January 3rd Grooming Report
Nordic Here, Turpin Meadows, and Houghton, MI!
Peak Nordic season is here with events coming at us right and left. Houghton, MI you might ask, but our very own Elijah Weenig is competing at the LL Bean US Cross Country Championships. In contrast to the Junior Nationals in March, this event is for adults with all the big guns competing. Racing continues through the weekend with live streaming and results available on their website.
As to Trail Creek and Turpin Meadows, tomorrow (Saturday January 4th) is another freestyle racing opportunity with the 10 K Sandbag Race here at Trail Creek at 10:30 AM (the course can be viewed here) and on Sunday the JH Nordic Alliance’s 4th Annual Free Ski, Fat Bike, & Snowshoe Day is happening at Turpin Meadow Ranch. Plenty to keep the average Nordic enthusiast more than busy.
If you do have a little room in your schedule today it would be a great time to come on out to Trail Creek for an invigorating ski. The 11:30 conditions are cloudy and calm with a rather warm January temperature of -3ºC/27ºF. Today’s Pisten Bully grooming was best line skate grooming of the entire course with fresh classic tracks on Armin’s and the fields. You will notice a few extra classic tracks in the close field which are for today’s practice but they shouldn’t cause you much trouble if you ski the course.
Groomer’s choice for today is to ski the race course.
