Grooming February 7, 2021
Don’t believe that -15 on the NOAA site. At lake level it is barely below zero. I bet at Forestville it is only -10. Enjoy Survive.
Forestville: Andy ran the ‘Bully to 17k on the Noque, Animoosh and Chiwagi by pass. He also groomed down to the ponds. Expect rock hard beautiful corduroy.
Fit Strip: New snow will be groomed asap but no word by press time. Let me know if you ski the Fit Strip and tell us how it is.
Big Bay Pathway: The Big Bay Pathway was groomed on Saturday the 6th. Meditation and Hidden Grin are groomed and tracked. Excellent conditions on the ski trail!! 👍👍👍😎🇧🇻🇧🇻
Saux Head: Tim Groomed and set track Saturday morning. The trail system is in very good shape.
Snow Bike Trails: I expect they are groomed but no word by press time. Please let us know if you have any information.
NORTH TRAILS
The entire North Trail system was groomed on Friday, 2/5/21 following Thursday’s new snow ranging from 1″ at the lower elevations to 3″ at the higher elevations around Forestville.
The base remains solid with very good to excellent conditions overall.
The new snow helped to cover some of the icy sections on the BLP Rocks Trail, but users should still use caution when near the penstock as run off and ice formation may occur.
In addition to the usual trails, the additional snowfall allowed volunteers to groom the MILDCAT TRAIL, opening up an additional, more technical route for winter use. Check it out if you’re riding on the north side.
Caution Areas: Runoff from the penstock is collecting on the trail in 2 areas of BLP Rocks- in the ‘ice cave’ area under the penstock and further upstream, near the crossing across the river- leaving icy sections of trail that require care. Trail users can throw some sand found in the garbage can under the penstock on the ice to improve traction. Those without studded tires or boot crampons should use caution.
South Trails Grooming: New snow will be groomed asap but no word by press time.
WTLGR: Each morning I enjoy opening the five day forecast page on the NOAA site. Its like playing a video game but with real world implications. Seeing a week where the only double digits carry a preceding minus sign means we are in real winter. Getting mad at the people that made fun of our lack of real winter is like blaming the guy for washing his/her car before it rained on your parade. Now we have to come up with some excuse for not going skiing. I can’t find my Sunday pair of wind stopper briefs and I hate to wear them out of order. Not good enough? Rats. Let me know if you have one that works. See you out there. I’ll be the one with the Monday monogram.
Sondo