With a Gray Weather statement, (not our favored Yellow Snow warning), with lots of rain, warmth, and southerly winds, even this eternal optimist is looking elsewhere to ski. Things were pretty nice this morning though with a great track beyond the Access Road and good glide of 2.5 which is quickly slow to 1.5 or even 1/4 by late afternoon. So baring a major Yellow Snow event, I bid you all adieu for another season and look forward to again barraging you with constant exhortations to go gliding in the woods come December. Cheers,

Bucky headed out an hour or so ago to beautify things. Plans are to groom Crooked Tree Trail and other sparsely covered areas flat but most areas beyond Doncaster Pond should be trackable. Since most of the snow was exposed to above freezing temps yesterday there should be little or no sticking. Glide will be 2.5 and will slow down once temps get above zero for a while. Be cautious on downhills under the conifers. I suspect CTT should be skateable if you are so inclined. Cheers,

Yesterday’s snowfall brought the optimists out in force. The day was most pleasant and the skiing like early season conditions with no grooming and scant coverage under the conifers but good coverage due to remaining snow on much of the track. If you head up the hills, remember that the Walker Road is closed beyond the Parking lot and though you can go around the barricade, the road is in rough shape. More snow today may improve things, at least for another day or two. Cheers,

Yesterday was a glorious day in the woods and today should follow suit. There was still a lot of snow, no bare areas, some track left in some places, lots of debris initially but mostly gone by the end of our ski. Glide was fair(2/4) until 5 degrees and then became negligible by 10 degrees but the sun eclipsed any hint of whining. Enjoy.

With the impending warmth, ski conditions are set to change, likely for the worse, over the next few days. At present the track remains in good shape and late yesterday glide was 3/4 but will quickly slow down by early afternoon as more water in the snow creates the suction those favoring a more leisurely pace will appreciate. For the lazy skiers, you should be already skiing. Grip with wax should be non existent in another hour or so. Other skis should continue to work with zero skis likely taking the gold anytime after noon. We are hoping that Bucky may be able to create some magic mid week, but I have been accused of wishful thinking before, a few times…. Get ‘er done,

Bucky has headed for the hills, hopefully to make very skiable what is at present pretty glazed, fast and rutted. Expect “good” glide at 2.5-3/4 and grip should be fine with wax working for those traditional “lazy” skiers like this writer. Brett Beale went up and redid some of the plowing on Quarry Road so Bucky should be able to make a track from the Walker Road up to the Tile Pile. So if you run into Brett, thank him for his efforts.

It will be a pleasantly lazy day on the trails with not much glide and possible sticking, which seems least likely on skins pretreated with liquid glide wax. Quarry Road has been plowed. I have yet to see the carnage but you may have to walk up to Quarry Go Round to start. Do Not Park on the Quarry Road. Follow any parking signage which may or may not arise on the Walker Road itself, and definitely do not park at the outlet of the Quarry Road on either side of either road. Or you can start at the Parking lot as hills today should be very descendable. Tentative grooming tomorrow a.m. Cheers,

Things will start out as they ended yesterday with glide 1/4 but this will improve as temps warm to 2-2.5. Grip will be fine. Sticking is possible especially out of track as temps approach zero, which will happen sooner in sun exposed areas. By 3 degrees it will likely slow again and for the evening crowd, get pretty zippy once things drop below freezing. Track is good almost everywhere! Cheers,

Bucky groomed most trails late yesterday- most will be hard to tell because the flurries finally arrived during his labours. The least flurried will be the Red, Lollipop and CTTrail which may have a glide of 2.5/4, the rest will be slower given the cold and new snow. The glide yesterday was 3.5/4 and induced lots of yelling, whether in abject terror or absolute glee, depending on your amygdala size. This quickly changed to 1.5/5 after 30 minutes of flurries! Sticking should not be an issue and grip will be good. And the Sunshine will make the cold almost insignificant. Cheers,

Karin reports trails are icey and very fast. Likely best to wait for an hour or more of flurries, or grooming late today.