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

Nothing to ski here.

Thanks to the rain December 27th followed by temps in the 40's, there is no snow in north Iowa.

White Christmas

 Happy to see that we'll have some skiing through Christmas!

Monday conditions

Skate skiing was a little slow thus morning at 27 degrees. But it's still decent skiing. 

Good skiing

 The trail set up pretty well today. It made for some very good skate skiing.

First grooming of the season

 I took the Ginzu groomer around the lake this morning. With only 2 inches of snow to work with classic tracks could not be set. But please ski it anyway.

Friday night ice thickness tests. Mostly over 5" with a couple spots at 4". Good enough for my snowmobile.

Pilot knob lake

Saturday morning grooming

 We had about 3/4 of an inch of new snow from this week. I groomed the road this morning which should be fairly good for skating. It's still much to thin to add classic tracks.

And I groomed some corduroy into an even thinner layer of snow on the lake.

These conditions would be pretty good for November. It's not so great for January. 

Pilot knob lake

 

Pilot knob road