On Monday, the 8th of February, all trails at Park Creek and Alturas Lake Creek were groomed for skate and classic. Conditions continue to be great, with cold nights, peach colored dawns, and sunny blue sky afternoons. Grooming at Alturas to fluff up skate lanes will take place on Ash Wednesday.
On Saturday and Sunday, all of the ski trails at Alturas Lake were groomed and regroomed until they were most excellent. Happy skiers described them as first-rate, splendid, awesome, magical, wicked, killer, hunky-dory and out of this world. More work to flatten drifted edges, widen narrow spots and cut low hanging tree limbs will continue this week in an attempt to make them even better.
On February 6th, the Sawtooth Ski Club is pleased to celebrate the National Day of the Sámi People, the indigenous Finno-Ugrics of the far north, reputed to be the inventors of skiing and our favorite folk fashion dandies. At Alturas Lake, Sheep Thrills trail was widened, flattened, compacted and groomed for skate and classic on Friday and looked super good. All other trails to the east of the Creek were groomed except for Wapiti, scheduled for Saturday grooming along with the trail from the bridge to the lake and North Cabin. At Park Creek on Friday, everything was groomed for skating and classic tracks were added to Lupine, Shooting Star and Camas Loop. Randy, the grooming Yankeeforker, had to abandon his equipment to an all enveloping snow drift at the end of the day and walk out to his car, but he swore he’d be back on Saturday to dig it out and start all over again. That’s the kind of dedication ya’ just gotta’ dig and then dig it some more. Dig it?
On Thursday, February 4th, the ski trails at Alturas Lake looked very good, when they could be seen at all. Shimmering, shifting grey white light made meadowed trails into vibrating shadowless snowscapes, only the slightest sight of a trailside stake pointed the way. Not to worry, Friday, the 5th is a beautiful blue sky day with clear visions assured. All trails were groomed Thursday for Skate and Classic except Sheep Thrills, which is scheduled for a Friday compaction and groom.
On Thursday, February 4th, 4,713, the first day of the red fire monkey year, grooming is scheduled for 10 a.m on the Alturas Lake Ski trails. Happy new year and ski with good fortune.
On February 3rd, the day the music died, an afternoon ski at Alturas lake could be lovely. On Tuesday all skate lanes to the east of the creek were refreshed with a ginzu grooming. Rave on!
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