December 27th Grooming Report
Great Race Day!
According to the race results page, 106 skiers showed up at Trail Creek for a great day of classic racing yesterday in the 2022 Betty Woolsey Classic Race. Thanks to the racers for making the effort, the fans who cheered them on, and the helpers that did all the grunt work to put on a great Nordic race!
As grooming began today at Trail Creek, it was looking like it was going to be a day for ducks with steady rainfall. However, since grooming began the temperature has been dropping and the rain has changed to heavy snow.
Today’s grooming is pretty much the 10 K Pisten Bully loop of the Betty Woolsey course with a few small changes to make things ski a little better for recreational skiers. Cle’s Climb and Faceplant are back and Homesite is being groomed in a continuous sweep. In addition to this loop, the roller was working hard grooming the remaining field trails. The new Gill Huff loop was not groomed today as the warm temps might have resulted in the Pisten Bully crashing through the snow bridge into the creek, not a good thing! If you make it out for a ski today, the skiing will be a bit on the rustic side, but the spectacle of the amazing amount of snow falling out of the ski will definitely make for a great ski!
A note on grooming equipment; we have been authorized to continue utilizing Valley Landscape Service’s Pisten Bully until we receive a loaner cat. We anticipate receiving a loaner cat in the very near future. As to our Husky, Prinoth was able to expedite things and a new engine was shipped from Italy to Quebec where it will/has go/gone through customs. From there it will fly to Salt Lake City where the Prinoth service manager will personally deliver it to the Mercedes diesel engine shop in Rock Springs. We are looking at having it back in service in less than two weeks.
Groomer’s choice for today is to enjoy another big dump on a great Nordic ski.
