December 6, 2019 Grooming Report
Please consider joining one of the work bees. We have been blessed with the best early season snow in recent memory but it has caused massive trail blockage. Paid staff and volunteers have been out every day and night this week but more work remains. Now is your chance to put off that nasty drywall project with a better excuse than saying Menards is out of joint compound.
Work Bees:
Friday, December 6, 9am: Meet at Forestville Trailhead
Saturday, December 7, 10am: Meet at Forestville Trailhead
Saturday, December 7, 11am: Meet at Big Bay Pathway Trailhead
Sunday, December 8, 1pm: Meet at Big Bay Pathway Trailhead
Anytime: Head out and snowshoe pack the singletrack!
Trail Head Building Will be Open this Weekend: We are going to have the Forestville building open limited hours this weekend. It will be staffed by our new intern Ryan on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm. Please pardon our dust. During construction the space inside is very limited for warming so please plan accordingly but rentals will be available as are memberships. Skiers should remember, the building will close at 4PM so plan accordingly (ie, maybe leave your stuff in your car just incase you take an extra loop and return after 4PM).
Forestville: Light traffic on trails yesterday has left them in good shape. Andy will be leading an all day work bee in preparation for Bombi grooming tonight. Every open trail will be race ready for the weekend. Tomorrow looks to be epic skiing. Lets make it count by getting the trails cleared.
Saux Head: All trails were groomed and track set Thursday morning. The trail is in very good skiing condition.
Big Bay Pathway: Sven and crew are still working on clearing trails from the storms. See below for how you can help.
Fit Strip: Not groomed yet.
Snow Bike South Trails:
• As of Thursday morning the Mt Mqt loop & chapel spur were groomed but still soft but improving. 2-3 psi.
• “Jeep trail” descent icy or slushy in places, depending on temp.
• Snowcross course groomed for Saturday, includes part of grom near trailhead. Soft but improving.
• West of M553 is a lumberyard. Main loop is 80% clear of trees, will be cleared and first grooming pass done Thursday.
• Greywalls, enchantment, oak hill and old camp ridge have not had eyes on them yet. If you know the winter routes, especially Greywalls, please lend a hand by pulling tree tops out of snow to spring up, and/or clearing trees or branches that are down or hanging low. Every single branch or tree moved helps our groomers open the trail sooner. Thanks for your help!
Snow Bike North Trails: Roxin reports that most of the North trail system remains too soft to bike. Foot traffic and snow shoe traffic is welcome and will help pack the trails. I expect them to be more firm by the weekend.
Equipment and Facilities Update: If you have been to Forestville for the early November skiing you will have seen lots going on. We are expanding the trail head and will be done soon. We plan to be open before Christmas. New grooming equipment has been purchased for both skiing and snow bike grooming. We will detail equipment and trail head facilities over the next few weeks.
To learn more about the NTN, to join, volunteer, become a sponsor or make a comment, please visit www.noquetrails.org .
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