On January 9th, the feast of St. Stephen, as Davinius groomed at Alturas Lake, he was reminded of these lines from Robert Hunter, the great Dead lyricist…

Stephen prospered in his time, well he may and he may decline.
Did it matter, does it now?
Stephen would answer if he only knew how
Did he doubt or did he try?
Answers aplenty in the bye and bye,
Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills,
One man gathers what another man spills.
All trails to the east of Alturas Lake Creek received some ginzu grooming after the two ginzu groomers were resurrected from a deep snowy sleep. More grooming scheduled there on Monday.
At Park Creek there was only a very short section of trail groomed for the weekend, but we are working at improving that situation. It has been a tough start for our new groomers in the deep snow. Your patience is appreciated.