January 9, 2021

 Day 22 of skiing this season.

Conditions continue to be tolerable but not great on our trails. We have not had any new snow in more than a week. The trails, while adequately covered, are hard-packed and a little bit icy.

We may see some melting this afternoon. Environment Canada predicts a partly sunny day with a high of -1, but The Weather Network says it will reach +2 this afternoon. Skiing will be best before noon.

Evening update: There was not much to do today, so I took advantage of the opportunity to put up 6 more signs asking walkers not to walk on the ski trails.

With that done, I decided to build a new track-setter that could create a track in the kind of hard-packed snow we have right now. By 4:30 p.m., I had finished, and took it out for a trial run. I'm pleased with the results. The new track is not very deep, but it's straighter than the tracks made by skiers, and the snow is a little softer as a result of being scarified.