Grooming Report
Skiing in June!
Today is June 13 and Art and Joyce offer this trail report:
We skied County Line Dog Loop this morning. There were about 2 to 4 inches of clean, new snow. Parts of the trail were not skiable due to water pools, but they were easy to get around, as there were up to 2 ft of base in the forested areas. It was fun.
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Dust Science
Chris Landry made a trip to the Skyway study site (off of Sunset loop) today with some graduate students from Tom Painter’s research group at University of Utah. They were here to measure dust on snow. Unfortunately, there was a lot of dust to see, and most of it is on the top layer of snow, which makes the crust ugly and difficult to ski.
So long beautiful crust season!
Done in by the Dust!
As many of you know who live in the Grand Valley, we had tremendous winds today, Monday April 12, that brought a lot of red dust from Utah and points west. Unfortunately, for us die-hard skiers, this has wrought havoc with snow conditions on the Grand Mesa, creating virtually unskiable conditions. We aren’t going to get enough snow to fix it, so at this point, we have decided to cease grooming operations for the nordic ski season.
However, what a great season it was on the Grand Mesa — skiing before Halloween that lasted well into April — there aren’t many nordic areas that can brag about six months of cross-country skiing with some of the best snow conditions anywhere in the country. I’d like to give a special shout-out to a great grooming crew of Jon Canty, Al Fournier, and Kenton Shaw for bringing us a great ski conditions from start to finish. Also, special thanks to Tom Ela for putting on our race events without a hitch. For myself, a special thanks to the board, but most especially to Christie Aschwanden, our Board President, who was a great supporter of mine this season.
For you members, thanks for your support and remember, we have great things in store for next year, but we will need your help. Please check our website for some exciting volunteer opportunities coming up soon for next year that we will need your help in making this organization even better for next winter. Just think, only 7 more months until ski season starts again! Thanks again and have a great summer….
Leslie Brodhead, Operations Manager
April 7, Spring Skiing at its Best!
WOW! What a great day to be a Nordic skier on the Grand Mesa. Tomorrow promises to be even better. Call in sick, blow off your deadline, whatever it takes–get your butt up there and enjoy this marvelous snow!
–Christie
Mr. Fast Pants
April 6 Grooming Update
FYI for all you spring skiing enthusasiasts — we are nearing the end of the season — this weekend will be the last time we snowcat groom (Friday evening) and next Friday (April 16) will be the last grooming of any kind — with snowmobile. Then we are hanging it up for the season. Thanks to all you members for your tremendous support. What a great season — with skiing beginning before Halloween and lasting well into April!
Also, on that note, I encourage any and all to provide feedback on the operations and grooming so that we can make next year even better — as always, comments can be e-mailed to gmnordic@gmail.com.
Happy Skiing!
Leslie
April Showers Bring More Powder
Wow, April 3 and the skiing is GREAT!
