Author Archives: Ross Thomas

Bucky did groom most of the trails with the Newer, newly repaired and adjusted groomer (very) late Wednesday and the track yesterday was (almost) to die for. He was able to do some levelling but I suspect no one but

Bucky managed to touch up some of the trails yesterday. I know he got tied up transporting the ski doo and newer, now repaired groomer back to the groomer shed and then making adjustments so not sure how much grooming

Temps were up to -11 as we left the trails and the sun, though not quite spring like, had a hint of warmth. Sugar Brook Lodge is well above 20 so if you need to warm up…. Glide remains about

Bucky reported yesterday that he tracked “the Entire Country” so skiing will be pretty nice today, albeit a bit chilly and quite slow(new cold snow= sharp crystals which are like skiing on sand. Expect glide to be 1-2 so you’ll

Bucky will head up the hill later to day to do some packing(with this much snow this is usually necessary before being able to pull the track setter and so the track that is set isn’t always giving out), and

Several of us have taken bad tumbles after striking gravel/rock whilst descending over the past week- yes even this writer occasionally fails to read his own advice. So many of our hills have gravel or rock bases- CTTrail, Doncaster Bypass,

Head to the hills- what else would you expect from this source. It snowed 3-4 cm more in the past 24 hr up in the MicroClime so Bucky is hoping to head out mid day to see if he can

Things continue to improve up the hill- another 2-3 cm last night and still flurrying. Access by the Quarry Road remains a bit dodgey. You can ski up the side but be cautious on descent. If you drive up the

Conditions remain similar with the addition of a mm or 2 of freezing rain yesterday which will enhance glide sublimely. Fortunately for the Slow Ski crowd the man made track has lots of wee ups and downs, and ins and

Skiing has been pretty nice considering how little snow is down. I would *avoid Crooked Tree Trail* completely and if you want to start from that end park at the Access road and ski down to where the trail c