February 19 - and another great day

 Day 63 of skiing this season.

We've received a couple of centimetres of new snow overnight, and snow is still falling. It looks like the snowfall may continue until about 11 a.m.

I will be grooming the entire network this morning, but I am going to wait until about 9 a.m.to start, so that most of the new snowfall will have finished. Skiing will be very good today, even if there is a small amount of new powder over the groomed surface. This new snow seems to be a bit slow on the glide, which will be good news to those of you who find some of the downhills a bit too fast.

Temperature is comfortable for skiing: currently -9, heading for a high of about -4, with light winds.

There is some warmer weather on the horizon: above-freezing temperatures forecast for next Monday and Tuesday. Skiing conditions may begin to deteriorate as a result, so if you want to experience really nice, powder skiing, I suggest you get out on the trails before Monday.

Noon Update: The snow continued to fall at a moderate rate all morning, and is just now tapering off as the sun comes out. Total accumulation from this event was about 5 cm. All trails have been packed, and central trails have been track-set as well. Some that were done earlier (mainly the southern ones) will have 1 or 2 cm of soft powder on the surface.

Photo below shows trail #3, in a section where it is shared with hikers. The wide, packed corduroy surface on the left is to encourage hikers to walk there, rather than on the ski track.