No riding for you today !

Yesterdays melt down hurt us for now.  But the most important thing is the base is still holding.  We are so lucky that the groomers got out early this year and started packing the trails when they did.  Because if they hadn't, we wouldn't have the base we do now after these warm ups.  So no riding for you today.  Not unless you want to spend a few bucks at the dealer fixing your sled back up.

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Cross your fingers...........

I just looked at the radar and the R is just starting to hit New York State.  I'm just hoping it gets in and out fast.  As we really can't take another big shot of warm weather and R.  Traffic was light today and the few that did go out had a nice day of limited riding.

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Fast update..........

Got three inches off the lakes yesterday.  Not much, but enough to help keep the sleds cool.  There are a few people out and about riding.  But in my book, I think conditions are still thin and if we saw a normal level of people in the area riding, it wouldn't last more than a few hours before it was down to dirt.  I'll have some video later today.

Merry Christmas Everyone !

Well I hate to say it but we aren't having a replay of last Christmas.  It's white, but that's about it.  I shouldn't have, but I did go out and got some video for you guys.  Because by the way the forecast is looking, this is the only riding most of you will be seeing this week.  I'm hoping the forecast changes and the next warm up goes away.  Because we can't take to many more of these warms up before we're back to zip for base.

Hope you enjoy the ride and Merry Christmas!

Doesn't look like...............

After looking at the forecast and the shot we just took from this weeks warm up.  I hate to say it, but it doesn't look like we're going to have a replay of last years Christmas week.   Over night the temps dropped back down and we did get a dusting of snow.  But not enough to bring things back around, that I can tell you to get up here and go riding.  I did see a few sleds up at Enchanted Forest gas when I was getting video.  I'm hoping Santa has a set of carbides for them.  Because I think they'll need them if they plan on putting in any amount of seat time.  Hope you got all your shopping done.

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Not enough.........

Things are freezing back down from this weekends warm up and I was hoping to see more snow than we got today.   In my book, what we got today isn't enough to keep the sleds and rail cool.  There is a good hard pack out there, but we need some new snow on top for cooling.

Let me add this in.  At 5:30pm it is snowing pretty good and if it snows like this all night we could get some riding in this week yet.  But like always only time will tell.

2:15am update.  Just got back from Christmas shopping and there is a good 3" of new snow in the parking lot.  It's still snowing, but after looking at the radar it looks like the bands and starting to fall apart.  But even at the rate it is snowing now we could see another inch or two by morning.  Also just noticed that the temp is at 12.  Temp was around 20 most of the way home from Utica.

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Thank goodness..........

We dodged the bullet last night and the R stayed north of us.  So all we had to deal with was warm temps over the last few days.  Things have gotten soft from the temps, but the melting has been limited.

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I was hoping........

Well it's a lot warmer than I was hoping.  You'll see in the parking lot video from this morning, that things looked pretty good.  But at 6pm we're at 39 and after looking at the radar loop we may see some R later on tonight.  Cross your fingers that it falls apart before it gets here.  As we really don't need to see any R, as things have already gotten soft from today's temps.   There's a hand full of people out riding.  But I would guess they are trail locked, as the roads are falling apart with these temps.  What a difference it makes, how conditions hold together much longer at the end of the season after months of cold.  Compared to now, with things getting soft after just a day of high 30's.

I got a ride in.....

Went out for a short ride and got some video, so you can see what it's looking like.  Cross your finger we don't see any R this weekend and with the cold temps and snow later on things are looking pretty good.

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Hoping it's fixed....

For some reason posts and replies where going to my spam filter.  So that is why things haven't been posting.  I think it's fixed or at least I'm hoping it is.  Like everything else time will tell.

Wouldn't it be..............

Just think how great it would be, if the season keeps going, the way it has started out.  With cold temps, snow in the air and warm ups that only last a day or so.  There's a good amount of people in town for SnoDeo and they are enjoying the trail conditions we have this year. After watching the trail cam over the weekend. I'm putting my money on the base having a great start for the season.

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Freezing down...............

Yesterday morning things had already started to firm up and with the teen temps yesterday things are firming up fast.  All we need now is to get the snow that is in the forecast.  As you can see road riding is out until we see some more snow.  Also the snow stick out front is showing just under a foot.

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Change over has started........

We have seen R on and off this morning with temps above freezing.  At 2pm the change over has started and we now have snow coming from the sky again.  Cross your fingers that it stays that way and the freeze down begins.

Give it a chance...............

I got a phone call this morning and I think my answer shocked him.  He wanted to know if I had rooms open for tonight, as he wanted to come riding, since the trails open today.  I said yes I have rooms open, but truthfully I wish you would stay home.  It was 43 yesterday and we had R.  It is still above freezing now and the driveway out front is a swamp.  The groomers have the trails flat as a board, but they are very soft, with many wet spots after the weather we just had.  All you will do is tear them up and the groomers can't go out and fix them as it is to soft.   So we all will have to deal with a frozen in mess the rest of the winter.  Please give it a few days of cold weather so things can freeze back down.  Would I have liked to take his $$?  Sure but sometimes you have to look at the big picture.  The big picture being we have everything in place to have the best base we have seen in many years.  A base that will get us through warm ups later on and back out riding much faster. But you have to give it a little time to set up.

Heads Up..............

RR tracks closed north of Beaver River for repairs of wash out.