Conditions Sat. Dec. 13

I've just come in from skiing, using a head lamp to light my way. Temperature is right on 0 at 7 a.m. Skiing is still good, but the snow texture has become a bit heavy and sticky. This will probably get worse as the temperature rises to +3 during the day.

Plenty of snow!

I've just come in from 3 hours of grooming and an hour of skiing. Yesterday's snow storm left us with about 20 to 25 cm of soft powdery snow on the trails. In fact the snow is so soft and deep that the groomer kept getting bogged down, so I had to keep detaching the roller and pre-pack the trails with the ATV alone, then go back and re-attach the roller and snow-comb.
In the end, 95% of our groomable trails were packed and flattened. Some of the trails in the central area were also track-set.
Skiing is good: I would rate it 7 out of 10. Based on the weather forecast, it should be about the same first thing Saturday morning. Temperature is supposed to rise to +3 later Saturday, so conditions will likely deteriorate.
At any rate, we now have a good base, which will hopefully survive the warm temperatures of Sunday and Monday, and that will be the foundation of our trails for the rest of the winter.

December 11 - Snow is Falling

Well, it looks like we are finally getting a significant snowfall. Once it stops, and assuming there is enough accumulation, I will be getting out and grooming. The first grooming will probably just be packing without tracksetting.

No News is Bad News

Nothing new to report on snow conditions on our trails. We still have just a trace of snow on the ground. The forecast is calling for about 10 cm tomorrow. We'll wait to see if that turns out to be correct.

conditions Fri. Nov. 28

There is a dusting of snow on the ground, and it is snowing lightly now (5:15 p.m.) but it looks like we are going to lose whatever snow we get. The forecast calls for very warm temperatures over the weekend.

Wed. Nov. 26 - a dusting of snow overnight, but not enough to ski

No significant snowfalls in the forecast. Looks like it will be at least a few days before we can ski again. The blowdown I mentioned yesterday has been cleared, along with a couple of leaners in the same area.

Conditions Tues. Nov. 25, 2014

It is 0C with light snow flurries, but no measurable accumulation, so no skiing today. However there is a snow squall watch in effect, so anything could happen.
Today I cleared about a thousand twigs and small branches off the trails, blown down by yesterday's wind storm. Just one larger tree to be cut with the chainsaw; that should be done tomorrow.