird Day on the way! Sunshine and blue sky. Great snow and conditions for classic and skate today. Packed powder skate surface. The classic tracks we set yesterday will be a bit spicy/icy until late morning due to the … Continued

A bit more snow fell overnight but it seems to be over and clearing. Maybe another 2 inches of colder snow on a firm surface. Great snow and conditions for classic and skate today. Conditions may change during the day … Continued

A bit more wet snow fell this morning but it seems to be over and clearing. Maybe an inch. These wet and warm conditions make for very difficult grooming so we’ll be packing and rolling and leaving yesterday afternoon’s classic … Continued

Wet snow fell overnight and continues this morning. About 3 inches total. It’s a warmish winter/spring morning. The wet snow overnight will make for soft trails but not a lot of speed early. Great snow and conditions for classic. Skate … Continued

Happy President’s Day! And what an incredible historic weekend for Nordic Skiing in the USA! Minneapolis and the Loppet Foundation really staged quite a party for the World Cup Tour. A cold winter morning to start the day. Cold overnight … Continued

Happy US XC World Cup weekend! We’ll be watching and cheering for the team again today! Go Rosie!!! A snowy winter morning to start the day. Cold overnight and snowing this morning. 2-3 inches so far and tapering off midday … Continued