Cross country skiing

[ridebikeme]

Although I knew that it would be very icey today, I thought Shanna ( my chocolate lab) and I would head out anyway. The weather forecast doesn't look very good tomorrow, so with snow levels so low... umm let's go anyway. It was indeed very icey, but here's to hoping that the weather is all snow tomorrow and none of the other liquid variety.


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[SheFly]

Although I knew that it would be very icey today, I thought Shanna ( my chocolate lab) and I would head out anyway. The weather forecast doesn't look very good tomorrow, so with snow levels so low... umm let's go anyway. It was indeed very icey, but here's to hoping that the weather is all snow tomorrow and none of the other liquid variety.


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Keep me posted - we're heading up looking for winter...

SheFly

[ridebikeme]

Here's to hoping that we do receive ALL snow and NO snow/rain mix. I was on a snowmobile trail today,and although it had just been groomed there were LOTS of rocks/boulders visible. Hopefully they'll be a thing of the past tomorrow....




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[Crankin]

I guess I'll be riding outside this weekend, after the rain tomorrow .
I can't travel this weekend, but maybe next weekend is looking good if there's snow up north.

[ridebikeme]

We've received about 6" so far, with projections to receive another 1-2 more before changing over to a rain/snow mix. Hopefully this forecast will be wrong, although the warm temps may squash my "wishes." For those of you in NE, it has already statred to change over in Gorham NH... perhaps they'll keep it?


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[limewave]

I guess I'll be riding outside this weekend, after the rain tomorrow .
I can't travel this weekend, but maybe next weekend is looking good if there's snow up north.

I am doing a night ride tonight. Cannot believe this weather. A part of me really wishes for snow, but another part is not minding the mild weather either.

[ridebikeme]

Ahhh I love night rides! Unfortunately I seemed to have lost my group of people that used to ride as well.

Just came back from a short ski; it was great ! For some reason, I love to break trail, although I know that isn't the norm.

Have a great weekend and enjoy your riding!!


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[lph]

We have sno-ow

Stable, cold snow that has impacted and is nicely groomed. Even the ungroomed trails are now broken by the hordes of eager skiers out there. I'm getting into a nice rhythm of one afternoon/night ski a week, on my way back from work. I used to do this only in my backyard woods, but oh, those final hills kill me, so I've branched out. I now have to take a bus back home, but it goes every 15 minutes and takes 10-15 minutes home, so it's no hardship. And the terrain is so much easier! My favourite trail so far starts out with at least 4 km of gently rolling and flat terrain, which lets me get warmed up and stretched out, then some fun, easy downhills, then a lot of boring twisty uphills, but I least I get nice and warm. Then some very fun and bumpity up and downs, a tremendous roaring downhill, and then a long stretch of gently rolling terrain again, at which point I'm really chugging along.

Fun

[Trek-chick]

I have basically written off skiing for this season kind of bummed but we just do not have any snow.

[ridebikeme]

LPH, sounds like a great way to commute!! It's also great that you are able to get into a routine about going out.

I got out for a short ski today, a bit icey here, but the reality is that we have snow and I'm not complaining. And we're also receiving a bit of snow now...


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[Wahine]

This morning I had to choose between a road ride with my DBF in a group ride he organized or skate skiing alone on the mountain. I decided to ski. It was glorious and I skated for a little over 2 hours and 15 miles (just shy of 25 km). I'm so glad I did. I needed the space and the freedom of gliding across the snow without any pressure of having people with me. The views of Mt. Hood were indescribeable.

Happy, happy.

[ridebikeme]

Sounds like a wonderful day Wahine! It isn't very often that I choose to ski rather than ride, but knowing that the snow won't be here long well...

Have fun with building the rest of your new bike!! Velocity makes some great rims, have a couple of sets myself.


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[lph]

Wahine, I envy you your mountainview skiing! And your skate-groomed trails. I have lots of xc trails right off my back yard, but they're hilly, twisty wooded trails with no views at all. And just about all of them classic groomed. Which is fine, actually, because I suck at skating

[Wahine]

We skated again today. Another bluebird day.

LPH - we are really lucky. Our Nordic center has about 20 to 25 km of trail that is groomed for both skating and classic. It's a hilly treed area, so there is a lot of fun ups and downs with turns in the trees but then you come to the opening at a meadow or pond and suddenly the Mountain is right in your face.

But we also have to drive 45 min to get to the snow. The flip side of that is that where we live, there is no snow on the ground for almost the entire year. So it's not unusual for DBF and I to ski in the morning then do an easy recovery road ride in the afternoon.

We are very, very fortunate.

[DebW]

I was up at Lake Champlain this weekend, skiing on the snow-covered lake with views of Mt. Marcy in the Adirondaks under bright sunshine and even an incredible sunset.