I regroomed old ABR this morning and the dog trails… skate lanes only. The tracks looked hard and well formed, I plan to let those be for Saturday and Crasher and Pig Heart will groom the combi trails and Ridge Runner in the early AM. I plan to have our full Groom Team groom Sunday all combi and all classic only.
Thursday 7 PM
Wow 3 days without a post…or a grooming report? No excuses just managing my energy. We have had daily snowfalls of 1/4 inch to 1 inch of snow and temps in the single digits, overnight temps and grooming temps -10 ish in the last 3 days. Trailside residents, lodging guests and Rustic Cabin “campers” have been enjoying the trails along with a few locals and the vacationer skiers.
Classic skiers had a fun day today with the 1/2 inch of powder skied in.
I plan to regroom about 20-30 km of skate lanes early in the morning, Saturday or Sunday we plan to have a full groomer crew on to regroom all 95 km.
Monday 7 PM
We had a full crew with Widetrack and Partner dragging /widening and tracking all the classic only trails. Pig Heart and Crasher headed out in the Pisten Bullies to groom the combi trails as advertised. Trails turned out great and are skiing well. We left 1/2 inch of powder on Peltonen Pass and Ridge Runner, (12 k) advanced trails and we left 1 inch of snow ungroomed on the dog friendly trails (7 K).
The “Classic Only” Puumala Trails” skied well today. Wide Track and Partner did a great job of grooming them and then had breakfast and geared up and skied them.
Tuesday groomers are sleeping in after grooming 8 days in a row. Trails are in great shape. Ridge Runner is closed Tuesday for maintenance.
Sunday 7 PM
1 inch of new snow overnight, Pig Heart and Crasher groomed up all the combi trails including Ridge Runner (skate). The snow continued like a lightly shaken “Snow Globe” most of the day. Skiing was reported to be magical.
At noon, most of our out of town friends and guests were departing Rustic Cabins, trailside houses and local lodging. 1:30 we gathered for the Ironwood Nordic Skiers Team photo, From 2:00 -3:30 the SISU Endurance Team from our local 4H showed up, there are 42 youth enrolled.
We ended up receiving about 2 inches of snow during the day so we will have a full team of 4 groomers including both Pisten Bullies out early AM. We plan to groom 76 k or more of trails; all the classic only trails and all combi trails except Peltonen 5 k, the Dog Trails 7 km and Ridge Runner is under discussion 7 K. the light powder on the more advanced trails sometimes is more attractive for the intermediate skiers.
Saturday 7 PM
Wow, nice to have warm temps again! Skiing was great today.
Pig Heart groomed up most of old ABR today with the bigger Pisten Bully. Widetrack groomed up all the single tracks on old ABR. 2 passes to get a track to ABR standards.
Sunday early AM, Pig Heart and Crasher are heading out with both Pisten Bullies to groom up the combi trails.
Lodging cancelations: Hilltop Feb 6-9 4 nights, Kaartunen Kottage Feb 7-17th, Jackson Farm House Feb 7- Feb 29
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