January 3rd Grooming Report
Snowy Forecast!
Snow is falling today at Trail Creek and it is supposed to keep on coming. Even though it seems as if it has been happening quite regularly as of late, we are still only at 87% of normal according to the NRCS Snow website. The amazingly colorful clickable image below shows where we are sitting in relation to other years at the closest snow recording site just up the hill at Phillips Bench. Looking at the forecast ahead, we have numerous chances for additional snow with even heavy snow forecast Monday night.
Today’s grooming began with a Ginzu classic pass throughout the fields. The intention was to continue the classic track into the woods but an electrical issue rendered the track setter inoperable. Never to fear, the Ginzu continued skate grooming, covering pretty much every trail with multiple passes. The old classic tracks in the woods are still mostly usable and if not the skate lanes should work great. Skaters could face increasingly soft conditions if snowfall continues as forecast.
The Pisten Bully is down with a minor issue but the current schedule has the mechanic coming out on Tuesday afternoon to get it back in service. Don’t forget that we have a busy practice week coming up with high school racing on Friday and Saturday.
Groomer’s choice for today is a tour of the fields.
