I've been out skiing to assess the trail and snow conditions. The Good News is that Sunday's mini-thaw did not totally wipe out our snow cover. We still have complete coverage, but the base is an icy crust. Sunday evening's snowfall left us about 1 cm of soft powder on top of the ice.
Some parts of the system are still quite good skiing, especially those where nobody has walked. Hills are icy and will be difficult. The Mainline trail, wherever it follows the main Bruce Trail, has been badly trampled, leaving a very lumpy base which is not sufficiently covered by the new snow. The Mainline, unfortunately, is the trail you need to use to access virtually all the other trails.
So, unless you are an expert skier with very good downhill technique, I would recommend you not ski here until we get another snowfall of at least 5 cm.
I went over the Mainline and Harmony trails with a scraper this afternoon, to knock the tops off the high spots and hopefully fill in some of the low spots. This has improved things somewhat, but we still need some new snow before the skiing will be enjoyable again.
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