The classic tracks have pretty much melted down, but you can definitely follow them or just scoot around on top of the crust. The skate track is icy and hard in the morning, but will likely soften in the afternoon. If you hit it just right, you’ll avoid it turning to slush.
Thankfully Doug tuned up the skate track so you have some purchase on the icy track. It was incredibly fast this morning.
There is a hazard you have to watch out for: the second downhill on the Clover Leaf (nearer the highway) has a new track just to the side of the original track. Please stop at the top of the hill and look ahead (unlike what I did...). There’s a big wall of ice and snow that crosses the track on the way down. It’s too icy to snowplow to a stop, so unless you go off track you are in for a painful crash. Yep, it hurt.
The icy mornings make the track a little challenging and technical, but still really fun. It’ll be easier and slower in the afternoon. There are hardly any thin patches as of this morning. The black stuff on the greens and all the tracks from the Maverick (from spreading the black stuff) are rather ugly, but it’s still so nice to be out. Enjoy - and be careful!
This is a picture from below the ice wall, looking back up the hill after I managed to stand back up. :) I tried to move the chunks of ice and clear a path for anyone else, but it was all frozen into one solid mass. Go around, or maybe scope out the old/original track. Just don’t try to ski over this.
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