Another flip flop in temps after -30 recordings December 31st, 26+ the morning of January 1st then falling temps again this morning the 2nd of January at -8. Should be a great day on tap with the wind settled down from yesterday, clear skies and sunshine. Grooming on the trails this morning with new tracks set on select trails and skate paths refreshed. Another weekend storm possibly on tap for the weekend!! The winter season of 2008/2009 is panning out like a good old fashioned winter. Ski conditions are very good to excellent with around 7-8″ compacted snow on the trails and 1-2 feet of snow depth in the woods.

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Wow, the end of December turning out nicely with around 4″ fresh snow today. Bit more snowfall on the western trail system it seemed. About as good as it gets with fresh snow falling in the morning and clearing late afternoon with sunshine.  Ideal grooming conditions with just the right amount of snow as the entire trail system was groomed today except Roy’s Run, Island Lake and Lucky’s Loype. This trails are on tap for grooming tomorrow and some of the trails tracked today will be touched up as well. Should be a fantastic last day of December as we usher in 2009.

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Another fine day on the trails. Skiing rated very good to excellent. Windy early that brought down a few leaves but sunshine the rest of the day and wind settling down along with a few lingering flurries. Skate loops groomed and new tracks on Rootin Tootin, Mother Hen, Single Green and Double green early morning. Single green is a nice option to get to the start of Bullhead lake trail. A newer trail not on the map but one of the longest downhills on the Maplelag trail system.  Keeping an eye on the weather as anywhere from 1-5″ of new snow forecasted for Tuesday. Grooming tomorrow most likely during the day and depends on the weather but most likely the majority of the next grooming will be on Wednesday morning after any new snowfall.

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Hard to beat a day like today with sunshine, very light winds, temps in the mid teens, dry powdery snow and solid tracks . We started out cold at -12 but by noon, the reading was above 0.  Lots of positive reports from the trail including “could not be any better”. New tracks set on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, JibFly, and Lucky’s Loype. All the skate trails, Skaters Waltz and the extension and North Loup groomed as well. Grooming  in the morning most likely on the skate trails again and the classic tracks are in great shape so will be left alone as we keep our eye on some possible weather moving in!!

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