Cross Country Skiing

[roadie gal]

How many of us here are from the California/Nevada area? Would any of you be interested in coming up to the Tahoe area? I was thinking about setting up a group day at one of the local XC areas if some of you are interested.

(My first choice would be Tahoe Donner. That's where I have my pass and I know the owner, but if people had a preference I could look into Royal Gorge, Lake Tahoe XC or Northstar.)

Should I post this in the California section?

[jobob]

Might be skiing tomorrow. Already 2 inches on the ground. I'll have to go to conservation land trails, but, hey better than nothing.

I went to grad school in Waltham, and took up XC skiing while I was there. If memory serves, there are tons of great trails to ski on up around Concord -- at least there were, oh, 20-plus years ago

I sure hope they're still there. Have fun!

[Crankin]

Did you go to Brandeis?
Oh , there are plenty of trails around here, but I really prefer tracked and groomed. It's not that I don't ski in the conservation land, I just prefer the other. But, I do a lot of snow shoeing on the local trails, as well as hiking.
There's so many trees down, I didn't even attempt it. In fact, friends went for a hike on a trail near their house and the police were there, so no one would go down it. The snow is mostly melted, too.
Kind of looking forward to my "shoulder" season. Still riding outside some, some hiking, and going to the gym. It's rare for me to ski before January and the season usually only lasts until the end of February. Even though there's awesome skiing up north in March, the one time I went to Stowe, VT in March, it rained and we ended up snow shoeing, as the trails were just too degraded/muddy for skiing. Planning a trip probably to the Northeast Kingdom in February.

[Trek-chick]

Trek-chick, that sounds fabulous. I'm here in Michigan too, wonder when we'll get our first snow. Where do you ski in Michigan?

I like to XC ski at Boyne and add in some downhill too.

We have been taking a yearly weeklong trip to the Porcupine Mountains (excellent cross country trails and warming huts). Cute backcountry cabins/Yurts you can rent too. It is a true Up North backcountry skiing experience-- I love it there!!! Great downhill skiing too.

Locally, we usually go to Stoney Creek Metro Park (mountain bike trails) but, have to wait forever for decent snow on the trails.

We just got back from hunting up North and checked out Silver Valley and the Corsair XC ski trail system. That one is on the list for this coming season for sure.

[solobiker]

Almost time!! The mountains got about 15 inches last week and another storm is heading in tonight with estimates of close to 15 inches again

[Kubla]

Aside from a late-October Nor'Easter whose precipitation did not last 24 hours, we have barely had any snow in southeastern Massachusetts this season.

We finally got several inches of fluffy powder overnight Thursday and throughout the day Saturday. DBF and I reacquainted ourselves with our skis and enjoyed our backyard trails for an hour this afternoon.

It felt good to get out again; hopefully Mother Nature will give us more opportunities in the next month or two.

[Crankin]

See the other thread....
it was great to get out today.

[Crankin]

Reviving this thread.
Snow forecast, possibly a little Monday and maybe more on Wednesday. Since I sled a total of 3 times last year, I am ready!!!

[solobiker]

Wow do we need snow out here. Pretty much nothing so far. :-(

[ridebikeme]

Well, we are in luck today, I would say there is 8" of new snow and it is supposed to snow throughout the day. Hopefully it stays all snow this week!

Too bad that I couldn't play hookey from work and get out and ski... but considering that I work for a ski shop well.... I guess you get the picture HA!

[Crankin]

Grrrr...
just ice and rain here.

[solobiker]

The mountains are supposed to get quite a bit over the next couple of days. I will keep my fingers crossed.

[jobob]

I went to grad school in Waltham, and took up XC skiing while I was there.

Did you go to Brandeis?

Yikes, I never saw your response to my post from over a year ago, Crankin, sorry about that!

And the answer is, yep, I went to Brandeis. It was so much fun to meet up early in the morning with some classmates to go x-c skiing at one of the nearby parks, then we'd tromp back into the lab, oh, very late morning ... which helps explain why it took me 6 years to get my degree ...

[Irulan]

Learning how to skate ski is on my to-do list. We have a great nordic area here; I just spend so much time on the alpine slopes I don't get over there, even with my classic gear.

[Crankin]

JoBob, you probably had a lot more fun than me when I went to grad school. Twice.
It's pouring rain this morning. I am severely worried about our warming winters in the Boston area. At least there's snow up north!