The good news is that Thursday was not as warm or as wet as predicted. We still have surprisingly good snow coverage on the trails, with thin or bare spots in 4 or 5 of the usual locations. These are places where, either the overhead canopy of conifers prevents snow from landing on the ground, or the prevailing winds strip away fallen snow, or both. I spent some time yesterday morning putting up snow fencing at the junction of trail #10 and trail #19, and pruning spruce branches at the junction of #19 and #6. I piled the boughs along the edges of the trail in an attempt to hold snow and reduce wind erosion. These are experimental snow management techniques; I'm looking forward to seeing whether they make any difference.
As for today, the trails are much the same as they have been over the past week: fast and icy, not the most enjoyable to ski on, and definitely not for beginners. There are some flurries and possible snow squalls in the forecast for later today. If we got even a few centimetres of new snow over our current base, skiing would immediately be vastly improved.
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