A beautiful day in the woods after the wind settled down and sun out in full force. Cold temps keeping the melting at a minimum with high temp just above freezing. For late October, pretty nice skiing early this morning and late afternoon, mainly on Suicide Hill which has the best protection from sun and warm temps. Should manage another ski tomorrow morning before warming temps tomorrow melts most of the remaining snow. With calm conditions and very cold temps, should see some serious ice in the morning. Photos taken Monday, October 27th.

Sunday morning and early afternoon saw about 3-4″ of fresh snow fall on the Maplelag trails. The ground was not frozen so the snow melted a bit from underneath but still was enough snow for some skiing on Suicide Hill. Jake and I skied out to Suicide on double green and Sukkerbusk trails. The skiing was better than expected and a complete treat to be skiing so early in the year. A added bonus was the trumpeter swans on Bullhead lake that were making all kinds of noises. There were also about 500 ducks sitting on Bullhead lake. The snow will melt off by Tuesday but should be able to get another ski or two in before it is gone. Photos from Sunday late afternoon.

Sunday morning we woked up to almost blizzardlike conditions. A inch or so has fallen and has accumulated on the trails. Snow forecasted to fall off and on the rest of the day.  Might stick around for a few days with colder temps to follow this very strong cold front but should melt off by middle of the week with very warm ground underneath. Either way, it is exciting to see white and a reminder winter is not too far away.  Photos below taken Sunday morning.

Rain showers moving up from the south this morning, keeping the woods damp and wet. A little drying on Thursday but trail work on hold today with the rain. Looks like a big change in the weather over the weekend with a big time cold front on tap with some snow showers possible. Still early in the year to have accumulating snowfall that will stay but we are definitely getting closer and always exciting to see snow in the forecast.

Showers on Wednesday as an area of low pressure works its way through the plain states with snow falling south in Nebraska.  Cold temps yesterday morning setting up a thin layer of ice on the small ponds and sloughs around the trail system. All in all a beautiful day, albeit a bit windy, for working in the woods. Bob finished up the major cat work on the trails and Fall grooming on Roy’s Run completed. Rain today and tonight will put trail work on hold until later in the week with Bullhead lake trail on tap next. Photos from yesterday.