New Snow

We got 2-3 of much needed new snow! All trails were rolled a few times this morning to try and pack in this precious snow. The Rail Trail and Loop are in very good condition. The usual bare spots still exist on Porters and Jelm View but otherwise those trails are also in good condition. It's looking like we will get some more snow tomorrow night into Thursday and hope to get up there to roll that before the weekend.

Where the skiing is good, it's great!

The Rail Trail, Loop, and Jelm View were all groomed with tracks on Friday night. The tracks set up very nicely for some excellent classic skiing! Porters was groomed twice with no tracks this morning. We also moved some trees to hopefully act as snow fences in some of the thinner areas on Porters. In general, the skiing remains quite good in most places but the thin spots are getting thinner and the bare spots are getting larger. We'll try and leave the trails alone until the next significant snow to preserve the snow we have and prevent pulling up more dirt and rocks.

Best skiing so far this year!

The conditions up there are some of the best we've had so far this year... and I'm not making a New Years joke, it was actually some of the best conditions of this ski season (at least where there is snow). We groomed the Rail Trail with a track set on the way to/from the loop, groomed one pass of the loop with no track set, 2 passes on Jelm with a track set in most places, and one pass on Porters with no track set. The usual bare/thin spots are opening up on the Rail Trail, Jelm View, and Porters and there are places where you can still see the effects of the ATV tracks on Porters. However, despite these few areas, most places have good coverage and the snow groomed out very nicely. We have personally verified that the skiing is excellent and it is indeed very skate-able.

There is some snow in the forecast over the next few days and it was just beginning to fall as we left for the day. We will keep an eye on this and time our next grooming endeavor accordingly. It will likely be Friday evening or Saturday morning.

Happy 2026!!

Ben, Ella, and Tighe

Happy New Year!

 There will be grooming today! We aren't exactly getting an alpine start to 2026... but Ben, Ella, and Tighe will head up to groom this morning.