December 16th Grooming Report
East Fields!
After visiting with The Ranch today about the snow being in the knee deep range, permission was granted to incorporate the East Fields into our grooming again for the 2019-2020 season, the result being that every major trail in our 15+ K network has now been groomed. It will be a little soft and brushy for a while, but within minutes of completion one of the early morning skiers was checking it out with a smile on her face.
The close field also received extensive grooming today, making what might seem like a bit of a maze, but every trail with a definite purpose. New today include the Nordic X course off towards The Ranch along with some inner loops that will be utilized in the January IMD Qualifier that we are hosting. While it could be a bit confusing to newbie’s, the fact that the cabin is always in sight should result in very few people getting lost.
Great news from the Super Tour in Sun Valley, Coach Ali reports, “Quick note on the Sun Valley results scene. When looking at the results some stand out finishes are hard to see. I will call them out here.
Saturday - Dec 14 - Classic Sprint
Kate Brigham - was the 3rd U16 female - she raced her heats against U18/U20s. Nice work Kate!
Sunday - Dec. 15 - 15km Skate
Elijah Weenig - was the first IMD boy - finishing 11th among all U18/U20s. Nice work Elijah!”
Coach Ben also sent a bunch of great clickable photos below with the titles explaining who is in the image. You can check out all the results at Sun Valley Super Tour.
The woods were not groomed today due to everything else going on but should be in great shape with the stable dry weather of late. Noon conditions are mostly cloudy, calm, and with a temperature of -10ºC/14ºF.
Groomer’s choice for today is to see if you can get lost in the close field.
