Pit Run looked in good shape with no foot traffic helping keep it that way. It was left alone. Skier report concurred that assessment. All other trails were groomed again today. Same skier claimed very good skiing conditions a few hours after I set the tracks. We'll continue to groom as long as there is skiable snow. As long as it gets below freezing in the evenings, we can rake it, comb it, flatten it and provide tracked skiing. Dewpoint, humidity, daytime temperatures, clouds or no clouds and a few other factors get tossed into the equation. The base is holding up well, which plays into the bonus of Spring skiing. As Jay at The Lag says ~ Just Ski!

(Denny Barry)

All trails were groomed today. Skin skis, fish scale skis or wax skis with a little warmer wax and or an elongated wax pocket should provide excellent skiing. Alpine is a bit sketchy on top, but the chance to see the large herd of deer that greeted me as I went past will make up for the detours to avoid a few grassy spots. Looks like we should still be skiing for awhile!

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(Denny Barry)

Trails not recently groomed but still enjoyable. Classic skiing only. About 5 miles of trail. Plenty of snowpack for now.

(Robert Johnson)

All trails were groomed this afternoon. Skiing should be as good as it gets today and tomorrow. Hopefully we will be able to ski for quite awhile!

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(Denny Barry)

All trails have been packed and classic track set. Great condition with recent snow. Get out and enjoy. #Justski.

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(Andy Dombeck)

All trails were groomed this afternoon. The conditions are as good as they can be on all loops. Whitetail Run Golf Course has a dedicated skate deck that has been provided in coordination with the golf course and a very community minded family. The WDC Nordic team used it extensively for training purposes and has a very solid deck. It was groomed last evening with a wide Ginzu, leaving a well textured flat skating surface. Give it a try (park in the clubhouse parking lot). It's open to the public. It looks like we could have many more weeks of skiing at Black's!

(Denny Barry)

All trails were groomed today. Tracks should set up nicely overnight. The trail on top of Alpine seems to have been adopted by the deer; please cut them some slack, as reading isn't required to be a deer. With the snow depth in the woods getting deeper, they are increasingly using the ski trails to move. Pit Run is in as good condition as Pit Run gets, the downhills have been brushed back, the trails packed and flattened -- it's old style skiing as good as it gets.

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(Denny Barry)

All trails except Pit Run have had tracks set. After multiple passes to break up iced tracks and deck, the results looked very good in most places. The narrow section through the pines at the bottom of Alpine is still difficult to get full depth tracks due to a few contributing factors. The tree with it's location in the sun on the windswept crest at the top of Alpine, has bare grass around it with ice patches. Side stepping to get to the track, or doing a little detour around might be better than attempting to ski over the ice and grass combination. Conditions for weekend skiing look terrific!

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(Denny Barry)

Took multiple passes to break up the icy chunks plus mix in some base and side snow to get a consistency that would form track cuts. Didn't get to Pit Run, Alpine or The Gulch. The old tracks still look skiable. Hopefully yesterdays dusting of snow should help with kick and control in the old tracks. Looks like a great weekend of weather for skiing is on tap.

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(Denny Barry)

Tried to groom and reset track but recent weather made for firm conditions. I was not able to set track as deep as old track that was already there so left it on most of the trail hoping to preserve as much snow as possible. There was some recent snow this week that is in the track preventing them from being glazed and in good condition.

(Andy Dombeck)