I spent 2 1/2 hours working on the latest snowfall . The lake and road will be excellent for classic skiing today. Skating should be decent, but I do have an issue with overlap berms with this much new snow. It was 6 below zero while grooming so I think it will set up well.
Pilot Knob road
I was out this morning packing the 1" of snow we had yesterday and smoothing out the skier and walker tracks. That will help prep the base for what snow we receive today. We have a good base, so I'm really hoping for a small snowfall today! :)
It was a cold ski but the snow sure set up nicely. Had a dusting last night with more on the way.
Yesterday the road was covered with anywhere from 1/2" to 1" of frost. So I regroomed it this morning for both classic and skate skiing. I also groomed a path on the other side for snowshoers and walkers.
The road and lake in Pilot Knob have been groomed this morning for both skating and classic skiing. It might still be a little soft today but getting better with each day.
Pilot knob was rolled this morning with plans to groom it Saturday morning. I was surprised how dry the snow was expecting a wetter snow. So it will be soft for a while. I did put classic tracks around the lake so that should be good today.
Pilot knob lake
The skate decks on the road and lake have been regroomed this morning. The classic tracks are too icy to reset, but are still there. There was a fresh dusting of snow/frost on the trail, so the classic tracks might be pretty good once they're 'skier groomed'.
The skate deck on pilot knob road has been regroomed this morning and should be good today. The classic tracks there look a little icy and rough. The lake should still be good.
Pilot Knob Road
The lake was groomed for both classic and skate style skiing this morning and is in excellent condition. The skate deck on the road was still in excellent condition so I didn't touch it. I did groom a path for the walkers on the walking side of the road.
Pilot knob lake
Great skiing conditions on the road at Pilot Knob today. Should be good all weekend.
Photo credit to Joel Yunek
Photo credit to Tom Christensen
After a couple of days of rain and freezing rain we received about 1 inch of snow. I groomed the skate deck this morning. I had to leave the classic tracks alone because of the ice underneath but they were well skied in from yesterday so looked pretty good anyway.
The skate deck on the road and the lake at Pilot Knob have been regroomed and look very good. It's too hard and icy to reset the old classic tracks on the road. The classic tracks on the lake look very good.
Now we wait and see what kind of rain/ice/snow comes our way during the next two days. Hopefully it will end up snowing on Wednesday.
