Wednesday, November 27th
Service Road, Klaus, Lower Trails to Aspen Loop all groomed with Ginzus; Aspen Loop to 10K meadow made initial pass to compact – Please use caution as ATV tracks may be present.
Wednesday, November 27th
Service Road, Klaus, Lower Trails to Aspen Loop all groomed with Ginzus; Aspen Loop to 10K meadow made initial pass to compact – Please use caution as ATV tracks may be present.
With 1-2 ft of snow and continued cold temps, things are taking shape, coverage is good and the the new sections and reroutes are looking sweet. We are grooming out an access route from above the S 10K parking as well this year. Our general plan for this season, conditions permitting, is to groom on Fridays and then early in the following week and we will send out updates. We have not set any clinic dates yet but that is in the works. Happy New Year!!
While you are waiting for the storm to blow through, might check out the attached YouTube video from Pioneer Midwest.
Greetings,
Rumor Brewing, located in Cedar Crest (behind La Cabra Coffee) will be hosting an event next Sunday, 2-6pm featuring music and activities. See attached flyer for details. Hope you can make it!
As detailed in our SNSC Google group e-mail, with this last storm of around 26-28 inches of powdery snow we got underway with grooming, but much work remains to get the trails fully groomed and classic tracks set. Klaus and the trail down to Aspen loop are well rolled out. We rolled out the service road multiple passes but is still soft with lots of foot traffic, so probably the service rd. will be pretty choppy until we get back to it. The Sandia ski area, in past seasons, has nicely groomed the service road but we were told they are busy getting lifts fixed so don’t think we can count on that this season. We will get back to grooming in the next several days so stay tuned. Plan is to have classic tracks set by next weekend. Here is Scott’s Dec. 2 video:
Hello all,
Over the last 2 months, Scott, Bruce and I have made good progress; leveling out the south section of the Klaus trail, and below bunny hill, rerouting the sharp downhill turn above the upper 10k meadow and also, with permission and guidance from SRD, and Russell Berman, we have made a new connection linking up to the upper Challenge Trail which we also plan on grooming to create a new upper loop option from Ellis. All of these improvements will make for safer, more enjoyable skiing next season.
We now need your assistance with finish work on these sections and we are planning to have a trail work day Sat. Aug 12. Details on meeting time and place to follow.
Please RSVP to me. Tools will be provided thanks to FOSM and SRD but you will need your personal protective gear, including hard-hats. Let me know if you need a hardhat as well.
Hope to see you Saturday Aug. 12
Jeff
505-228-9150
Probably our finale for a season which is closing out with a mountain of snow. Scott and I, later joined by Ray, set out to groom after an hr. delay of the tram. Still good quality and quantity (depths to 5ft) of snow. Warmer temps by midday led to soft sticky conditions in the sunny sections. Klaus trail and down to and including the upper meadow, were groomed out with the baby ginzu (no classic track set). Intentions were to groom to 10k but the sticky snow by mid-day forced us to abandon that plan. Todays winds may have led to some drifting in the open areas. Big thanks to our new groomers this season, Ray Iturralde, David Dunlap and Jim Dryden and also to Steve Roholt for his assistance. Cheers to a great season!
At least 12-16 in of fresh powder is closing out the season with a bang. Snow is a bit dryer than the last few rounds but did pack down pretty well with the roller. Scott and I headed down to 10K, with Scott scouting ahead to keep me from making any wrong turns in the deep snow. Lower trails and Klaus compacted well and should firm up overnight. Ray then hooked up the tracksetter; nicely setting tracks on the Service Rd. which also should firm up overnight.
As Scott mentioned, the Tram will soon be plowing the Service Rd to allow work crews access to begin work on the tram. Several seasons ago after the plowing, we did try to groom the Service Rd along the side, it was not successful. Thankfully we have Klaus and are planning on grooming Sat. Mar. 25 for the last hooray of the season.
Greetings, We had a very productive day on the trails today. Scott, Steve and I were joined by SRD Forest Service personnel, Joseph Jaffa-Martinez SRD Trails Foreman and Jeffrey Cervantes. Jeffrey will be completing his FS required ATV training this month and Joseph has been doing grooming this season and was very active on the mini-excavator work last summer on Klaus. The trails had a hard crust in the AM so with the ginzu groomer attachment we de-crusted and smoothed, while Steve and Scott pruned low branches and shoveled along Klaus. As a storm with possibility of snow coming tonight, we did not set classic tracks. The classic tracks set by David last weekend on the Service Rd. are hanging in there. Great skiing to be had and even a dusting of snow will freshen up the trails nicely. Plan is to groom again on Saturday and also set classic tracks, weather and road conditions permitting.
Great to see so many skiers out on such a splendid day! The grooming crew had all hands on deck with Jim Dryden, David Dunlap, Ray Iturralde, Scott Dietrich and myself taking care of bid’ness. After getting a bit lost on the lower course on Thursday, got back on on track with scouting help from Scott and completed roller compacting throughout the trails. Still amazed at the amount of snow, occasionally stepping off the ATV and sinking up past my waist. We should be good through March! Jim set classic tracks on the Service Rd and the trails should be great for Sunday and Monday…. Probably will be back at it next Wed. and set more classic tracks.
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