Today, I found that the birds still sing in the morning and the world keeps spinning ’round

On Friday, the 19th of February, the birthday of Copernicus, pastel colors streaked the Sawtooth Valley sky as the world spun itself round into a glorious dawn. Redwing blackbirds, Clark’s Nutcrackers, Steller’s Jays and Magpies rose en mass as a fox leapt from the snowbank and neighbor dogs barked.  “At rest, however, in the middle of everything was the sun.”
On Wednesday, all trails at Park Creek were hit with the compaction drag to widen and flatten them out. No more dishy trails there. Friday grooming through some new snow is scheduled to add classic tracks and sweeten the corduroy.

At Alturas Lake, Over the Hill, Wapiti, Sheep Thrills and South Loop, and the Trail to the Lake as far as the bridge junction were rolled on Thursday through 5 inches of new snow. Classic tracks were set in some very sticky snow on the lake trail and Over the Hill. After 3 more inches of snowfall in the night, grooming is scheduled to continue there on Friday and Saturday mornings.

At 9:51 it was 29 degrees fahrenheit in Stanley Idaho. Now if you are still wondering whether the skiing will be a smooth glide or a labored slog and whether this little report conveyed much useful knowledge or just added to your confusion, grab your ski wax and remember what Nikolaus Copernicus was so fond of saying…”To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”