Author: Roger Janes

The Pennsylvania  Cross Country Ski Championship will be held this Sunday.  First race 9 a.m. Go to www.paccsa.org for details and registration.

5 -6 inches overnight and still snowing. We are rolling and will set some track mid morning Lodge side is first and after it is presentable, we will go across the road. Our one year old skier! Main trail today  Our 80 plus skater Neils  Wildcats 

We did not see any appreciable accumulation overnight. Rolling will begin soon to compact and begin the process of developing  the base. 10:00 update.8-10 inches of snow…most of the lodge side is rolled. Some parts are very good..there are wet spots. We are going to now roll across the road where generally there is more… Continue reading Early Saturday…and update

The forecast look very promising. We have 4-5 inches of good granular snow and more coming.  There is water still running so areas need to be rolled then freeze.  Tomorrow we will be open, but Sunday will be better.

Picture from Thursday afternoon. This morning we have enough to begin rolling and packing. The forecast includes lake effect accumulations of possibly a foot of snow or more into Sunday. 

The tag at the bottom of the Buffalo forecast…three to four day storm totals …may reach several feet..in the Chautauqua Ridge…this weekend. Get ready!

Just wanted to add a Thank You to all the people who came and skied yesterday.

There were a variety of compliments today from people skied.  At one point, I was having a conversation with a skier from Virginia (7 hours away) and another from Columbus (4 hours the other way). What did these two men have in common? They were both trying to get some ski mileage in and they… Continue reading Sunday looks the same

Here are four thousand words. Maybe more than 4,000. We have set track in areas. Good surface for skating. Few thin areas on the lodge side which you can get around. Guys are heading across the road. We know that the first 200 yards of the Peak Trail will be bad. After that, it will… Continue reading Picture = 1,000 words 

We held the woods. The groomers are going out and we will repost when they report back.