Friendly Reminder

Chicken-in-the-Sky asked me to relay the following:

• The track is groomed for skiers.  Period.
• Walkers are not welcome.  Ditto for bikes.
• Snowshoe walkers please stay to the extreme edge of the track, or - preferably - completely off the groomed track.
• Control your dog.  Please.  And fling the dog poo off the track.
• If you are skiing while grooming is taking place, please move completely off the track to allow the groomer access to whatever part of the trail he is trying to groom.

Alright, the scolding is over.  For now.  Please understand an enormous amount of time and effort goes into grooming the track.  Be respectful of the primary users - the ones who fund and maintain the ski track.  Uses other than skiing degrade the groomed surface quickly.  Thank you for your understanding.

The outer Bauer Loop got groomed this evening, as did all the upper terrain.  Rush Creek and Hamlin Loops are in superb condition, as is the Chicken Creek Road.  We had a mechanical issue which means the Bauer Loops did not see as much grooming action as we planned.  Additional grooming on the lower loops is planned for tomorrow (Tuesday).

John and Peter B put in 6 hours grooming, plus blog writing and donation collection for a grand total for the day of 7 hours.