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VASA Ski Conditions
Last Updated 03/05/2010
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Snow Conditions |
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Machine-Made
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Machine-Groomed
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Powder
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Packed Powder
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Loose Granular
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Frozen Granular
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Granular
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Variable Granular
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Hard Pack
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Wind Blown
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Corn Snow
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Spring Conditions
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Wet Snow
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Obstacles
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| Snowdepth average in the woods High |
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Low |
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| Compacted Base Depth average on the trails High |
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Low |
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| Km Open |
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Km Trackset |
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Km Skate Groomed |
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Snowshoeing Trails Available
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Additional Information |
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March 5, 2010
Ah! Spring has some of the best skiing is of the year. The Vasa trail system was in great shape this afternoon. The only places where the snow got soft was in those areas with direct exposure to the sun on southerly facing slopes. Most of the trail has a fine grained granular snow on the surface of the skating lane and in the tracks. Where the sun has worked on the snow, it is turning the fine grained snow into corn snow that is icy and very fast. In the areas where the sun worked on the tracks the snow in the bottom of the tracks is becoming glazed and you can rocket down the tracks without much effort.
Tonight, after the temperature drops below freezing (probably around 7:00PM) the groomers will be out with the snowmobile and Ginzu, touching up the skating lane and leaving the existing Classic tracks. With the temperatures predicted to rise into the 40’s tomorrow the best skiing will once again be early in the day.
Skiers, Mark your calendars!!
The 2010 Groomer Appreciation Party will be held at Right Brain Brewery on Monday March 22 from 5-7PM. For occasion, Russ has promised to save a barrel of “Fresh Corduroy” that he made for Saturday’s Suds & Snow event. .
March 4, 2010
The Vasa Trail System was groomed with the LMC groomer last evening. As the temperatures started dropping rapidly, after the sun went down, the trail had firmed up enough by 7:30PM to get the LMC out. The LMC tilled up the snow on the surface of the trail and laid down fresh corduroy in the skating lane and set deep molded Classic tracks on all the trails. The skiing should be excellent early today and then become a little slower later in the day as the temperatures warm up and soften the snow.
The forecast is calling for above freezing temperatures during the day for the rest of the week with below freezing temperatures at night. If this pattern holds true the groomers will continue to groom in the evening or early morning after the trail sets up as long as no new snow is predicted overnight. Later this month, as the compacted base begins to diminish, the groomers will be forced to groom exclusively with the snowmobiles and Ginzu’s.
Despite forecasts of sun and above freezing daytime temps for all of this week, the compacted base is so thick that we still have plenty of weeks of good skiing remaining.
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