Wednesday, January 17, 2024

January 17, 3pm

 Ryan just finished grooming and says everything looks good. Thank you to both Ryan and Doug for their work today!

Now for the annual reminder (which is actually more like a weekly reminder). I’m not trying to sound harsh, just trying to educate and remind people:

No bikes, no walking, no dogs, no snowshoes (you can snowshoe on ungroomed areas of the Winter Park), and please keep to the appropriate track - skate or classic.

As you can see, it takes a LOT of work and time to make the skate and classic tracks both skiable. It’s really important that skate skiers have a good skate deck and classic skiers have their own separate tracks. Please stay in your appropriate lane as much as possible so you don’t mess up the other skiers. 

Regarding the Skate deck (the wide, flat, corduroy groomed lane) - Classic skiers, snowshoes, fat bikes, and people walking can leave deep tracks that trip up skate skiers. It’s painful to be skating fast and then take a spill because your ski catches on ruts or bootprints.

Regarding the Classic (Conventional) tracks - Skate skiers, snowshoes, fat bikes and people walking can quickly ruin the walls of the parallel tracks that help Classic skiers have a good ski.

Again, trails are groomed for skiing. Please don’t walk, snowshoe, or bike (seriously, no fat bikes!) and don’t bring dogs on the groomed areas. The trails are not meant to be sidewalks. Thank you!

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