Elven Kindness

Thank you to the elf who helped shuttle fuel to the top for today’s grooming. Santa needs to eat more cookies. The groomer moved the diagonal track to the inside lane and resurfaced the skate lane. Take care on your way up and down the big hill, there is still...

Not Enough Yet

Merry Christmas Rolled this morning, but still lots of rocks. Hopefully we will get a dump today/tonight so it can be regroomed tomorrow and be skiable.

campground Christmas update

the skate lanes have been rolled and it looks great. classic is from yesterday. but it looks good too. there seems to be some form of other-than-white precipitation happening at noon. Merry Christmas everyone🥂

Lower loop groomed for skate

A 4km loop is groomed for skate skiing. Beautiful corduroy this morning. No classic track but the classic skiing is still good. Watch for rocks! If you see a dark shape on the trail there’s a 98% chance it’s a rock. Santa is going to take a look at the upper loop...

Eaglecrest lower loop hardened and ready for new snow

I had a chance to walk the lower loop today and admired the grooming work from last week on the thin snow cover. The surface is quite hard – my boot prints were barely visible. Some rocks showing on the far end of the meadow. The moment we get a little new snow...

Dec 15th Campground

10:00 am conditions are fair with good glide for skate skiing. Due to low level of snow, watch out for rocks on edge of trail. Classic track in poor condition.

Mendenhall Lake Dec 13th

Mendenhall Lake eight inches of Ice covered with a topped layer of crusty Ice and thin layer of slush. Unable to groom due to these surface conditions.

Great skating

Peter groomed this morning and reports great skating, especially if you stick to the middle. Classic is a bit thin along the edges.