Thursday 6:30
Merry Christmas, it felt odd to wake up and not head out grooming this morning. I did enjoy hanging out in the chalet w my Santa hat and visiting. We have a full groomer crew on in the morning, conditions have been very good to excellent. Forecasts look good for a nice week of skiing […]
Wednesday 4:30
Crasher, Snow Cross and I did some touch up grooming today both with the Pisten Bully and light equipment. We opened up the Historic Trail so we are 100% open with 92 km of groomed ski trails. The trails are in great shape so we will give the groom team Christmas morning off. We are […]
Tuesday 6:30 PM
Snow Cross touched up 45 km of combi and skate trails this morning while Crasher and I headed north to town on the SISU trail. SISU Trail is looking awesome. With both Pisten Bullies double passing the trail is looking flat and firm…about 4 thin areas and 2 wet spots to cover but at 18 […]
Monday 6:30 PM
Great day of skiing today, mild temps in the teens and 20’s. Since the trails were in great shape, most of the crew took a day off after 6 days in a row of trail work and grooming. Wully Bully and I got the Historic Trail opened up of brush and groomed with the Pisten […]
Sunday 5:30 PM
After a 4 day vacation in Aspirus/Wausau I am back on duty with the grooming crew. Snocross and I ran both Pisten Bullies on everything today and Partner and Wide Track rest all the classics except Puumala. Then they groomed the first 5 k of the SISU course into town. There is another SISU work […]
Tuesday 4:30 PM
Almost at the Finish Line. The grooming crew got Sunset, Wolf Tracks, and Windy Ridge open today. We are at 89 km! The warm temps were welcome today for skiers and the storm chasers/brush cutting crew. The warm temps did not transform the snow….Partner and I will be out in the morning doing touch up […]
Monday 6:00 PM
Great news to report today. I did a bit of touch up grooming in the stadium and groomed the dog Friendly Trails across the road. We had 2 shifts from the groomers today, 6 machines packing and operators cutting in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. 4 will be back in the morning to […]
Sun 6:00 PM
Another 2 inches over the night. Wide Track came in and groomed all the open single track. Crasher groomed with his Pisten Bully and I groomed with mine. Everything groomed up well and all new tracks set. We did not groom the dog trails but we have them on the list…they have a few inches […]
Saturday 6:30 PM
Chilly morning for Wide Track, he came in at 5:30 AM with a temp of -14 F and windy to groom the single tracks. I am so proud of Grooming Crew! Crasher and I “drove” around in the 2 heated cabs of the Pisten Bullies. We groomed just about all of the combis and the […]
Friday 6:00 PM
Another 1-2 inches overnight and it continued to snow most of the day. I was grooming the combi trails in the Pisten Bully again today while Wide Track and Crasher finished brushing the blizzard damaged back half of Puumala. They opened this classic only trail….9 k today and set track. Grooming plans: Crasher and I […]
