Training Log Archive: ernst

I decided to move snow while it was still light and fluffy using the "snow sled". About 6 inches. Sleet and ice is forecast for the rest of the day, yuk! I cleaned the cars out, dumping the snow out to the driveway for the plow. Then walkways around the house and finally the porch, moving all the snow to the front yard. The solar collector clean-out will have to wait.

Perfect BC conditions! 6 inches of powder under 2 inches of sleet. Sleet makes for fast cruising: all these micro balls keep the skis moving. I just slapped some green kicker over who knows what old layers of dirt and wax on my Tele skis. Worked beautifully! Temps 15 rising to 20. No wind - feels balmy. I was able to make tracks on about 3 miles of trails - tracks are about 1 inch deep, just like machine-made. On the second run through, it was quite fluid with even some double poling. I tracked most of the logging cuts. Another skier had made nice tracks on a loop up Electric Avenue and around the Hole. Spruce Hole Cross Country Skiing is taking shape!