No Skiing Today

Warm weather and rain have reduced our snow cover to almost nothing.

No skiing today.

Warmer Weather

 The temperature has risen to +3 overnight. This will not be good for our snow. It has already been transformed to a wet, packing consistency. The snow will settle, and there will be some melting.

It would be best not to ski today.

The warm temperatures are to continue until Wednesday. Once the cooler weather returns, we will assess conditions and report.

Skiing is Possible

 As I reported yesterday, it is now possible to ski on our trails. Snow is still thin, with a total of about 10 cm on the ground. Trails are not groomed.

Please remember that all northern trails are closed while logging operations are underway.

Just Enough Snow

Continued flurries and squalls over the past 2 days have finally produced just enough snow to ski on. Total snow on the ground now is about 10 cm. This packs down to perhaps 2 or 3 cm when you ski on it, so this is "rock skiing". It's not for beginners, and you should use old skis because they might get scratched. According to the forecast, we may get a bit more snow this afternoon and tomorrow.

Trails are not groomed, and will not be.

Also a reminder that all trails north of and including #12 and #9 are not open, due to logging operations in the northern portion of our network.

A little more snow

 We've been getting a little bit more snow today, but still not enough to ski on.

A little bit of snow

 You may have heard that there were snow squalls in the area, and you might be wondering how much snow we actually received.

Unfortunately, not much. We have just a light dusting of snow on the ground; certainly not enough to ski on. But the forecast calls for below-freezing temperatures all this week, so the ground should get frozen, which is a step in the right direction.

Pre-season Update

 Work is progressing on our preparations for the coming ski season, but with a couple of differences this year.

First, I have to report that a portion of our ski trail network will be closed at the beginning of the season. One of our landowners, the Valley of the Mother of God, is having some timber harvested on their property in November and December. This means that all the northern trails - any trail north of and including #12 or #9 - will not be open until the logging operations are completed. Hopefully this will be done by January 1. After that, the trails will have to be inspected and assessed to see if they have been damaged or blocked by debris. I will not be putting up any of the usual ski trail signage at the north end until the trails are ready to be re-opened.

A second factor is slowing down our preparations this year: I have suffered an injury, a torn Achilles tendon, which severely limits my mobility. I am getting the signage up, but it's taking longer than usual.

On the positive side, the new trail that I mentioned in my previous post is ready to go. I've called it the Twisty trail and given it number 24. It is 0.5 km long and has a nice little hill at the east end.

That's all for now. Let's hope that the weather cools down and we get some snow soon.