Friday Night 2/10 Report

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From: 'Kevin Reid' via swnordicski-groomers <swnordicski-groomers@googlegroups.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 10:23 PM
Subject: [swnordicski-groomers] Friday Night 2/10 Report
To: Groomers <swnordicski-groomers@googlegroups.com>

I did three laps on the trails and four in the meadow. Ran Kermit with the G2. Reset the classic track and refreshed the skate lane. Snow is good. Was able to pull in snow which had drifted into the track to add in some soft snow to the base. I marked a rock in the meadow with a reflector wand and pushed the trail a little to the right to avoid the rock. I didn't groom the meadow cutoff because I couldn't see it so well in the dark. 

Kyle helped by shoveling a bunch of snow into the big turn at Dave's and also he shoveled a bunch more into the divit on Dave's. Also big thanks to Paul or whomever was grooming for Pajarito for cleaning up Camp May road. It is in great shape for the skate clinic. 

I brought down one empty fuel container and put it in the back of Clay's truck.  We still have 3 full unleaded and at least 1 diesel. All equipment worked well.

Kevin

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Grooming Encore 2/7/2023

The predicted snow actually materialized. There was a decent amount, so the trails needed to be groomed again so it won't blow and drift, and get scraped off from ski traffic. 

Classic tracks were set, so it'll be the best bet tomorrow. 

Beware of a pretty ugly bad spot on Dave's Dogleg where the edge of the trail collapsed under the machine's tracks and I got terribly stuck. I tried to clean it up, but it's a mess. Sorry about that. I'm just happy to be alive. 

New snow = good skiing. 👍 

Conditions/Grooming Report 2/6/2023

We're still in business. That little heat wave did transition the snow on the lower sun-exposed portions of the trails (the fire affected areas), but it's all still nicely covered. The front hill, as usual, is the least good section, but only in a short section. The farther out on the system, the better the snow is. The meadow trails are still perfect. 

Tonight, I ran the groomer on everything several times to grind up the icy stuff and buff out all the weekend traffic that occurred during the warmest part of the day and left holes and/or skate indentations.  It was quickly freezing up rock-hard as temperatures dropped, so each pass was different from the previous one(s). The grooming really softened up the snow, so it's safe and nice again. 

Because there was a lot to be done to grind up the trails, I didn't reset the classic track (sorry about that). I'll plan on doing that tomorrow evening. So, skating is the best option tomorrow, classic for Wednesday. It was supposed to snow a little tonight too, but that doesn't look likely now. It did however, get cold again, so conditions should hold into the weekend. 

Enjoy. 

Grooming/Conditions Report 2/3/2023

Trails were groomed for classic and skate for the weekend. 

It's freeze/thaw weather, but most of the system will ski very nicely. Just the lower, sun-exposed sections will get icy once things refreeze in the late afternoon. Enjoy your weekend and the nice weather. It's supposed to snow this coming week... yay!