March 5th Grooming Report
Grooming Towards the Future!
Or perhaps a better title would be simply “Looking Ahead”, next week looks to be a busy week here at Trail Creek with the USCSA (United States Collegiate Sports Association) holding their national championships here in the valley.
Competition will be in Alpine, Snowboard, and Free Ski at Snow King, and Nordic here at Trail Creek. Click on this link and scroll to the bottom (why is Nordic at the bottom?) and you will see the huge assortment of teams from all across the continent that will be gracing the trails of Trail Creek next week. The image below highlights next week’s schedule although we will attempt to keep public skiing open in the fields when racing is not ongoing and throughout the week in the woods which will not be affected by the races.
Don’t forget that in addition to the college racing that the Sandbag Final will be held starting from Mug’s Meadow on March 16th.
A fascinating wildlife encounter happened this morning near the cabin; while the magpies were just a bit shy to allow a local image, there were three moose resting on the snow with magpies busily working their hides. A guess would be that they were picking ticks off the moose that seemed to be rather enjoying the attention; keep your eyes peeled when you’re out and you might get to witness this interesting phenomenon.
Today’s grooming was primarily a Pisten Bully pass of all trails with a fresh classic track being set along the way. The fields also received additional grooming. All in all conditions are pretty nice and skiing good wherever you want to go. As of 11:30 AM there was a thin overcast, calm winds, and a temperature of -12ºC/10ºF.
Groomer’s choice for today is the close field.
