Long, Wet, Slow

It rained last night for several hours and thundered and lightninged here at the Snow Farm. When I looked out the window this morning I was surprised to see any snow at all. We actually didn’t seem to lose too much, but it is dangerously thin. The sun was out this morning, and it was too wet to groom. So, Kris Freeman and I headed out for a long ski on crusty, fast, rutted, sketchy snow. (I classic skied for four hours; he classic skied for two and a half then switched to skate for another two and a half.) After an hour or two, the snow was just soft and wet. “Resistance Training!” as Steve, the manager here at the Snow Farm says. Here’s some of what we were dealing with:

And here’s Kris skiing by a cool mudslide off the side of the trail:

The forecast is more promising (no rain)! Kris and I keep joking about when we’ll be heading home (if the snow melts.) We’re not scheduled to leave for 9 more days!

°C	Fri		Saturday 8			Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
°F	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM
Wind (mph)
Summary	clear	snow shwrs	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs
Snow in	–	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.4	–	–	–	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	–	–	–	0.4	0.4
Rain in	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max °F	39	30	34	34	25	30	30	23	30	30	19	21	21	18	30	32	28	36
Min °F	34	28	30	28	21	25	27	19	27	25	16	18	19	16	23	27	27	32
WChill °F	21	16	18	18	9	12	16	5	12	9	1	5	7	3	14	16	14	18
Freezing level (ft)	7400	7100	5400	5400	3600	3100	4600	3100	3800	4600	2100	1600	2500	1000	2800	4600	5200	5900