The Mt. Dell track was groomed Tuesday evening. All loops are open, except Wiggle Room. Main, Mitten, Lower, Kid’s, Boomerang, Creek and Lollipop were groomed for skate. The classic track was reset on the Creek loop. Skiing should be good tomorrow morning with firm condition that will soften during the day. Enjoy
Spruces
Got the trails all groomed this morning. Upper, Lower, and Practice loops. Have fun out there!
Jeremy Ranch
We have groomed for skate and set the classic lane on the Upper and Lower Trails this morning. Coverage is still full. Track is firm thanks again to the low overnight temperatures. Expected to soften throughout the day. Have a great week everyone!
Solitude Nordic
All trails groomed for skate and classic this morning. Enjoy!
White Pine
In the words of Bill Withers, “Lovely Day” Blue sky, spring arrives midday. SPF50+ today. Blue wax with firm track skating in the morning, Classic tracks will soften a bit midday onward with red being the likely wax of choice. Hard and fast in the morning for certain. Packed powder and refreshed skate lanes everywhere. Skiing has been so good this week!
Please purchase and display your trail pass while skiing! Yes, we are checking. If you encounter dog walkers, runners, walkers, lost tourists, lost locals, fat bikers or anyone else not on skis on the ski trail please encourage them to visit the wonderful Round Valley or Basin Rec trails for those multi-use activities. Those trails were designed and built with your taxes and contributions to Mountain Trails just for those purposes. Have a wonderful day and we’ll see you out on the ski trails!
Mountain Dell
All loops groomed for skate and classic late Monday evening. Skate only on World Cup. The Lower below Cullen’s remains quite soft from the previous weekend storm and extra caution is warranted. Pretty rare to have the entire track open first of March with this kind of coverage. Sliding today should be glorious in the abundant sunshine. Come up and enjoy the last couple weeks of the Mountain Dell Season. Cheers!
SR-65
Groomed to the top of Big Mountain Pass for skate and classic after 17″ with the storm. Softer conditions, of course, but nice groom overall. First time all three of us groomed together. Fairly thick pack towards the top, but our pending heat wave will put the hurt to the first mile or so. Asphalt may be poking through by the weekend, so come ski before it’s too late!
Millcreek
Groomed and set track this morning.
Jeremy Ranch
We have groomed for skate and set the classic lane on the Upper and Lower Trails this morning. Coverage is great. Track is firm thanks to low overnight temperatures. Enjoy the snow! Have a great week everyone!
White Pine
Wow… March is here. Gorgeous cold morning. everything is groomed and ready. Blue sky and blue wax will take the blues away. Get here and ski. Track should be firm all day and a bit squeaky. Please purchase and display your trail pass! Thank you all for your ongoing support and enthusiasm for nordic skiing. We are busy, but truly appreciate you and we are always happy to see you on the trails or in the shop. Please help us to continue to encourage walkers, dog owners and fat bikers to visit Round Valley or Basin trails. There really isn’t anything more frustrating for us than having Vail bound alpine skiers trudging along the track from their condos right after the groomers have passed…..
Be kind everyone and stay healthy
Mountain Dell
Groomed Feb 28th at night for the Mar 1st groom. Tracked packed and groomed the Lower area and World Cup. These two areas will be a little soft tomorrow, but still good to ski.
Everything else was groomed for skating and classic skiing, Monday should be a great day to kick and glide in the track, as well as skating in the skate lane. Have fun and enjoy!
Jerry and Paul
Spruces
Full course groomed for skate. Equipment failure after several minutes of setting classic precluded further progress with the setter. Soft conditions after all the snow but beautiful day with dramatic lighting with the clearing storm.
Mountain Dell
Mtn Dell Grooming Report for Sunday, 2/28/21. All loops except lower below Cullen’s groomed for skate and classic. Very soft snow so ski accordingly. Enjoy! Tim & David.
Jeremy Ranch
We have groomed for skate and set the classic lane on the Upper and Lower Trails this morning. Coverage is great after the added snowfall. Tracks firmed up after a cold night of temperatures. Enjoy the snow!! Have a great weekend everyone!
Mountain Dell
About six inches fell Saturday by midday, but with significant drifting. The Sunday morning crew of David and Tim are working on repacking and then grooming Main, Mitten, Kids and Lollipop for skate and classic. A later shift is likely to restart the sledpacking process on other loops. Expect soft conditions and machines on the track at any point today.
White Pine
and here we are at the end of February already.. A beautiful winter day. It should be sunny and a little bit warmer as the day goes on, but definitely a blue wax kind of situation all day. Everything groomed and track set. firm base, soft on top. The last couple of weeks have been some of the best skiing of the winter and today is not exception. Please purchase and display your pass while skiing and we won’t ask to see it. Help us remind visitors, locals and wanna be locals to PLEASE not walk on the track and that their fat bikes and dogs are certainly welcome on the Basin and Round Valley trails, just not on the ski trails at WPT. Thank you and we’ll see you out on the trail!