The snow just keeps on coming! All trails were groomed yesterday, but that grooming is now covered by 3 to 4 cm of new snow. We had several heavy flurries yesterday afternoon and overnight squalls accompanied by strong winds. That means we have large snow drifts in a few areas.
I will do some grooming this morning, mainly trying to clean up the worst drifted areas.
Skiing is good, if you don't mind the wind and the cold. Our temperature is currently -13 and it is expected to drop during the day.
There is a possibility we may get a major snowfall on Sunday, but the forecasters don't all agree on this yet. Environment Canada says Sunday will be "cloudy", but the Weather Network predicts 15 to 20 cm of snow. We'll wait and see who is right.
Noon Update: I've regroomed about half the network, concentrating on spots with the worst drifting. Some of these will drift in again, since the wind is still blowing, now from the northwest. I also did something new: on the North Field, I've groomed a new short-cut trail diagonally across the southwest corner of the field. This enables skiers to avoid the long windy climb up the hill along the fence, beside Airport Road. It leads directly, and almost on a constant elevation, from the north end of Mainline to the place where the Hockleycrest trail #3 heads down the hill toward the creek crossing.
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