More Great Skiing

 Yesterday's flurries brought us about 3 cm of new snow, which was exactly what we needed to refresh the trail surfaces. The entire trail network (with a couple of small exceptions) was groomed yesterday during the snowfall, and the result was very good.

You may find a few places where a group of selfish, inconsiderate hikers trampled the newly-groomed surface of a ski trail, but generally conditions are excellent.

At today's starting temperature of -14, the glide is a bit slow; but that will improve as it warms up to -8.

A Tiny Bit of New Snow

 We have received about 1 cm of new snow overnight, and it is snowing lightly now. This provides a bit of softness to the trail surfaces, and gives great glide. Depending on how much more snow we get, I may do some grooming later this morning, to refresh the tracks.

Ski conditions continue to be very good.

This morning's temperature is a very comfortable -6, and it's expected to stay around there all day.

9 a.m. Update: The intensity of this morning's snowfall has increased, and based on the weather radar it looks like it will continue for a while. I will do some grooming, but will wait until we have more new snow on the ground.

2 p.m. Update: We've received 3 to 4 cm of new snow. I have groomed almost all the trails in the network. I did not groom the full North Field loop, since the wind is coming up and we're expecting blowing/drifting snow. Any grooming I do there would quickly disappear.

We had one unfortunate incident this morning. While I was grooming (in fact in between the 2 passes that I make on the Pasture trail) a group of very inconsiderate hikers left the Bruce Trail and trampled some of the freshly groomed ski trails. The worst damage was on the Pasture trail. I've gone over it a second time, but their deep, post-hole type footprints are not easy to eliminate. Grrrrr!

Other than the trampled areas, skiing is excellent.

More Great Skiing

 Yesterday turned out to be a really nice ski day, with great snow, blue skies and sunshine. The high temperature of -8 was comfortable, and provided good glide on the snow.

Today might be even better. The snow is still good, trails are in nice condition and the temperature will reach a very nice -5. There is a bonus for early skiers: the trees are covered in hoar frost this morning. A little bit of light snowfall may move in late in the afternoon.

Get out to ski while you can; in southern Ontario you never know how long the snow will last.

By the way, yesterday was Day 60 of skiable conditions here this season.

Great Skiing Continues

 It's cool again this morning, currently reading -16. But it should reach -8 this afternoon, which would be the warmest we've seen in about 2 weeks.

Ski conditions are still very good. I will do a tiny bit of grooming this morning to tidy up the Twisty trail; other than that, I think everything is in good shape.

It's Cold, but Skiing is Good

 We have another cold morning, with a current reading of -19. But the skiing is very good. The glide is a bit slow at this temperature, but it will warm up to a toasty -12 by this afternoon, and glide will improve.

After skiing yesterday, I changed my mind and did do a bit of grooming on southern and central trails, late in the afternoon. I will do some clean-up of drifted areas on northern trails this morning.

This afternoon, I will be heading up to Mono Centre to groom some snow there, for Mono Winterfest which will take place at the community centre tomorrow.

10 a.m. Update: Drifted trails in the north end have been groomed, and some big snow drifts cleared away. Skiing is very good under a sunny sky.

It's Cold

 It is cold this morning - currently minus 20 and heading for a high of -14. But the skiing is still very good, and the glide is not bad, considering the temperature.

I will not be grooming today; the grooming done earlier in the week is still looking quite good, and we have not had much drifting in the past 2 days.

More of the Same

 Conditions are unchanged on the trails. We have plenty of powder snow, all trails have been groomed in the past 2 days, and skiing is very good. I cleaned up some drifted areas yesterday, and drifting hasn't been too bad since then.

It is cool once again this morning, currently sitting at -15. But the wind is not very strong, and the snow has better-than-expected glide.