looks like last weekend……the “R” word tomorrow followed by a beautiful cool Sunday with lots of beautiful snow. Trails are open for your skiing pleasure. Is it true that spring skiing is the best? Could it be similar to the attempt to recapture moments of a misspent youth as someone fades into middle something. We… Continue reading This weekend update
Conditions
Friday the 13th.
Is there any correlation between the glass being half full versus half empty and the role of superstition? One could argue that the pessimistic mind is more prone to negative thinking and therefore more apt to dwell on the possibility of increased risk caused by black cats, broken mirrors and foreboding dates and numbers. The… Continue reading Friday the 13th.
Cymru am byth “Wales for ever”
March 10th. Is Saint David’s day, a national day of holiday in Wales. Saint David was a fifth century cleric, who became the patron saint of Wales. The most famous story of Saint David is that he was preaching to a large crowd of people and the ground is said to have risen up so… Continue reading Cymru am byth “Wales for ever”
Weekend Images
Wildcat Picture Time..check out the blue sky…amazing day! Hot dogs and games on the trail. End of a Spectacular Day! Got snow
Saturday ski prediction.
There will be skiing Saturday. That being said, when the guys turned the sleds off at 5 P.M., there was nothing left to do. Each snowflake had been properly oriented to its rightful place in the universe. Track is set. Skate lanes, wide and level, reach out in all directions simultaneously. Tomorrow, the sun will… Continue reading Saturday ski prediction.
People hate Winter…present company excepted
It is Monday, and we all know the office, coffee shop, catch up after the weekend talk will center on how bad the winter is. Snow followed by negative something, followed by more snow… And you sit comfortably looking at your screen saver of some small patch of pine woods hanging low over a set… Continue reading People hate Winter…present company excepted
Grooming
Frosty Sunday morning looking towards the woods. Our snow grooming efforts took a major change last year with the addition of Nick and Joe, our two groomers.. We now have at least two sleds running six days a week and sometimes seven. As a result, the quality of our trails is consistent. Days like Saturday… Continue reading Grooming
Saturday morning
Recent race pictures. No race today, but the trails are all race prepped for you. Wide skate lanes and track everywhere. Good Sking!
Midweek MidFebruary
Trail conditions are as follows….in a constant state of continuous improvement. Which is not to say that more cannot be done…but seeing that we have continued to raise the bar, we have found that the bar, as far as the height of various tree limbs is concerned, is now much closer to the height of… Continue reading Midweek MidFebruary
Sunday Evening
Today started at -13 and is currently -9 dropping since the sun retreated. We did have a number of skiers who braved the cold. Fortunately, the sun was out and there was little wind. It may dip to -15 tonight. Tomorrow, one forecast calls for a high of 11 while another shows a balmy 18.… Continue reading Sunday Evening