ABR Trails

We will be in the PistenBully Barn for the party with outside options if the rain holds off. Come join us for a fun day! We will update on game status in the morning.

2:00 Silent Auction Starts

3:00 Party Starts

3:30/4:00 Food

5:00 Silent Auction Ends

Trails were skiable as of 5 pm, we do not plan on grooming in the morning but given the temps, classic skiing should be ok picking the right route and expecting late season conditions. We are open until Sunday at 4 pm. hope to see you tomorrow!

Pig Heart and Crasher pieced together 25 k of trails this morning with the Pisten Bullies. Spring skiing conditions.

coming in from checking the close trails…good news looks like we can run the Pisten Bullies in the morning. We are dodging some wet areas with detours and reroutes and hill bypasses….but we Pisten Bully groomed 38 km this morning of combination trails and had some great spring skiing.

we plan to head out in the early morning and groom again. Temps are not going below freezing but the snow mass makes the transformed snow groomable. It is a myth that you can not groom if the temp is above 32!

I will report in at 9 am or earlier with conditions for tommorow.

Saturday… I will work on a plan with the grooming crew to pull the rabbit out of the hat for skiing. The Cheers to 30 years celebration will happen Saturday …we are setting up in both groomer barns as a contingency plan if it rains

. Picture of coyote canyon…I mean the Highlands at 3:30 pm today

we groomed 45 k today, it was a convoluted route that had nordic pulse scratching their algorithms to figure out where we went. We are grooming Tamarack as a combination trail so you can ski to the Highlands via tamarack combi trail or you can use the blueberry/highlands combi connector. There a few wet spots we groomed around so I suggest you follow the groomer tracks tomorrow, or better yet ask at the front desk.

skiing today was great spring skiing on your best skis if you stayed on the right groomed trails. The narrow classic only are not so good “poor” because we don’t have a 5 foot wide Bully. We are groomed the wider trails where the Pisten Bully’s fit on.

Trails being groomed are Tamarack combi (skating allowed), River, Popple, memory, silos,blueberry to cold feet, cherry, deer, hilltop loop, and the majority of the highlands. Ridge runner and puumala are closed for the season,

Tamarack combi trail

10:00-1:00 pm Scavenger Hunt

Teams of up to three people, all ages welcome. Get your list/bag in the chalet at 10 am or later and meet back at the chalet to turn in your results by 1:00 pm. The winning team(s) will receive Nalgene Water Bottles and Foundation Stickers.

1:00-2:00 pm Sprint Relay Ski Race

Teams of three people, must have one female and one classic skier, all ages are welcome. Stadium loop at trailhead 0.75 K for each racer. We will have two or three heats and the top teams will advance to the final, the final will be the same loop. Winners will receive ABR Coffee Mugs and Foundation Stickers. Meet at the ABR Foundation Flags in the stadium loop at 1:00 pm.

2:30-3:00 pm Wife Carry Race

Teams of two people. Men will ski a 100 M ski, your wife will take your skis off, you will pick her up, and you will run back to the finish line carrying your wife. The winning team will receive one set of Swix Quantum One Poles to fight over Meet at the ABR Foundation Flags in the stadium loop at 2:30 pm.

2:00 pm – Silent Auction Begins

3:00 pm The Party Starts!

All are welcome, we look forward to seeing you on Saturday!