On January 17th, the one hundred and seventy second birthday of illustrator A.B. Frost, the ski trails at Alturas Lake, Park Creek and the Stanley Park all looked really great. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

On Monday, the 16th of January, the birthday of Don Bogle, guitarist and founding member of Tacoma, Washington’s historic surf rock heros, The Ventures, Walk Don’t Run to the Alturas Lake ski area where the skiing should be pretty good. The same goes for Park Creek where conditions should be perfect to Ram-Bunk-Shush. 

On Tuesday, the 10th of January, let’s celebrate the birthday of Donald Fagen.
“Snowbound
Let’s sleep in today
Wake me up
When the wolves come out to play”
At Alturas Lake all trails were rolled through 6 to 8 inches of new snow and some classic tracks were added with the ginzu groomer on the east side of the creek. At Park Creek, rolling was scheduled as well and we assume that the results were positive.

Ski trails at both Park Creek and Alturas Lake were groomed on Saturday and Sunday and will be regroomed on Monday. The Sun is out. The temperature is frigid. Good times are yours for the taking. Don’t worry, be happy.

On the 28th of the month, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled, while at Park Creek, all trails were packed and 16 fallen trees were cut off the trails. What a super effort by our most excellent and heroic groomers.
 

 December 28th is the Fourth Day Of Christmas, as well as the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day is celebrated in Spain like April fools day here – however, the following is not a silly Joke from some Spanish calling bird! Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are covered with 8 to 12 inches of wet heavy frozen snow… maybe more. A ski sojourn is therefore not recommended. Valiant groomers Thaddeus and Chadeus Maximus have plans to beat down the slush at Alturas and Park Creek, but who knows when or if they will succeed? And one last serious announcement – grooming at the Stanley City Park is scheduled to start soon, no joke.

December 21st, the winter solstice, was an extremely stormy windy day in the Sawtooth Valley, with wind blown snow covering ski trails to a depth of at least 8 inches and drifting higher. Amazingly, the next day, Chaddeus Maximus ventured forth at Alturas Lake and rolled all trails there, even though the temperature never rose above zero degrees – a feat displaying classical heroism and devotion to duty. Davinius, warming himself by his wood stove and slurping a bowl of gruel, could only say, “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga-Din.” At the Park Creek trails, where winds gusted to 35 mph and the temperature hovered around -20 degrees, Jaydeus the younger displayed excellent judgement by just staying home. He may be able to groom some on Friday, weather permitting.

Although temperatures in the Sawtooth Valley have been almost as cold as on the dark side of the moon, grooming has continued at the Park Creek and Alturas Lake Ski areas. Alturas trails are still soft but getting better with new ginzu and classic tracks on trails to the east of the creek and progress on the western side anticipated to push corduroy and classic through to the lake on Saturday. As of Friday, that section of trail was just soft corduroy sans classic. At Park Creek, new groomer, Jaydius the younger, was showing the right stuff this last week, rolling, grading and ginzuing trails to their best condition all season.

At Park Creek all trails have been rolled but are still rather soft. Ginzu grooming is scheduled to follow soon as our rookie groomer there learns the ropes from old grooming top dog Thaddeus.
At Alturas Lake we have contacted an legendary woodsman and local hero who very kinky responded immediately to our “Beck” and call, and is at this very moment on his way to retrieve our broken down. snowmobile and haul it to the shop. We hope to dig up an interim replacement machine Wednesday and get back to it. Davinius has been reminded that it is still very early in our season, that things usually work out fine and that he should not lose any more sleep worrying about it.

On A. Dry cold Saturday at the Alturas Lake Ski area, the Trail to the Lake as far as the junction, Over the Hill and South Loop got one new pass with the ginzu groomer, knocking down blown drifts and adding classic tracks. At that point grooming came to an abrupt stop with a rather loud kapow!!! We will return on Sunday to try to figure it out. We are hoping it is just a damaged drive belt.

