Changing Conditions

 Yesterday's forecast proved to be quite accurate; starting about noon, we received 5 cm of new snow, which was on the moist side as  it came down, thus making it a bit sticky to ski on. I was out grooming in the late afternoon, finishing up at 5:15 p.m. as the snow was still falling. I packed all the southern trails, and almost all of the central and northern trails.

Snow was still falling at 11o'clock last night, but sometime overnight there was a transition to either rain, or freezing rain. This morning, at a temperature of -1, we have a thin icy crust on top of the snow. This is both good news and bad news. On the good side, glide is excellent. In fact, it's really fast out there. On the bad side, control on hills is much reduced, as it's not easy to snowplow in the crust.

Conditions will continue to change throughout the day, as the temperature rises to about +4, and there may be some rain. Welcome to skiing in southern Ontario!