Thorpe Park

I packed the trails around Thorpe park this morning and set a classical track around the smaller marsh.  It is accessible at three trail heads.  One trail head is near the office & maintenance shed and the other two are close to Lake Catherine.  I did not attempt to set a track around the larger marsh because of too many bare spots and low snow conditions out in the open.  However all of the trails would be good for snowshoeing.

Groomed Forest City Ski Trail

The trail was groomed Saturday morning.  The base is very thin in some areas with some occasional bare spots.  But it is definitely skiable.  Get out and enjoy it this weekend since it looks like we're in for another melt down starting Monday.  The walking trails through East Woods have also been set.

Grooming update

The trail was groomed for skating and classical skiing Monday evening.  Thanks to the new snow it looks like it will be in very good shape this week!

GROOMED

The ski trail was packed Friday night with the roller.  It was groomed this morning for both skating and striding.  The tracks for striding get a bit thin but hey it's snow! 

Groomer's ski

Eric and I skied most of the course yesterday, going over changes to the grooming path.  It was ungroomed snow, but it had great glide and it was a beautiful day!  We enjoyed seeing an eagle perched in a tree on the course too!

I took the roller out on the lower portion of the golf course, the WIT grounds and the Lodge loops but there was not enough snow to leave grooves for classic skiing.  The Lodge loops were a lot of fun and it was great to see kids snow boarding down the Lodge hill.  The upper portion of the golf course could not be reached since the cart path had the snow plowed for some work still being done.  We hope for that to be covered with the next snow.

The new GinzuGroomer has arrived!

Thanks to a grant from the Hanson Foundation we've been able to purchase a brand new GinzuGroomer.  This is capable of grooming for both diagonal stride and skate style skiing.  It just arrived on October 21st.  The Lodge Resort Hotel and Restaurant has offered to store it in their garage which will make it easy to access our trail!

The trail was groomed the evening of Friday the 4th.  It looks to be in good shape with the exception of a few bare spots that can be skied around.
Jeff