Just got this text. Thank you, Doug!
I rolled the trail last night. Not a lot of snow but where I rolled the night before it looks good. Bring your old skies and watch for cart paths and gravel. I made a couple of new trails just up and down fairways that should be safe for skating. Pray for snow!
Sorry, I haven’t heard if the course has been groomed yet. Feel free to kick a classic trail of nothing has been set, and bring your skate skis just in case the skate trail is ready. If there’s no track, well, I guess this is cross-country skiing and we are happy just to be on the snow. :)
Update: Doug groomed the track mid-afternoon today. Jeff shared the pictures below and it looks amazing. I don't know how much was done, but enough to make for a good ski.
Notes: If you went skiing in the morning before he groomed, you likely found it a little challenging - the Cow Pasture was particularly sloggy. We really appreciate the volunteered time that our groomers put in to offer such a great activity for us. In order to guard their hard work, please remember the course is for skiing/skiers only, and to classic ski on the edges and skate ski in the middle. The City also prohibits dogs at the Golf Course.
Thanks! Many thanks to Doug for going out twice already - this is a great, and really early, start to the season! And thanks to the City of Rexburg for setting out the port-a-potty, and to the County for keeping the parking lot plowed. This is a concerted effort, for sure.
Heads up: although I tossed 50 golf balls off the track (yes, I counted), there were at least that many still left. Hopefully the new snow has covered them. Regardless, until we get a bunch more snow, watch for golf balls and clumps of leaves (they may look innocent, but they can trip you up), bunches of grass, strewn twigs and fallen branches. Rock skis - i.e., your oldest, most worn-out skis - would be ideal for this early in the season, if you have a designated pair.
Randy texted me this evening to let me know that Doug rolled a track at the course and that it's skiable. Pretty exciting! I suspect the classic tracks have not been set yet and won't be until we have deeper snow, so please be courteous on the skate track if you're on classic skis. Just keep to the edge so the skate track doesn't get ruts. As always, remember the groomed tracks are for skiing only. Thanks!
