February 5 - a little new snow

 Day 49 of skiing this season.

We received a bit of new snow overnight and it's still snowing. Looks like it will amount to about 5 cm when it's all done. The temperature is very close to 0 at the moment, so the snow is a bit slow and sticky. That should improve as the temperature drops during the day. The wind is also blowing quite hard, currently from the southwest, but that will swing around to the northwest later.

I will be grooming this morning, with one of the goals being to hold this snow in place so it doesn't blow away.

This snowfall wasn't as big as we were hoping for, but it's just enough to provide a soft packed powder on top of our base. Skiing should be good by this afternoon.

10 a.m. UPDATE: I've packed all the southern trails, and Mainline all the way up to the north end, plus one pass on the Pasture. I will complete more trails later today. However, it is a wild day out there. The temperature has dropped to -5, the wind is howling, the snow is blowing, and there is still some snow falling. Some of the trails will drift in within a few minutes after being groomed. Driving conditions are probably not great either.

2 p.m. Update: all trails have been packed, with track-setting on most of the central trails. Skiing is generally very good. However, snow is drifting onto some of the trails. Nothing can be done about this until the wind stops blowing.

Trail #5 after track-setting