Southwest Nordic Ski Club Blog

Happy Spring to everyone! It's always happier when we get into the good March flow of moisture. When we do see spring take off in full f...

Trails were groomed and classic track was set. It had been above freezing for a long period of time, making them soft and not structurally v...

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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...

We're still in business. That little heat wave did transition the snow on the lower sun-exposed portions of the trails (the fire affecte...

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 ...

Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 9:55 PM Subject: [swnordicski-groomers] SWNC Grooming 1-30-23 The ski trails were groomed for skate and classic by ...

Trails were groomed for classic skiing only tomorrow. We're hosting our annual Chuck Calef Classic fun race and "open track tour...

The new G2 tracksetter actuator arrived, so, with Juan's help on Wednesday before kids' group, we got it installed thanks to Juan fo...

 After all the storms that rolled through last week and the week previous, the grooming techniques need to change up a bit.  We have to go f...

 We're back to updating the grooming and conditions blog.  It's hard to figure out which site/media source people use most frequentl...

Sorry for the long gap in posting a conditions update here. Things get really crazy with work, family, coaching, and of course all of this ...

Announcing a pretty dumb virtual distanced ski tour/not-a-race for our Los Alamos Trails. The Los Alamos Alley Fake Loop aka the LAlley Flo...

I think we're finally getting out of the "low and pathetic" conditions reports into the "this is great!" category of...

We got up to the trails to groom around a quarter to six, did some work to the machines and unearthed our "good snow" groomer, whi...

 Dang...again, apologies for the long delays in updating the news blog.  We suffered a mysterious mechanical on one of the machines and it t...

We've had a lot going on, if not a lot of snow falling on the trails. The entire system was roll-packed after the small storm over the ...

 Not much to say here.  I haven't personally been up to groom, having to deal with a few mechanical issues with the machines.  Cameron S...

 Happy New Year to everyone.  Hope you've been able to get out and ski on our thin but well-maintained snowpack.  The trails have remain...

 We went back up last evening to finish the full grooming work after Cameron ran the roller/compactor in the morning, following the little s...