January 7th Grooming Report
How Are We Doing?
Hopefully you are doing well and 2022 has been good for you so far. When we look into how Trail Creek is doing in relation to historic snow packs, it is also doing really well. The image above is today’s report from the Water Resources Data System & State Climate Office and it shows that the Snake River Basin is currently sitting at 127% of normal for this date. If you focus in a little closer at our nearest reporting station, the Phillips Bench Snotel site, it shows us a little less percentage wise, but still a very healthy 111% of normal. One interesting trivia bit is that that amount is only 45% of the average annual maximum which means we still have a lot of snow to go.
Almost all of that recent snow that has fallen on the trails at Trail Creek has been enlisted in the fulfillment of our primary mission here, providing great Nordic skiing. If you make it out today you will find some nice conditions. Overnight temps were nearly in the tropical range with the mercury barely reaching down to the freezing level. As of report time the fancy new thermometer on the Husky was reporting around 40ºF and we were experiencing moderate breezes.
First of the season double classic tracks were placed in the East Fields, extra wide grooming happened on the Close Field, Moose Loop, and Animal Farm, and pretty much everything else got at least one pass. The overnight accumulation of about two inches of really heavy snow converted into some pretty fast and firm conditions today. If you have the time you won’t be sorry for taking advantage of a TGIF ski today.
Groomer’s choice for today is the double classic tracks in the East Field.
