December 26th Grooming Report
Seriously Grooming the Betty Woolsey!
Those of you familiar with Trail Creek will notice something new and different in the image above, our trusty Pisten Bully was out in the East Fields. While those favored tours of many of our patrons are not fully set today, permission was granted to at least access the East Field Woods and the Lower East Field. The above image was the before, the image below was taken about an hour later when the first East Field trail of the season was nearing completion. While it is a little soft today, skiers found it within minutes and were smiling.
Today’s grooming was double passes with fresh classic tracks set by the Pisten Bully. The route was Saturday’s Betty Woolsey course; look for detailed maps tomorrow, but there will be 1/2K, 3K, 5K, and 10K versions (more or less) of the legendary classic race. The theme as in years past will be a gentle tour through the woods with a few new twists thrown in here and there.
If you can’t wait for tomorrow’s map basically the course begins in the far end of the stadium making a pretty sharp turn back below the stadium, climbs up beyond the stadium, crosses the access road, passes below the cabin, heads out into the East Field Woods, descends into the Lower East Fields, up Grunt, then Woolsey Woods, to Confusion, out to and around most of Moose Loop, up through Armin’s, down lower Homesite to Animal Farm, out and around Black Hole/Boiler, down through Mug’s Meadow, onto Homeward Bound, then a short meander across the close field, back onto the “below the stadium path” and back to the finish at the cabin.
Overnight about 4 inches of dry snow fell with noon conditions being partly sunny, calm with a few flakes falling, and a temperature of -5ºC/23ºF. Tracks will be just a bit soft today, but things are looking absolutely beautiful with fresh snow sparkling in the bits of sunshine, if you have the time you really should go for a ski!
Groomer’s choice for today is the Betty Woolsey Course.
