Cross Country Skiing

[ridebikeme]

Ohh I hope you're right about the snow!! It has definitely been windy here the past couple of days, gusts over 50MPH and that was quite often. In fact, the wind is still blowing ARGH!! But I guess it is better than rain.


I too, thought about a move to the NEK! Wondered if I could move the shop and actually survive over there; I'm sure many people have shared those same thoughts.

Have a good week and hope that you are feeling better!

[DebW]

I skied a piece of the Catamount Trail past Stratton Pond on Sunday. Joined an official Catamount tour, where the leader was the maintainer of the section we skied. It was cold, below 10 all day, and quite windy, though a beautiful day in the woods. The original plan was to ski 9 miles with an optional bail-out at 6 miles, but the leader decided we would all stop at 6 miles given the weather and trail conditions - the last 2 miles of the longer tour would have been a steep downhill on crusty snow. The route included some woods roads, part of a hiking trail, and some snowmobile track and was well-marked and maintained. We started on the Arlington-West Wardsboro Road, stopped for lunch at the shelter at Stratton Pond and finished near some condos at Stratton Ski Area. A really nice day of skiing.

[Norse]

We had a glorious weekend skiing up along the North Shore of Lake Superior! Snow conditions, perfect. Weather, perfect. Ski trail, in perfect condition! Beautiful.

[Crankin]

Here's a view from the Dashney Farm Trails in the NEK.

[ridebikeme]

Thanks for sharing Crankin!! How much snow have you received at home this weekend?

I just got back froma short ski, absolutely gorgeous out! The snow falling from the trees was tending to amke things a bit sticky, but nonetheless it was great!! I would guess that we received about 8", so received another 9-10" earlier in the week, so as of now things are pretty nice out. But as you know, temps are going to be warm this week.... we'll see what happens.

[Crankin]

It was raining/sleeting until about 9 AM. We have a couple of inches of wet snow, but it will come down hard for awhile and then stop, start again. It's supposed to snow until 5 AM, and we are supposed to get 4-8 inches here in the western suburbs. I am planning on skiing tomorrow; hoping Great Brook Farm in Carlisle will open, so I can do it close to home. Otherwise, I will drive to Windblown, that has received a lot more snow, and go directly to my one client from there.
Am about to go out and do a quick snow shoe on my neighborhood/conservation land trails.

[ridebikeme]

Glad to hear that you received some snow instead of just rain! I would guess that we reeived well over a foot in this last storm, so about 2 feet this week. I just finished shovelling the driveway for the second day in a row, I'll eat some breckfast and then head out for a ski. It's supposed to be warm all week, so it will be interesting to see how the snow lasts....

Have fun on your snowshoe today!