Track Report - Best Classic skiing ever!

The Classic Tracks are amazing right now and are skiing fast after Doug reset them (thank you, Doug!). In many places there are three side-by-side sets of classic tracks so people can ski next to each other or have room to scoot over if necessary. Please be careful when you are crossing over or near water - sometimes the tracks start to fall apart and it would be easy to slip sideways. As always, people ski at their own risk and this is "cross-country skiing" with all the inherent conditions that go along with that.

Again, the classic tracks are firmly set and holding up really nicely. Classic skiing is a good choice when the temperature plummets, as it has been lately in the mornings. Doug tuned up the skate track yesterday, but it's pretty hard-packed where it has been skated on a lot. The Boot and the Clover Leaf are skating well. They haven't been skated on as much, so the snow is a little more friendly and forgiving.

Randy is going to try to tune up the skate track tonight (thank you, Randy!), but there's no guarantee how it will turn out. With the track so icy-hard, it can be rough on the groomer tines and on the 4-track snow machine. I'll post anything I hear about the conditions.

Crust Cruising

When the snow melts and then freezes hard - as it has lately - it can develop a nice, thick crust during cold temperatures. The crust can be strong enough to hold a skier, resulting in a course-wide field of skate skiing possibilities. It's a ton of fun to wander around on top of the crust without any boundaries. However, once the temps start to rise you may quickly find yourself punching through the snow and no longer able to skate off-track. Usually Springtime is a good time for crust cruising, but the conditions were good for it today, too. It's easier on the legs than a hard-packed skate track, but the drawbacks include that the snow doesn't lie flat and there are plenty of undulating bumps. Still, it's kind of liberating to go anywhere on the course with the speed of a skate ski.  Just be careful not to ruin anything that might be golf-course sensitive and to stay away from wildlife.