Montana Creek

Icy conditions from trail head down the hill a few hundred feet past the grooming equipment. Trail conditions improve down towards the bridge and get better with elevation. Skate lanes were groomed at 9am, classic tracks were not reset and are icy in places. Morning...

Groomed

Finished grooming at 0920. Typical melt pattern on the hill. Thin with ice by the gate, but just soft enough to allow walking safely and some texture on the hill to ski. Reset classic beginning at the top of the hill. Lots of slush/some ice here. Track may ice...

Groomed in blinding sunshine

Finished grooming for skate at 1015. Left classic tracks alone. Discovered timing error of being an hour late on grooming means blinding sunshine in one’s eyes on the way out in a few places. 14 degrees at the upper end at 0945. BF