Trails are in pretty good shape right now. There is a solid hard base of 6′ or so, and we have worked it and widened things out to the limits, and are waiting for some new snow to top things off and make it perfect. There have been some stutter bumps develop. Typical ridable and not a big deal but they are there, especially on the RR grade. We were working them last night, but didn’t make much progress – see below.

Off trail is in better shape, things are softer then I would expect, and look to be in fun shape. Still no major base under there, so watch for obstructions and be careful for hidden ski-smashers.

It is seriously cold around here. Yes the Island ferry has quit running for about a week. There was open water over last weekend, so no ice bridge as of yet. Things are looking good for a stable ice bridge this year, I will post when the treeline goes up.

Did I say things are COLD? Hasn’t been a great new year so far around here. Me and Randy had to tent the tractor and put a heater on it to get it going for last nights run. We warmed it up for over and hour and Randy headed out to get a run in. An hour into the run the fuel froze and we had a dead tractor. Top it off with a broken part, and we had to tow her in last night. Parts are on the way, and we have it scheduled to go into some heat tomorrow night. Iggy tractor is down for now, should be back on-trail Saturday evening. Brevort tractor is covering the core of the system today, and probably tomorrow so we should be in decent shape.

Don’t fear the stutter bumps, head on up and put down some miles!

Happy New year everybody.

Base: 6 inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 1 inch

Last Grooming: 1-02-14

Current Trail Conditions: Good to Excellent

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