Skate trails re-groomed on Abbey, Anchor, Seagull, Northern Lights, Buzz and Telford. Classic Only trails were groomed Friday - watch for oak leaves and twigs. Chalet closed Sunday and Monday.

(Ann Mosey)

Good fast tracks and a firm skate deck, a little leaf litter in the tracks but the trails weathered the warm weather today and were in good condition heading into the weekend.

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(Aaron Patterson)

Epic fun times again at Ashwabay with Amy! We had two sessions there today, morning and afternoon (interrupted by "work" meetings, as I have not [yet] freed myself from the bonds of revenue generation :) The morning session was just out on Abbey to the cabin and back, snow was fast, control was perfect. Afternoon session went past the cabin and around the back of the mountain and my skis (old Rex Blue) could tell the snow was getting colder. Still excellently groomed, just a joy to be on, especially mid-week. Anchor and Seagull were in great shape as well.

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(Rick Cochrane)

Skied 30k today on a multitude of the Mt Ashwabay trails and they were all very well groomed. Very nice.

(Geary Searfoss)

Beautiful day of skiing today at Mt Ashwabay with temps hovering around 32 F. With the recent snow there is a good base but some leaf debris in the track from the winds. All of the trails appeared freshly groomed. The classic tracks were deep and firm. The skate deck was a little soft. These trails keep getting better every year and I appreciate the great job they do grooming them.

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(Gene Karwoski)

Morning groom Deerpath and Blackbear tracked. Telford regroomed and tracked. Left the Classic Only as is, which was skiing pretty well yesterday. Grooming plans: Groomers out this afternoon working on skate trails. Temperatures warming up.

(Ann Mosey)

The skate tracks have a beautiful comb. Still a little soft on lower Anchor (groomed yesterday and today) and on upper Anchor (groomed only today). Power line in classic tracks were good. There was also a beautiful trail heading down Telford and heading over to Seagull.

(Ann Mosey)

Rolled, dragged, and tracked Jolly Long and Skid Road. Reset classic track and skate on Abbey and Telford. Re-groomed skate on lower Anchor, and classic on Beginners' Loop. The trails look great with the exception of thin spots on Jolly.

(Ann Mosey)

New snow and very cold. Skate trails on Anchor, Abbey, Beginners Loop, Skid Row, Northern Lights and Seagull have all been fully groomed and in excellent condition. Classic trails have been rolled and dragged but waiting for an equipment repair to track them.

(Ann Mosey)

As usual, the conditions at Mt. Ashwabay were amazing - thank you to the groomers! There were many smiling faces out on the trails today, it feels like "real" winters of yore. Snow was coming down fairly fast for the entire ski, grooming staff was out pretty much constantly working to compact and refine the skate deck and classic tracks. We went through some of the classic-only that wasn't groomed too recently, but it was wonderful. I found the skating glide to be amazing (Rex Blue), but since the deck was a little soft and I'm a little "girthy" :), the push phase of the skate was pretty difficult. Amy and I switched to classic after about 5K or so skating. Abbey Road obviously gets the most use, but past the cabin the back of the mountain was sublime. Thank you again, what a treasure.

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(Rick Cochrane)