Grooming Report #13 Drug and Tracked to Excellent!

Early this morning all trails were drug and tracked. We were able to smooth out most drifts from the high winds on Tuesday and Wednesday. All trails are now in excellent condition. Some very minor bumps and areas of low snow remain on Mud Lake, New River trail, and the River trail in the gorge.

The light, powdery snow set up well. 1-2" of snow fell while we were out grooming this morning

Grooming Report #12 Rolled and Tracked

Today we rolled around 6" of new snow, and reset tracks everywhere except Mud Lake and the New River trail. Tracks in open areas will be drifted over. Very good conditions everywhere. We plan to smooth out drifts tomorrow with the drag, and reset tracks.

Tracks set up great in most places

There was a little too much snow for the Ginzu, as snow was getting pushed out the sides. This was just rolled an hour before

Grooming Report #11 Rolled, Drug, and Tracked!

All trails were rolled Monday afternoon after 5" or so of high density snow fell. We got out early Tuesday morning and drug all trails, then set tracks. Tracks set up well, but drifting in open areas may cover them. The west side of Mud Lake is quite bumpy from all the drifting, but we plan to have it smoothed out in the next couple days. Very good to excellent conditions everywhere. We will be out early tomorrow (Wednesday) and either roll or drag, and reset tracks.

The snow was not very deep, but the 5" we received was very dense. Towards the end, our largest tow machine blew a belt

Dragging helped smooth out most of the drifts, but some trails will need more passes

Tracks were setting up well. We finished setting tracks before the temperature dropped below freezing

Grooming Report #10 Almost Excellent!

Early this morning all trails were drug then tracked. Tracks set up well and trails are still quite firm. We are getting close to excellent conditions everywhere. Mud Lake, the New River trail, and the River trail in the gorge have a couple rough sections still, but should smooth out with just a little more snow. We will not be grooming again until the weather cools off or until more snow arrives.

There were a couple snowmobilers on St. Urho's loop late last night. We have many "no snowmobiling" signs up, but some fail to read them

Sunrise seen by the chalet

Grooming Report #9 City-side re-tracked

Today the city-side trails were re-tracked as well as River Bypass and the New River trail. The cold weather last night made the trails quite firm. Very good conditions everywhere. We plan to drag and reset tracks early Thursday morning.

The New River trail has some uneven areas, but is improving

Grooming Report #8 Rolled and Tracked

Today all trails were rolled and then tracked. Expect to find rough areas on Mud Lake, New River trail, and the River trail in the gorge. Trails are a bit soft from the amount of snow and drifting we had. Very good conditions just about everywhere.

There was around 4" of new snow plus some drifting

On the Quincy trail near the snowmobile trail drifts were over 1' deep. This location typically gets drifted over with high winds

The snow was pretty soft and fluffy, but still set up well

Grooming Report #7 Re-Tracked and signage

Due to heavy snowfall an abbreviated track pattern was set. The River trail in the gorge, Mud Lake, River Bypass, Ruby Marsh, and Diagonal were not tracked. Expect some normally double tracked areas to be single tracked. With increasing wind, tracks will not last long. All trails will be rolled and tracked early Tuesday morning. We also put up snowmobile signage on Tomasi rd. Pictured below, these signs help keep some snowmobile traffic off the ski trail.

Since no rolling was done before setting tracks, a lot of snow was being pushed to the sides of the trail. Tracks still set up well.

These signs help keep snowmobiles off the ski trail. We have "no snowmobile" signs posted before these signs, but occasionally there are snowmobilers using this road.