January 5, 2021

 Day 18 of skiing this season.

Conditions on the trails remain about the same: fair to good. We have not received any new snow since yesterday, and yesterday's grooming is still holding up pretty well. The temperature is predicted to reach a high of -1 today, and there is a possibility of some light flurries.

Yesterday afternoon, the temperature got up near 0 and the snow began to get a bit moist and packing. Glide became inconsistent, skis sometimes stuck, and manoeverability suffered. Packing snow is just not as pleasant to ski on as powder.

I checked back to my posts from a year ago. At this time last year, we were in the middle of a period of about 3 weeks when skiing was either very poor or impossible. So by comparison, we are fortunate to have the snow we have right now.