Great day for skiing.

 This was a beautiful day for skiing indeed!

Regroomed trail

 The lake has been groomed again tonight with a new track set. The skate deck on the road was groomed but is very thin.

The road

New snow

 Thanks to Joel Yunek and Robert Polking for rolling over the skate decks on both the lake and road Saurday afternoon after another good inch of snow. The classic tracks should be fine after being skied in earlier.

Another round

 The lake and road at the knob have been groomed. Only a thin skate deck on the road. But the lake is great with the first full classic tracks of the season!

It is snowing, so this might be buried later in the day.  Not a terrible problem to have. 

Another inch

 The lake has been groomed including tracks Thursday evening. The road was also groomed without tracks but it is a very thin base.

Pilot knob lake 

Pilot knob road 

Another inch

 After another inch, the lake was rolled/packed this morning. It is not groomed. More snow is on the way tomorrow. 

Thanks again to North Iowa Nordic for loaning their Can Am. I was quite comfortable in negative 4 degree weather!

Super Bowl Sunday

 The base was extremely thin,  but it skied pretty well!

The lake

 We received about 2 inches of fluffy snow Saturday morning on pilot knob lake. Because of very slick conditions I could only take the Can Am, thanks to North Ia Nordic for loaning it, to pack the snow to the ice. 

Using the groomer this morning, along with some sweeping snow onto the trail, gave a nice corduroy, although it is very thin. It's a little rough in some spots thanks to some 'lily pad potholes'. There is not enough snow to set any classic tracks.

We definitely need more snow before anything can be done to the road.

Packing the snow with North Iowa Nordic's Can Am

Saturday morning Ginzu grooming