Ski Conditions

Cherry Day...Last Hardwax?...we'll see

jameyh — Thur, 05 Mar 2009 23:40:53 GMT

The boyz did a great job gromming today and classic skiing (is skating really skiing?) was full on cherry with a little VR50 over binder. Decent kick and glide to next week. If this is our last day of hardwax skiing for the year, it was a good one.

Nice job Tim, Jim, Chaz, John and everyone else who was involved in making cordory and laying rails in the snow this year (even the old English guy from over the hill who loans his Bomby as needed).

Single Track

GroomerGuy — Thur, 26 Feb 2009 13:32:47 GMT

Some of our trails may be groomed, on occasion, with a single track down the center or with double tracks. If you are skate skiing and encounter this, typically on Holland and Frost trails, please stop, turn around and ski elsewhere. Skating on a single track ruins it for others. Please respect our tracks. As the season winds down and conditions become more frozen granular due to freeze/thaw cycles typical of March, we will groom more for skate skiing.

skiing on 59

sueh — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:20:34 GMT

Is still really good! No klister.

Are we done for now?

jameyh — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:29:33 GMT

snow Snow SNow SNOw SNOW. I hate klister, and skating on ice everyday is lame. Come on, just 6", please please, pretty please.

MUHS Race @ Blueberry Hill - Saturday

coach — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:19:59 GMT

Come one and all to cheer on our MUHS Tigers/FMN skiers in a Classic 5 km race at Blueberry Hill. Tony has prepared a great course and we're getting fired up with all the new snow. Hope we see you there!!

Skiing Route 73 to Mt. Top Friday

deborahlewis — Thur, 29 Jan 2009 12:44:06 GMT

I am looking for someone to join me in skiing section 14 of the Catamount Trail on Friday from Route 73 to Mountain Top. We would need to spot one of our cars to Mountain Top first. Please email deborahlewis@optonline.net or call me on my cell 203-856-6187. Thanks! Deborah Lewis

Snow at Bread Loaf

GroomerGuy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:49:01 GMT

The snow is coming down at about an inch an hour. I have gone over the 10K race trail loop and Frost with the Bully, things are starting to level up. Will continue grooming on main race trails today. Very windy in the fields, whiteout conditions.

skiing in Lincoln

dscott — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:37:39 GMT

Went out skiing on the Catamount Trail last Sunday. Conditions were good with 3" - 4" of powder.

Paintball Biathlon in Chittenden

RRedman — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:26:43 GMT

Two Middlebury students wondering if anyone is headed to the paintball biathlon at Mountain Top Nordic Ski Center on Saturday Jan 24. We'll pay for gas and bring cookies! yum

Ride to Rumford

MBreu — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:33:36 GMT

Hi everyone-
I am a student at Middlebury College and am looking for a ride to the Eastern Cup races this weekend in Rumford, ME. I would be looking to go up Friday evening. Will split traveling costs. Please let me know if you are going there and have an extra seat.
Thanks, Martin

Ride to Bogburn

MBreu — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:35:15 GMT

Hi-
I am a student at Middlebury College and am looking for a ride to the Bogburn race this Saturday. Will split traveling costs. Please let me know if you are going there and have an extra seat.
Thanks, Martin

time trials on tuesday at 3:30

billmckibben — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:05:08 GMT

after this week they'll be on wednesdays at 3:30.

5k this week, skate or classic, absolutely anyone can come--there will be fast skiers, first-timers, high-schoolers, etc. Very informal, and good fun!

And the skiing is great at Riket

Anybody know a good snow dance?

jameyh — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:58 GMT

Looks like we are back to burning big amounts of fossil fuels to find groomed skiing this week. VanHo holding up good with good 20km loop in woods (Porter Mt. and Ladies 5km) with no big holes as of yesterday - can't say what happened today but trail cam looks like they did not loose much from yesterday.

when the temps rise

billmckibben — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:02:53 GMT

it always takes me a day or two to remember that the skiing is likely still to be quite good up on the steam mill rd., especially starting from the natural turnpike parking lot. that was the case over the weekend--the surface was flat, thanks to the snowmobile groomer, and held some ice even into sunday midday.

hopefully we won't need it for a while, but it's a great fallback

Despite the thaw, the skiing is pretty good

diajenks — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:36:31 GMT

We skied at Breadloaf today and despite the warm temperatures and light misting rain, the skiing was pretty good, either classic or skating. I'd even venture to say that the skiing was better than a week ago, because Chas and Jim have been working hard throwing down boughs and shoveling snow over water channels. The weather forecast says the worst of the rain is over, but the temperatures might rise into the the fifties tomorrow.