Deep River and area skiers turned out in their usual enthusiastic numbers to enjoy the new snow yesterday. The best estimate of depth of fluffy new snow is 6 cm. A soft track was set everywhere but B this morning, but there is still not enough fine-grained snow on top of the ice for the track setter to work properly.
S-loop is crazy rough and is definitely "Ski at your own risk". B remains ungroomed, with the same warning. The principal reason for the roughness on S and B is the persistence of washouts, some of which are in very hazardous locations. Water is still running under the snow and new washouts can appear at any time, from one day to the next and even just as you start to ski over one!
The grooming uncovered rocks and roots on all trails, especially C-loop.
Many skiers still do not appreciate that newly groomed snow requires hours to set up. Think of it like putting mud on wallboard -- you have to leave it alone for a few hours. So, I apologise to Anne and Diane, who understandably did not like me to curtail their Saturday morning ski, but I had no other time to do that small job for the afternoon Jackrabbit group. As it happened, the snow never did set up properly that day, so the K area was still mushy at 4 p.m.
Some days are worse than others. Murphy said it best: "The best laid plans of mice and men ............... are roughly equal.
