Nordic Pulse

Friday, March 6^th 7:30am

 

Good morning from the Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center! With the recent snowfall, we have one wonderful weekend in store for our XC skiing community. It's a calm and pleasant start to this Friday, with persistent clouds expected to linger throughout the day and hopefully a little more snow to add to this week's total. Temps dropped below freezing overnight and currently reads 24* on its way to a high in the mid-30's. The snow temp is -7*C / 20*F and the groom is well defined, but soft atop a firm base layer and has a velvet underfoot feel to it. Today we offer refreshed skate cord and classic tracks on all of the Upper trails (green), most of the Mids (blue) and Lower network (black). You should find consistently supreme skiing conditions throughout with a plethora of trails to choose from: Woody's, Zig-Zag, Easy Back, Oli's Alley, Devecka's, Leslie's and more are primed and at your disposal. And our trusty trail stewards took this latest round of snow to task and have prepped and readied Yellow and Orange trail for our snowshoeing enthusiasts. Bring your own or rent from our wide array of snowshoes to fit the whole family! 

 

Calling all Bluebirds! Today is shaping up to be a great opportunity to enjoy a group ski with your fellow fine and frosty XC friends. Join the Bluebirds every Friday at 10am for a free ski meetup. Find a community with fellow xc skiers and enjoy a fun, inclusive group ski. To join the email list and get occasional club update emails, send your name & email address to [email protected]

 

With this fresh bounty of powder reviving the trails, the timing is prime to test your ski legs in a fun weekend race. Try a skiathlon! Sign up today for MBSEF’s Par For The Course 4k Skate Race or 8k Skiathlon. The skiathlon may be done solo or as a pair. The race course loops Zig Zag; ski one lap for the 4k skate event or ski two loops (one skate and one classic) for the 8k skiathlon. Racing gets underway on Saturday, 3/7 at 10am and registration closes on Friday, 3/6 at 5pm. For more info, visit the events page of our website or go directly to https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=409984.