Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
Filed under Uncategorized
Tags: grooming, trail conditions, trail maintenance, West Elk Trail
From Peggy –
Hi all, the trails got about a foot of snow from Saturday night to Sunday morning! As you know our grooming crew worked on Saturday. Tod had planned to run the Ginzu on Sunday so he took the VK up to the trail (that’s the sled pulls the Ginzu). But there was too much snow! So he ran the VK down Hwy 819 and around Kay’s loop several times to open up those trails again. Because the VK is prone to getting stuck in deep snow and he was alone, he wasn’t able to pack Eric’s loop. A few skiers broke trail on Eric’s loop on Sunday, but it hasn’t been machine packed yet. We’re working on finding someone to get a powder sled up there sometime this week.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
January 22, 2012
Filed under cross country skiing, trail conditions, West Elk trail
Tags: cross country skiing, trail conditions, West Elk Trail
Finally some snow and more on the way!!
It snowed all day as Bruce Kime, Todd Kupka and Tod Tibbetts snowmobile packed Hwy 819, Kay’s loop and Eric’s loop. The ginzugroomer was run on Hwy 819 and Kay’s loop. By the time the groomers left, 3 to 4 more inches of snow had fallen. There will be fresh powder on a nicely packed trail tomorrow.
No more bare spots and hard pack snow on the trail, just powder and packed powder.
Enjoy the fresh snow.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
January 15, 2012
Filed under cross country skiing, trail conditions, West Elk trail
Tags: cross country skiing, trail conditions
Not much fresh snow, but the trail still has a good white cover.
Last week there was less than 4″ of new snow on the trail. The snow mobiles were run to pack down what was there. Except for a couple of sunny areas, the trail has a good base. While the trail narrows in the southern facing sunny areas, the packed snow has not melted. The trail is in great shape and the sunny weather makes for a fine outing.
