A little bit of snow

 We have received about 3 cm of snow since yesterday afternoon. Not enough to ski on. It looks like we will probably lose it all with warmer weather coming later this week and next weekend.

Getting Ready

Hi folks: Just a note to say that we are getting ready for the upcoming ski season. We do not have snow yet, but it looks like we may get some in the next few days. In the meantime, I am busy putting up signage along the trails, and clearing away broken branches that came down in last week's ice storm.

Disappearing Act

 The two photos below were taken at the same location, two days apart. You can see how much snow we've been losing.

Ski trails are closed.

Trail #3 near north junction of #5. Friday afternoon

Same location, Wednesday afternoon

Trails Are Closed

 We have gotten to the point where there are too many bare spots and patches of glare ice. Skiing is no longer practical.

Trails are closed.

Poor Skiing

 The warm weather is taking its toll. Heavy, wet, slushy snow, bigger and more numerous bare spots. Skiing is just about done for this year.

Typical Spring Skiing

 After yesterday's warmth and sunshine, the snow has re-frozen overnight into a hard icy crust. The temperature today is forecast to rise quickly to about +8, with a chance of rain showers this afternoon. This is typical spring skiing: icy and fast early in the morning, slow and slushy later in the day.

Some thin, or bare spots are developing. It's starting to get very wet at the southwest corner of trail #5.

Deteriorating Conditions

 Warm sunny days are hard on ski trails. We lost some snow yesterday, and a few thin or bare spots are beginning to show up. Skiing is not very good.