Trails Closed

 We've lost most of our snow over the past 24 hours. Trails are NOT skiable. It looks like we are going to have about a week of this warm weather.

I will not post any further reports until we have new snow.

Not Skiing Weather

 Although it is still possible to ski this morning, it is not a pleasant experience. The current temperature is +3, and it's expected to reach +8 later today, with a chance of drizzle. The snow is wet and packing, and glide is poor.

We will definitely be losing snow over the next few days, as these warm conditions continue.

Last chance to ski in 2022

 Conditions on the trails are still not bad this morning, with a temperature of -2. However, by 11 a.m. it will be up to 0, and we will begin to lose snow. It's going to be very warm over the next few days, so early this morning is your last chance to get in a nice ski before the New Year.

Looks like a nice day

 We had some flurry activity yesterday, bringing 1 to2 cm of additional snow. I will do some "touch-up" grooming this morning to refresh the corduroy in the central trails, which have not been done since Sunday.

My wife rates the trail conditions right now at 6 out of 10, and I agree with her. It's not bad for early season skiing. It's now -8, with a forecast high of -4, and very little wind.

There are still some icy/crusty sections, and lots of small debris from the windstorm.

We're open again

 After 2 days of cleanup, the trails are skiable again. Yesterday, I cleared another dozen fallen trees, and groomed the central portion of the network.

The 2-day blizzard produced a lot of wind, but not much snow. The snow we did receive (about 10 cm total) is distributed very unevenly. There are deep drifts in some places, but there are many places where the new snow is all blown away, and only the old crusty snow from before the storm remains.

On trails I groomed yesterday, skiing is not bad, generally. I will do more grooming today. There is still a lot of debris scattered over the trails - small twigs, pine and spruce needles, etc.

Finally, it looks like we will only have a couple of days to enjoy these skiable conditions; starting on Wednesday, there is a period of warm weather coming in, which will probably destroy our thin snow base.

Yesterday, North Plateau, Before

Yesterday, North Plateau, After

Update 11 a.m. - All trails have now been groomed, either this morning or yesterday. There is some drifting on the open fields. Lots of little sticks to watch out for!

Some Improvement

 There has been some improvement in conditions over yesterday: it's a little warmer (-9), the wind is not blowing quite as hard (40 km/h), and we've had a few centimetres of new snow. However, our trails are still closed until I can check all trail sections and clear fallen trees. Yesterday, I cleared 10 trees, all in the northern portion of the network. I'm sure there are more that I haven't discovered yet, on the southern trails.

I will try to check all remaining trails and clear any obstructions today. If I can get this done, I will post an update. Until then, trails remain closed.

One of the trees I cleared yesterday, on trail #1a

An Inconvenient Truth

 I've been out for a walk around a portion of the trail network. We've had a lot of wind damage. There are multiple trails blocked by fallen trees. It's going to take me a couple of days to clean up this mess.

Trails are closed until further notice.