- Conserving Snow and Money
- Budget and Weather
- Goals
- Race/Event Grooming
- Touring Center
- Resort with Guests
- Ski Club
- Back Yard Trail
- Municipality Park on a budget
- Weekly grooming/contract
- Empty Resort
- Decisions
- Snowcat grooming vs Snowmobile grooming
- $100/hour and hard snow
- $2.50/mile and soft snow
- 1 pass vs 2 passes
- Skate marks on the edges
- Perfect cordoroy
- Skate lanes buffing vs complete renovation
- Slow snow, but looks nice and is fast….. easy to groom
- Fast snow, sturdy and durable surface …. slow to groom
- Re-tracking vs not re-tracking
- Set up time
- Track condition
- Glazed track
- Safe track
- Grooming all of the trails vs. partial trails
- Groom the hilly trails to make them safe
- Groom the flat trails and close the hilly trails
- Leave one trail ungroomed and label it “not groomed” as a groomer appreciation trail
- Alternate days for grooming a portion of the trails and post it for skiers to plan their routes
- Groom for your audience
- Race skiers
- Recreational skiers
- Classic skiers vs Skate skiers
- Groom for the forecast
- No new snow for the next few days ….groom conservatively, get a nice firm track in and leave it
- New snow daily, start grooming narrow and widening daily to avoid plowing snow off
A full service ski touring center located on over 1100 scenic acres of varied terrain along the Montreal River in Ironwood Michigan.