Good morning,
The stampede is here! Hope everyone who is racing is ready to hit the starting line!
Heading out first thing to groom the upper trail system of blue ridge for those not participating in the racing action and it should be a beautiful day to be up on the ridge so pack a lunch bring plenty of water and make a day of it.
We also plan to at least comb down some trails out towards the biathlon range as well for day skiing primarily for skate skiing and I will use gaskill to get out to blue ridge so that will be great for day skiers looking to do an out and back as you run into the race course at columbine point cut off.
Gaskill is the best access if you are heading to blue ridge but please utilize course direction when navigating through the course. Skiers will be coming up Shawn's Shute so do not go down this section and they will be going down the wide leg of Gaskill to lower blue ridge but should be room for day skiers coming back up but please yield to racers when on course.
Hope to see everyone out on the trails one way or another.
Enjoy
It may not seem like winter with the warm temps and record low snowfall but remember blue ridge plays by its own set of rules... ITS ALWAYS WINTER ON BLUE RIDGE! Grab your skis and get over here for conditions better than what's on the current Olympic course right now! We'll see you up there.
Enjoy
Update after consulting with our grooming team and Nordic center.
“Due to unprecedented weather and trail conditions we are restricting skiing to Travis and Bamse today. We would highly suggest not skiing today as the trails are saturated and will not be enjoyable anyway. With our low snowpack skiing on the trails with the given conditions would have the potential to damage our very thin base to the point where we won’t be able to repair it for the rest of the season. Please consider other options for your outdoor activities today. This is unfortunate but if we can all stay off the trails in the short term we’ll hopefully still have good trails to ski later this season. Thank you for your understanding. Please call the Nordic Center if you have further questions. Stay tuned for more information.”
Update after grooming some this morning.
The new snow we got was pretty warm and had a lot of moisture in it as well as the underlying surface snow still has not dried out all the way so we only ran a handful of loops and will let other trails rest a little longer to dry out some more.
See you out there.
Enjoy
Nordic Trails+
| Today | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bamse | 2.4km | G T | |||
Possum | 0.41km | G T | |||
Upper Bamse | 1.42km | G T | |||
Wild Turkey | 0.68km | G T | |||
Ten Mile Creek | 1.79km | G T | |||
Through The Woods | 0.96km | G T | |||
CCO | 0.63km | G T | |||
Biathlon | 0.67km | G T | |||
CCO 1 | 0.3km | G T | |||
CCO 2 | 0.34km | G T | |||
CCO 4 | 0.13km | G T | |||
Tabernash | 1.15km | G T | |||
Lower Blue Ridge | 1.44km | G T | |||
Gaskill | 2.54km | G T | |||
Shawn’s Shute | 0.26km | G T | |||
Columbine Point | 0.5km | G T | |||
Blue Ridge | 2.8km | G T | |||
Homestead | 1.36km | G T | |||
Lower Young | 0.75km | G T | |||
Cranmer | 2.62km | G T | |||
Keenan | 1.29km | G T | |||
Silvers | 0.78km | G T | |||
Goldie | 0.25km | G T | |||
Ute | 0.6km | G T | |||
Penalty Loop | 0.09km | G | |||
Swenson | 0.95km | G T | |||
Davis | 0.29km | G T | |||
Biathlon Lane | 0.21km | G | |||
Lowery | 0.19km | G T | |||
Wilson | 1.8km | G T | |||
Heckman | 2.01km | G T | |||
Upper Young | 1.34km | G T | |||
Eagle Valley | 1.28km | G T | |||
Bald Eagle | 1.56km | G T | |||
Blue Ridge Loop | 3.86km | G T | |||
Outlook Spur | 1.12km | G T | |||
Blue Ridge Summit | 4.28km | G T |
| 1-3 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCO 3 | 0.17km | G T | |||
Milligan | 1.37km | G T | |||
Donner Pass | 0.46km | G T | |||
Lap Lane | 0.16km | G T | |||
Travis | 1.82km | G T |
| 4-6 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sleepy Hollow | 1.89km | G T |
| 7-10 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Over The Hill | 2.02km | G T |
| 11-14 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walts Way | 0.81km | G T | |||
Slim Jim | 2.97km | G T | |||
Outer Just | 2.95km | G T | |||
Nice N Easy | 1.89km | G T | |||
Loppet’s trail | 1.62km | G T | |||
Outer Audun | 1.46km | G T | |||
Cougar | 0.73km | G T | |||
Mill Gulch | 0.64km | G T | |||
Loppet | 0.89km | G T | |||
Pole Creek | 2.49km | G T |
Snowshoe Trails+
| Nothing Groomed Today | Distance | Open | Last Groomed |
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