It's Cold, but Skiing is Good

 We have another cold morning, with a current reading of -19. But the skiing is very good. The glide is a bit slow at this temperature, but it will warm up to a toasty -12 by this afternoon, and glide will improve.

After skiing yesterday, I changed my mind and did do a bit of grooming on southern and central trails, late in the afternoon. I will do some clean-up of drifted areas on northern trails this morning.

This afternoon, I will be heading up to Mono Centre to groom some snow there, for Mono Winterfest which will take place at the community centre tomorrow.

10 a.m. Update: Drifted trails in the north end have been groomed, and some big snow drifts cleared away. Skiing is very good under a sunny sky.

It's Cold

 It is cold this morning - currently minus 20 and heading for a high of -14. But the skiing is still very good, and the glide is not bad, considering the temperature.

I will not be grooming today; the grooming done earlier in the week is still looking quite good, and we have not had much drifting in the past 2 days.

More of the Same

 Conditions are unchanged on the trails. We have plenty of powder snow, all trails have been groomed in the past 2 days, and skiing is very good. I cleaned up some drifted areas yesterday, and drifting hasn't been too bad since then.

It is cool once again this morning, currently sitting at -15. But the wind is not very strong, and the snow has better-than-expected glide.

Beautiful Skiing

 With a couple of centimetres of new snow and a slightly warmer temperature (minus 12), the skiing is beautiful this morning. This new powder is silky smooth when you ski on it, and has excellent glide.

I will not do a complete groom today, but I will tidy up a few areas that have been subject to drifting over the past couple of days.

The parking lot on 5 Sideroad has been plowed.

10:15 a.m. Update: About half the trails in the network have been refreshed with the groomer. Skiing is excellent, and the sun is shining!

Great Skiing Continues

 With lots of snow, and stable, cool temperatures, the skiing is very good. The only "fly in the ointment" today is the wind, which is quite strong from the southwest. This is causing drifting of snow in open areas, especially on some of the northern trails.

I will do a small amount of grooming this morning, hoping to clean up some of the drifted areas. Otherwise, yesterday's grooming is looking good.

10:25 a.m. Update: Touch-up grooming has been completed, primarily in the areas around South Field, North Field and North Plateau. Thus far, the drifting today is not too bad. Skiing is very good.

Plenty of Snow

It snowed most of the day yesterday, and the result is about 10 cm (perhaps a little more) of new powder. I did an initial packing of a number of trails between 2 and 3:30 p.m. yesterday, so hopefully everything will groom up nicely this morning. I will be starting at about 8 a.m.

Skiing should be excellent today. The snow is a nice dry powder, and even at our current temperature of -16 it gives good glide. The forecast high is a very tolerable -11.

11:15 a.m. Update: All trails have been groomed. Skiing is excellent. There have been a few light flurries, and the wind is not too strong.

Good Skiing/Snow Expected

 We had very nice skiing yesterday, and the good conditions continue this morning. At our current temperature of -16, the glide is a bit slow, but not bad. The temperature is forecast to rise to -11.

You are probably aware that we are expecting a significant snowfall today. Estimates for our area suggest that we will probably get about 15 cm of new snow. Light snowfall has already begun. Depending on how much snow has already fallen, I might begin grooming this afternoon.

3:30 p.m. Update: I've groomed about 2/3 of the trail network this afternoon, just with the roller/comb; no track-setting. This is not so much for today's skiers (there are very few of them), but to make it easier to groom tomorrow morning, after the snowfall has ended. Thus far, we have received only about 5 cm of new snow today.