Grooming Plans for the weekend

The new G2 tracksetter actuator arrived, so, with Juan's help on Wednesday before kids' group, we got it installed thanks to Juan for helping me get going!  That was a scramble, and of course, the only time it snowed that day was right when we were trying to do all of that and had the tools out to get wet and messy.  

You probably saw that Tom went up and got the full meadow trail (well, maybe not quite down to point-M, but long enough...) aligned and packed.  I went up after the Wednesday practice with Kermit and the G2 and set the tiller and bar way down hard to break up the chunks and bumps.  It was 5 full slow-going laps before it looked OK enough to ski, but it probably needs 5 more laps with the tiller and bar in pretty deep to really get it smooth.  The tiller and leveling bar will really smooth out the ruts, bumps, and uneven spots, especially with the good snow depth.  You do have to lift it (the tiller/bar) up over the usual rocky zones and more abrupt bumps like those annoying water bars on the lower road, near point P -- we need to get those out this next year.  Sam Gardner helped me get the other ones (put in after the Cerro Grande Fire) out probably 20 years ago now, but those smaller ones near Point P are still there and cause a problem when you're running the tiller down.

But yeah, the meadow was looking good after the 5 laps.  I think Tom is gonna head up sometime today to till and level other parts of the trail, then we'll go up (Kevin helping?) to run it all again and then finally set the "best line" track at the end.  It should be pretty smooth with that many passes and the tiller down.

I'm asking for some quotes for a Ginzu 60" groomer.  It'll be a foot wider, with more articulated tilling than the G2, but it is expensive, so I'll have to get Sanna to help me with some budgeting.  I think we've kinda maxed out the G2, and we can just use the old Tidd Trail Tenderizer (TT) when it's rock-ski, low snow conditions.  It just doesn't put down a very good surface unless it's super soft.

Anyway, it should be really sweet classic skiing tomorrow for the Chuck Calef Classic (come race or tour the course -- you can choose either).