Upon venturing out today to enjoy the wonderful classic track I described in the previous posting, I had a surprise. There was an excellent track from the hospital down R and X to C and all around C. It was certainly a pleasure to have a really fine ski on C-loop, a rarity in recent years.
On the home legs of X and R, the club snomobile had mashed the track pretty severely, an annual Silver Spoon ritual to recover the dozens of race signs from the trails. It was a relief to get back on a good track on D-loop, but the first downhill on M was trampled -- orienteering again. The trampling continued off and on all the way to Henry's Hollow and then the track was especially bad on the bridge and its approaches. I soon realized that a recreational snowmobile had driven on the track and severe damage was essentially continuous from the first bridge right round to the height of K where I could see the snowmobile track entering M-loop.
So my glowing description of the track in the previous posting was already in error when I wrote it. The track we spent days preparing was 60% smushed in about 24 hours. I understand I am supposed try to be more positive here, but with those facts .........
