Shovelling fools dig pit on Alturas ski trail

On January 16th, the day on which prohibition took effect in 1919, and the same day upon which Hitler descended into his Berlin bunker in 1945, short time hermit and supposedly retired ski trail groomer Davinius decided to take the opposite tack and emerged from his snow cave bunker to have a stiff drink. Once outside his frigid hermitage, Davinius heard the plaintive cries of his grooming acolyte Timmy, who a short way down the trail had just pulled off the spectacular double whammy of running out of gas while burrowing the snowmobile groomer all the way through the snowpack until  it hit pay dirt on a steep uphill incline.  While squirrels and a nutcracker looked on, with a bit of effort, two shovels and a can of gas, the dynamic duo were able to free the snowmobile and resume the day’s grooming chores, and by the time the sun was setting over Alturas Lake all trails except for North Cabin had been groomed for skating and classic tracks were laid down on the Trail to the Lake as far as Bridge Junction, Over the Hill and South Loop. Timmy’s plan was to return on Saturday for more grooming adventure.