ABR Trails

groomers are back, we used the same team of 4 running the same equipment and grooming the same trails.good news conditions are improving every day

Same groom crew showed up today, same route, however we added the dog trails to the grooming routine. We logged 112 km of grooming on our grooming gps, however we are skiing on about 20 km of groomed trails…( multiple passes with the groomers). Skiing was rated better today than yesterday…it was softer today and better control. Still no classic tracks reset and they won’t be until we get more snow.

we are a bit disappointed with the low snow but skiers are skiing and satisfied. Updated report at 9 am tomorrow morning

groomers are still out but should be off the trail by 10. We groomed the same trails as yesterday and a couple passes on the dog trails. Conditions are like yesterday, maybe a bit harder.

Today was amazing…4 of us huddled up in the groomer barn. We came up with a plan and agreed to modify as needed depending on the defense. 4 bearcats took off and we attacked the skate lanes : stadium….9 passes it was packed hard and soft footprints needed erasing, river trail 6 passes, all white .Popple flats 7 passes dodging the dirt, memory lane 4 passes also dodging dirt but flatter than Popple flats. Back on river trail to the hill bypass, also dodging dirt patches but groomable and skiable. We returned on blueberry bluffs and meadow ridge, not bad but very very skiable. Groomers then attacked cherry and deer trail but did not groom the end of deer trail since it was thin, this could be a good down and back…it’s flat. To finish we did a new unnamed connector to blueberry and cold feet shortcut.

skiers were happy with the groomed trails, many thankful that we stayed open and worked on the thin snow we had. Tommorow we have the same 4 person crew coming in to groom 6-10 am, I expect conditions to be the same or better as today and we hope to open a few more trails. I plan to update at 8 or 9 am with conditions.