Monday 15-Dec'25.
SHORT VERSION: Experts only on the loop, the rest of the trails are softer and punchy. Not a day for Beginners. Better skiing tomorrow?
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CONDITIONS: Probably a good day to catch up on your Xmas shopping. No fresh grooming today. The loop is firm, fast, and wet-slick. Skiable, but due to the slickness, the G forces you will experience from the downhill acceleration on Homecoming would be pretty intense for anyone below expert. NOT a day for beginners. The rest of the trails are softer wet snow, punchy. Trail rolling over the last couple of days means we have a good base for when we get more snow and much cooler temperatures (+7.5C @ 9:00AM!) Take care in the parking lot, icy.
The artifical snow covers a CLOCKWISE 1.2 loop: Cross country stadium, biathlon stadium, SuperSprint, Snoopy's Corner, Paranordic cutoff, Nite Rider for an itty bit, then down Homecoming and back to the cross country stadium.
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NOTE: We are still having technical difficulties reporting Grooming & Trackset on the Loop, but Nordic Pulse IT support is helping us work thru that.
CNSC's WEATHER STATIONS:
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Air temp - South side of the Stadium
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Air temp - trail from Lot #2 to Picadilly Circus (sometimes offline, a bit cranky)
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Snow temp - trail from Lot#2 to Picadilly Circus (just like its non-identical twin, see above)
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Elfie the elf is tucked away
Among the spruce where snowflakes play
Near the ski lodge, in winter's embrace
At a fork in the trail, he finds his place
Look for red hands and red little feet
A careful eye, and the elf you will meet
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Sunday's Santa Ski event was very well attended. Valet pulk parking at Santa's firepit was at a premium. Merci beaucoup and a tip'o'the santa toque to all the staff, volunteers, and voluntolds that helped to make it a fun smoky success! The combination of an inversion, fog, & smoke made for an interesting & eerie ambiance, especially after sunset.
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There was a goodly haul of donations of non-perishable food (feel free to add to that on your next visit!), which will be delivered to the Salvation Army food bank before Christmas. Merci!
| Nothing Groomed Today | Distance | Open | Last Groomed |
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| 1-3 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
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Homecoming | 0.11km | G | |||
Supersprint | 0.22km | G T | |||
Stadium | 0.26km | G T | |||
Caretaker Hill | 0.32km | G T | |||
Biathlon | 0.36km | G T | |||
Northern Lights | 2.5km | G T | |||
Race Maze | 1.8km | G T | |||
Dogonit | 2.18km | G T | |||
Lynx | 0.79km | G T | |||
Raven's Col | 2km | G T | |||
Birch Bend | 2.47km | G T | |||
Under Dog | 0.8km | G T | |||
Top Dog | 1.6km | G T | |||
Upper Parking Lot | 0.12km | G T | |||
Fingers | 3.56km | G T | |||
Nite Rider | 1.26km | G T | |||
The Hub | 0.24km | G T | |||
Larch Loop | 1.91km | G T | |||
Greenway Corridor | 1.18km | G T | |||
Tigger | 1.85km | G T | |||
Pine Flats | 1.46km | G T | |||
Gravel Pit | 0.91km | G T | |||
Teaching Area | 0.12km | G | |||
Canada Cup | 0.72km | G T | |||
Penalty Loop | 0.16km | G | |||
Iceman | 0.56km | G T | |||
Bullseye | 0.19km | G T | |||
Iceman Cutoff | 0.3km | G T | |||
Teardrop | 0.51km | G T |
| 4-6 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
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High Five | 1.28km | G T | |||
Pond Cutoff | 0.12km | G T |
| 7-10 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
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Dog Bypass | 0.19km | G T |
| 11-14 Days Ago | Distance | Open | Last Groomed / Trackset | Trackset | |
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Biathlon Bypass | 0.24km | G | |||
Santa's Cabin Connector | 0.21km | G T |