Folk trail set
Montana creek trail is set by skiing, not groomed today with equipment, snow pack is just a bit low still.
Campground skiable but not groomed. Saturday night
There is 6″ of snow at the campground. Early season conditions exist. Watch for thin snow and rocks underneath overhanging trees. The grooming equipment isn’t yet out of the shop… Hopefully soon.
Real Groomers of SEAK Episode 7
Ever Since Scott Fischer hung up his spurs, the title of Number One Groomer has been up for grabs. John Staub made a lunge at it with a 5am start on the upper loop. Conditions conspired against him , (snow too soft), to take the title easily, but it was a yeoman’s effort. Quality control found a few tread break throughs, and some uneven work, but a few stretches of really nice corduroy and so his grade is average. He rates it good for ‘Pioneer Skiers’.
No pussyfootin’
I wont sugar coat it. Track is soft. One more day of coaxing and it will be perfect again. I did renew the corduroy up Trickster and down skiers right of sourdough. FWIW.
All persuasion, no brutality
Real Groomers of SEAK episode 7. Visit with Reality TV Star Steve Box from ‘Building Alaska’ . The groomer hit the upper loop with the roller today and just about has the loop sorted. A new coat of corduroy, and nearly level. If you like corn snow, it’s prime right now. Secret corduroy lane up and down Trickster, shhhhh!
Upper loop coaxed back to life
Leveraging the power of JNSKI and Eaglecrest Staff and BOD. The upper loop was coaxed back to life this morning. On a sunny day,the prime time is 8-10am. Even though temps didn’t drop below freezing last nightat 6 am the snow was hard. Contrast this with a cloudy Thurday night and soft Friday morning conditions at 6. Spring skiing, like love, is all about timing.
Upper Loop still has lots of snow
The warm weather didn’t do much to the snowpack on the upper loop. Coverage is still great. It was soft in the afternoon but not mushy. Ski it while we have it!