Author Archives: Ross Thomas

I forgot to mention that I put the usual cables up so if you venture out skiing, be wary. While I was out doing exactly that I noticed on my return that I was following a set of ski tracks

When I checked early this afternoon there was 3-4 cm of dense snow on the Access Road, the snow that has been melting on impact here in the lowlands will be adding to the base and the cooler temps tonight

Although there is still a lot of snow on most of the trails, it is rock hard, the track is negligible, there is lots of debris, and many bare areas. This description I am sure is very appealing, but I

Kate Duffy with 1217 km skied is first overall and Karin Aurel with 654 km is the second woman in 43 days during the CCNB distance challenge. Honorable mentions to other club members-Lison Guinard, Elizabeth Massarelli, Susan Kastuk Ridlington who

In Sackville, in winter, we ski. But it will be a dodgey one today. I convinced Ian to do several laps of CTTrail and though he managed to scrape up some loose icy snow, enough to snow plow at least,

Bucky will be grooming by around 1030. This will get rid of most of the debris and skiing will be pretty sweet by noon or so. Expect glide to be around 3 initially but slow as the temp rises above

Glide is down from a pleasant 3+ early this morning to a sluggish 2/4 at present. The slight glaze has now melted and the water is now producing enough suction to counteract the nice round ice crystals. The pole track

With warming temperatures we enter a new phase of the ski cycle. Once temps are above freezing for several hours(5-10 degree-hours is a good guide- e.g. 2 degrees above freezing for 3 hours=6 degree-hours), then the snow is usually soft

The flurries from late yesterday which ground glide to a 1/4 transformed overnight so glide is back up to a 2.5-3/4. The pole track is not as soft as yesterday but still snow plowable. The sun is stunning.

The flurries from late yesterday which ground glide to a 1/4 transformed overnight so glide is back up to a 2.5-3/4. The pole track is not as soft as yesterday but still snow plowable. The sun is stunning.