by DK | Jan 26, 2018 | .
On January 25th, the 511th birthday of Johannes Oporinus, the Swiss humanist illustrator and one of the most important printers of the 16th century, our skeletal grooming crew headed out to roll through 6 inches of new snow at the Park Creek and Alturas Lake ski areas. However, the resulting beautifully groomed trails were quickly covered by another dump of snow overnight and into Friday morning. Can we complain? More grooming scheduled for Friday when the snow lets up. Shake thyself from the dust, arise and ski!
ADDENDUM:All ski trails at Park Creek and Alturas lake were groomed through 5 to 11 inches of new snow on Friday, the 26th. More snow and grooming predicted for the 27th.
by DK | Jan 24, 2018 | .
On Tuesday, the 23rd, skate lanes on all trails at Alturas were regroomed. New classic tracks were laid down on the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill and South Loop. Old classic tracks on remaining trails were still fine but a bit fuzzy.
by DK | Jan 21, 2018 | .
On Saturday, the 20th, all ski trails were groomed at Park Creek and Alturas Lake.
by DK | Jan 19, 2018 | .
On January 19th, the 209th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, old groomer Davinius awoke with a start. He’d been dreaming of a flower strewn meadow, where under a blazing sun he’d been picking bouquets of lupine and and bundles of sage with the pretty girl from the village. Now as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes he saw instead of flowers, 5 inches of new snow on the meadow and more flakes falling from a leaden sky. As the vision of the pretty girl from the village and the scent of sage and lupine faded from his mind he called out…
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Trail grooming is scheduled for this afternoon.
Addendum:All trails were groomed at Park Creek on Friday. All trails east of creek groomed at Alturas on Friday, on to lake on Saturday…
by DK | Jan 16, 2018 | .
On a beautiful frosty Martin Luther King day, Over the Hill, North Cabin, the Trail to the Lake, South Loop and Wapiti were groomed at Alturas Lake.
by DK | Jan 15, 2018 | .
On Sunday, January 14th, the trails at Park Creek and Alturas Lake were regroomed with softly skimming ginzu knives. Skate and classic trail conditions, as well as the day itself, were described as “perfect” by several satisfied skiers. Another light touch-up grooming scheduled for Alturas Monday.
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