 On January 17th, the one hundred and seventy second birthday of illustrator A.B. Frost, the ski trails at Alturas Lake, Park Creek and the Stanley Park all looked really great. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

On Monday, the 16th of January, the birthday of Don Bogle, guitarist and founding member of Tacoma, Washington’s historic surf rock heros, The Ventures, Walk Don’t Run to the Alturas Lake ski area where the skiing should be pretty good. The same goes for Park Creek where conditions should be perfect to Ram-Bunk-Shush. 

On Tuesday, the 10th of January, let’s celebrate the birthday of Donald Fagen.
“Snowbound
Let’s sleep in today
Wake me up
When the wolves come out to play”
At Alturas Lake all trails were rolled through 6 to 8 inches of new snow and some classic tracks were added with the ginzu groomer on the east side of the creek. At Park Creek, rolling was scheduled as well and we assume that the results were positive.

Ski trails at both Park Creek and Alturas Lake were groomed on Saturday and Sunday and will be regroomed on Monday. The Sun is out. The temperature is frigid. Good times are yours for the taking. Don’t worry, be happy.

On the 28th of the month, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled, while at Park Creek, all trails were packed and 16 fallen trees were cut off the trails. What a super effort by our most excellent and heroic groomers.
 

 December 28th is the Fourth Day Of Christmas, as well as the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day is celebrated in Spain like April fools day here – however, the following is not a silly Joke from some Spanish calling bird! Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are covered with 8 to 12 inches of wet heavy frozen snow… maybe more. A ski sojourn is therefore not recommended. Valiant groomers Thaddeus and Chadeus Maximus have plans to beat down the slush at Alturas and Park Creek, but who knows when or if they will succeed? And one last serious announcement – grooming at the Stanley City Park is scheduled to start soon, no joke.

December 21st, the winter solstice, was an extremely stormy windy day in the Sawtooth Valley, with wind blown snow covering ski trails to a depth of at least 8 inches and drifting higher. Amazingly, the next day, Chaddeus Maximus ventured forth at Alturas Lake and rolled all trails there, even though the temperature never rose above zero degrees – a feat displaying classical heroism and devotion to duty. Davinius, warming himself by his wood stove and slurping a bowl of gruel, could only say, “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga-Din.” At the Park Creek trails, where winds gusted to 35 mph and the temperature hovered around -20 degrees, Jaydeus the younger displayed excellent judgement by just staying home. He may be able to groom some on Friday, weather permitting.

Although temperatures in the Sawtooth Valley have been almost as cold as on the dark side of the moon, grooming has continued at the Park Creek and Alturas Lake Ski areas. Alturas trails are still soft but getting better with new ginzu and classic tracks on trails to the east of the creek and progress on the western side anticipated to push corduroy and classic through to the lake on Saturday. As of Friday, that section of trail was just soft corduroy sans classic. At Park Creek, new groomer, Jaydius the younger, was showing the right stuff this last week, rolling, grading and ginzuing trails to their best condition all season.

At Park Creek all trails have been rolled but are still rather soft. Ginzu grooming is scheduled to follow soon as our rookie groomer there learns the ropes from old grooming top dog Thaddeus.
At Alturas Lake we have contacted an legendary woodsman and local hero who very kinky responded immediately to our “Beck” and call, and is at this very moment on his way to retrieve our broken down. snowmobile and haul it to the shop. We hope to dig up an interim replacement machine Wednesday and get back to it. Davinius has been reminded that it is still very early in our season, that things usually work out fine and that he should not lose any more sleep worrying about it.

On A. Dry cold Saturday at the Alturas Lake Ski area, the Trail to the Lake as far as the junction, Over the Hill and South Loop got one new pass with the ginzu groomer, knocking down blown drifts and adding classic tracks. At that point grooming came to an abrupt stop with a rather loud kapow!!! We will return on Sunday to try to figure it out. We are hoping it is just a damaged drive belt.

