We had the day off of work so we took the Tidtech to the connector, out and back on the Rail Trail and around Rachel's O. Buffed out very nicely and we reset the track. Then skied with our team.
The skiing out there is quite good with the usual sections where the wind is making itself known.
Besides the UW team there were over 20 cars in the lot at 11:30.
Get out while the skiing is good!
Lots of grooming work happening this evening! Ben used the packer to groom Porters and Jelm View loops. Meanwhile, Ella worked on shoveling snow onto some of the thin and bare spots on the Rail Trail and Connector. We handed off the keys to Tighe to groom and set tracks on the Rail Trail and Loop. Should be some good skiing this weekend!
Just so this doesn't get lost in the blog posts: SNOW is holding an informal race/time trial tomorrow at 11am, see the previous post for more information.
We will be grooming this evening to do a classic race around Rachel's O on Saturday morning.
There will be 5km (1 lap) and 10km (2 lap), interval start classic race. The start time will be 11am.
If you’d like to join just email snowyoning@gmail.com to get on the start list!
Tonight we were able to pack the connector trail to the rail trail, out rail trail and around Rachel’s O! We also groomed the city sprint figure 8 nearer the trailhead. The conditions are surprisingly awesome. The bare spots are minimal. Tomorrow would be a great day to ‘play hookie’ and skate the rail trail!
There has been little snow recently, but we're going to take the packer, which will hopefully make pretty corduroy, out on Wednesday afternoon. We will also do our best to repair the Tidtech enough to use it to do more work for the weekend.
We will also be doing a race/time-trial with the High School and College teams on Saturday morning, hopefully around Rachel's O. If you are interested in joining us for this epic event please reach out to snowyoming@gmail.com and we'll make sure you get all the information you need to participate.
We still have good skiing and we feel extremely fortunate so get out there!
Today we went out and began chipping away at the down trees that have prevented grooming of Lodgepole Loop. It was an inauspicious beginning, as the chainsaw decided it was done after only a few trees. I hope to have it repaired and back in action mid-week, and will continue to work away at the downed trees on Lodgepole. It is unclear how long this will take.
In good news, we maxed out our knowledge of engine/machine repair by lightly tapping some fuses and connections and... it worked! At least for now, the groomer is back in action. It seems likely we will be waiting for some fresh snow to do much more work on the currently packed trails, and the forecast isn't looking too hopeful at the moment. Until then, we'll try to get some more trail maintenance done.
Happy skiing,
T
We had great plans of getting the fresh snow early this morning but the groomer would not start. We will try to figure out what is wrong and get back to grooming as soon as possible.
