We received about 15 cm of snow over the past 24 hours, and it's still snowing lightly. Skiing will be very good, once this new powder has been groomed.
I did some initial grooming late yesterday afternoon, covering all the major trails from south to north. These trails will ski nicely this morning, with about 5 cm of new powder over the packed surface. I will be grooming everything again this morning.
The forecast says there will be strong winds from the west and northwest, so we may get squalls with additional snow, and there will be drifting. Even the trails that are groomed this morning may have drifted sections on them, which can't be helped.
Overall, ski conditions should be very good today.
MID-DAY UPDATE: all trails have been rolled and combed at least once. In addition, the central trails have been track-set. However, the wind is really blowing, and there is active drifting happening in many places on the trails, so in some cases the groomed trail will have disappeared. I was in virtual white-outs a couple of times this morning on the groomer. I had to stop for a moment, because I just couldn't see where I was going.
There is blowing, drifting snow on the roads in the area as well.
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| The Pasture trail, about 10 this morning |
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| The hill on Mainline, just south of the Gazebo |
Thanks again for all your hardwork Dave!
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