DRXC has a new Head Groomer and a new blog site that describes club trails. This link will no longer publish DRXC trail conditions. I have spent several minutes trying to find out how to add a link here to the new blog and I give up. Please erase your personal copy of the link to this site and refer to the main DRXC website for the current address.
To readers who have followed this site and passed on their personal appreciation to the unpublicized but not secret author, your words of support mean a lot to me. Thank you.
I am considering publishing some thoughts about grooming XC trails. If I do so here, I will ask the new blog master to notify you.
For the present, goodbye, over and out.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Equipment damage, grooming suspended.
The light of day has revealed significant damage to one of the rollers. The light of reason indicates that further grooming risks more equipment damage and very limited benefit.
What you see is what you got, namely rock skis and over-skied snow. K, M and the high-school loop were rolled Monday, Dec. 9. A poor set track from the same date may still be discernable on little-M and D-loop.
Think snow.
What you see is what you got, namely rock skis and over-skied snow. K, M and the high-school loop were rolled Monday, Dec. 9. A poor set track from the same date may still be discernable on little-M and D-loop.
Think snow.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Rough and not ready
Grooming remains experimental and the results indicate that there is still insufficient snow to set a track. We are expanding the grooming bit by bit as snow accumulates.
M, the high-school loop and K have been packed with rollers. D-loop and little-M have a poor set track. R, X and C have been skied regularly by a few keeners, but conditions are still poor. Status of S and B is unknown, but experience says that they are still very rough and hazardous.
M, the high-school loop and K have been packed with rollers. D-loop and little-M have a poor set track. R, X and C have been skied regularly by a few keeners, but conditions are still poor. Status of S and B is unknown, but experience says that they are still very rough and hazardous.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
New season, new beginning
Another winter, another ski season. For the second time in living memory, we got MORE snow than forecast. Scary or what.
As an experiment, the indestructible track setter was driven, very slowly, around little-M, K and D. The snowmobile skis hit ground innumerable times and the track setter snagged seriously on obstacles several times. The depth of compacted snow is less than 2 cm. K was also rolled, but an impressive display of stubble appeared in the east half.
If you want to try skiing, use your oldest skis and expect one ski or the other to grab some ground or deflect off a root at any time.
As an experiment, the indestructible track setter was driven, very slowly, around little-M, K and D. The snowmobile skis hit ground innumerable times and the track setter snagged seriously on obstacles several times. The depth of compacted snow is less than 2 cm. K was also rolled, but an impressive display of stubble appeared in the east half.
If you want to try skiing, use your oldest skis and expect one ski or the other to grab some ground or deflect off a root at any time.
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