 On January 17th, the one hundred and seventy second birthday of illustrator A.B. Frost, the ski trails at Alturas Lake, Park Creek and the Stanley Park all looked really great. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

On Monday, the 16th of January, the birthday of Don Bogle, guitarist and founding member of Tacoma, Washington’s historic surf rock heros, The Ventures, Walk Don’t Run to the Alturas Lake ski area where the skiing should be pretty good. The same goes for Park Creek where conditions should be perfect to Ram-Bunk-Shush. 

On Tuesday, the 10th of January, let’s celebrate the birthday of Donald Fagen.
“Snowbound
Let’s sleep in today
Wake me up
When the wolves come out to play”
At Alturas Lake all trails were rolled through 6 to 8 inches of new snow and some classic tracks were added with the ginzu groomer on the east side of the creek. At Park Creek, rolling was scheduled as well and we assume that the results were positive.

Ski trails at both Park Creek and Alturas Lake were groomed on Saturday and Sunday and will be regroomed on Monday. The Sun is out. The temperature is frigid. Good times are yours for the taking. Don’t worry, be happy.

On the 28th of the month, all trails at Alturas Lake were rolled, while at Park Creek, all trails were packed and 16 fallen trees were cut off the trails. What a super effort by our most excellent and heroic groomers.
 

 December 28th is the Fourth Day Of Christmas, as well as the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day is celebrated in Spain like April fools day here – however, the following is not a silly Joke from some Spanish calling bird! Ski trails in the Sawtooth Valley are covered with 8 to 12 inches of wet heavy frozen snow… maybe more. A ski sojourn is therefore not recommended. Valiant groomers Thaddeus and Chadeus Maximus have plans to beat down the slush at Alturas and Park Creek, but who knows when or if they will succeed? And one last serious announcement – grooming at the Stanley City Park is scheduled to start soon, no joke.

December 21st, the winter solstice, was an extremely stormy windy day in the Sawtooth Valley, with wind blown snow covering ski trails to a depth of at least 8 inches and drifting higher. Amazingly, the next day, Chaddeus Maximus ventured forth at Alturas Lake and rolled all trails there, even though the temperature never rose above zero degrees – a feat displaying classical heroism and devotion to duty. Davinius, warming himself by his wood stove and slurping a bowl of gruel, could only say, “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga-Din.” At the Park Creek trails, where winds gusted to 35 mph and the temperature hovered around -20 degrees, Jaydeus the younger displayed excellent judgement by just staying home. He may be able to groom some on Friday, weather permitting.

Although temperatures in the Sawtooth Valley have been almost as cold as on the dark side of the moon, grooming has continued at the Park Creek and Alturas Lake Ski areas. Alturas trails are still soft but getting better with new ginzu and classic tracks on trails to the east of the creek and progress on the western side anticipated to push corduroy and classic through to the lake on Saturday. As of Friday, that section of trail was just soft corduroy sans classic. At Park Creek, new groomer, Jaydius the younger, was showing the right stuff this last week, rolling, grading and ginzuing trails to their best condition all season.

At Park Creek all trails have been rolled but are still rather soft. Ginzu grooming is scheduled to follow soon as our rookie groomer there learns the ropes from old grooming top dog Thaddeus.
At Alturas Lake we have contacted an legendary woodsman and local hero who very kinky responded immediately to our “Beck” and call, and is at this very moment on his way to retrieve our broken down. snowmobile and haul it to the shop. We hope to dig up an interim replacement machine Wednesday and get back to it. Davinius has been reminded that it is still very early in our season, that things usually work out fine and that he should not lose any more sleep worrying about it.

On A. Dry cold Saturday at the Alturas Lake Ski area, the Trail to the Lake as far as the junction, Over the Hill and South Loop got one new pass with the ginzu groomer, knocking down blown drifts and adding classic tracks. At that point grooming came to an abrupt stop with a rather loud kapow!!! We will return on Sunday to try to figure it out. We are hoping it is just a damaged drive belt.