December 21st Grooming Report!
December Thaw!
The image above kind of shows an interesting phenomenon occurring in the fields today. With temps in the low 40’s, moderate breezes, and lots of recent snow, the result has been a glaze forming pretty much universally on top of all the snow in the open. Even the freshly groomed tracks this morning were getting a bit of glazing and while conditions are definitely fast, it didn’t seem to be causing problems for skiers this morning.
Warm unsettled weather looks to continue for a couple of days and then things clear up and cool down towards Christmas. It most likely will be a busy week this week with people showing up for the holidays. The teams keep practicing, but according to the schedules there will be no morning practices and the only major change is that the prep/comp teams will be starting a little earlier than usual.
Today’s Pisten Bully grooming began with double classic tracks in the close field, then double passes with a fresh single classic track in the East Fields, moved on with best line skate grooming on almost every trail, and then finished up with some additional skate grooming in the close field. Skiing is simply quite nice.
In the last few days in addition to the East Fields, our beloved Gut Flop has returned to the grooming docket. It is skiable, but use caution as the base is still thin, and it is as steep and fast as ever!
Groomer’s choice for today would be to carefully check out the East Fields which appear to have firmed nicely.
