March 27 - It looks like we're done for this year

Our snow is all gone. Trails are either bare, or covered with glare ice. Unless we get a really big, freak snowstorm in the next couple of weeks, we're done for this season.

March 16 - No skiing

After 2 days of warm temperatures and rain, we have lost most of our snow. Now that the temperature has dropped below freezing again, what remains is glare ice. You don't want to ski on this stuff. This may be the end of our ski season, unless we get another substantial snowfall.

March 14 - Skiing not recommended

Mild temperatures and rain have adversely affected our trails. Snow is slushy and getting thin. Skiing is not recommended.

March 10 - warm weather: Yuk!

I am not on site at the trails today, so I have not been able to check their condition. However, with the warm temperature and rain, I suspect things are not very good. It would be better to stay off the trails today. Cooler weather, and maybe a little bit of new snow, will return tomorrow, so things may improve after that.

March 7 - still good skiing

The skiing continues to be good today. Some sections of trail in open areas are covered with a little bit of drifted snow, but this is not too bad. I went over the worst areas this afternoon with the groomer, so this has improved things a bit, but the drifting (and some new snowfall) were continuing, so the trails will get drifted in again. It looks like we should be OK until Saturday.

March 6 - good skiing

I'm sorry, I haven't posted recently, for 2 reasons. First, my computer was in the shop for repairs, and second, I was away skiing in northern Wisconsin and northwestern Ontario, so I didn't really know what the conditions were like here. The good news is that we have plenty of nice powder snow, and I groomed all trails yesterday. There was some pretty active drifting going on yesterday afternoon, so some trail sections in open areas will be blown in a bit, but generally the skiing right now is very good, and should remain good for the next couple of days.

This is the Black Cherry trail, Tuesday afternoon March 5