Day 23 of skiing this season.
The temperature reached +1 yesterday afternoon, under mostly sunny skies. We did have some melting, but damage to our snow base was minimal. The trails generally have sufficient snow cover, but they are getting hard packed and a bit icy. Also, the trails that are shared with walkers are getting trampled with footprints. It seems that hikers just don't understand the needs of skiers.
It should be a bit cooler today, with a predicted high of -2. I built a new, smaller track-setter yesterday, specifically designed to set a shallow track in hard snow. I will be using it this morning to touch up the flatter trails in the central section.
The results of my grooming can be seen in this photo of trail #6 Central Park, taken at 10:30 this morning.
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