More Than Enough Snow

 I was not on site yesterday. I arrived back after 5 p.m. and began to assess the amount of new snow and its impact on the trails. I had time to roll a short loop near the house, which I have skied this morning.

We received about 20cm of new snow over the past 2 days. I will begin grooming with the roller/comb right after breakfast. I will not do a couple of difficult areas, where I might get stuck. There will be no track setting on the first groom. Once the snow has been rolled, it will provide good skiing.

However, we are expecting another major snowfall, starting this afternoon and overnight into Sunday. I would actually not mind if it stopped snowing for a few days.

10:45 a.m. Update: Most trails have been packed with the roller/comb. Only a couple of small sections were left undone. On many sections, I did multiple passes in order to achieve better compaction of this deep, soft snow.

We are currently having a moderate snowfall, with more expected later. After a short break, I will head out again with the track-setter and set a little bit of track in the central area. The parking lot has been plowed; not sure how the roads are for travelling.

Abundant Snow

 Well, if you enjoy back country skiing in deep powder, then you should like today. I'm not sure exactly how much snow fell since yesterday, but it's a lot.

Unfortunately, I have other important commitments both today and tomorrow, so this snow will not be groomed until Saturday at the earliest.

Waiting for the Big Storm

 As we wait for the big snow storm to arrive tonight, conditions on the trails are still very good. There will be no grooming today.

The forecast is currently calling for 20 to 30 cm of snow tonight. If that turns out to be correct, then it will probably take a day or two to get all the trails groomed.

More Good Skiing

 Conditions remain about the same on our trails. A few light flurries yesterday added a trace of new powder to the surface, but Sunday's grooming is still quite good. The skiing is excellent. It's a bit cool right now, at -13, but the high of -5 should be very comfortable for skiing.

It looks like we are in for a major snow storm Wednesday night and into Thursday. Is it possible to have too much snow? Actually yes. If we receive the top end of the forecast amount, 40 cm, it will be very difficult to handle. Let's wait and see.

Still Great Skiing

 It's -8 and snowing lightly right now. We've received about 1 cm of new snow since yesterday, not enough to harm yesterday's grooming. Skiing is excellent.

Based on the forecast, it looks like good conditions are going to continue for the week ahead.

Snow Again

 The snow keeps coming. Overnight, we've received 5+ cm and it's still snowing. Another couple of cm is possible. This is very nice snow - soft, powdery, good glide at the current temperature of -7.

I will groom after breakfast. In the meantime, you will have very good "backcountry" conditions. The forecast says we will have brisk westerly winds later on, so there will probably be some drifting.

11:30 a.m. Update: Trails have been groomed. Skiing is excellent. Please DO NOT SKI THE NORTHERN-MOST TRAILS. Any trail north or west of the junction of #1, #1a and #14 is closed due to damage from logging operations. Many of these trails are impassable.

A Nice Ski Day

 The trails are in good shape for today. Yesterday's grooming still looks great, except for a few drifted spots. Temperature now is -8; anticipated high -3, with very little wind. I will do a small partial groom this morning to clean up the drifted areas, primarily on trail #12.

More snow coming in this afternoon and tonight.

The northern-most trails are still closed because of logging damage. Please do not ski north or west of the junction of 1a, 1, and 14.