Nordic Pulse

It has been snowing heavily throughout the night but Quigley Nordic has been groomed for both Classic and Skate skiing.

Today's pic is from the groomer's seat looking back at their handiwork on Morrison Trail. If you haven't been on Morrison yet this year go check it out today. This can be challenging to get open because of the water bars, but it has bee...

Good morning,   Low of 30 degrees,  high of 43 degrees   AM Kick V45 PM Kick 50 AM Glide PS7  PM Glide PS7 Enjoy the outdoors

Good morning, it's about 20° this morning. Cloudy, with an occasional very light snow flurry. Will groom north and south trails and if possible lay some classic track.

Good morning, We have fresh snow!  A few inches of fresh snow when we got in and still coming down with some breeze while snow is expected to let off around 9 or 10am. We are both out to groom in a fair amount of trail this morning as well as our porti...

We received another couple inches of snow overnight. It has been snowing occasionally, but there are blue skies right now. Skate and classic conditions are great today.  

With new snow falling into the morning yesterday and temperatures well below freezing the trails will be still be soft. The skate lanes and classic tracks have been groomed and look good. Expect the trails to have a soft powder surface. Moose has two persistent wet areas...

Welcome to the next round of storm skiing! The pisten bully was out smoothing out all of the trails and did a good job of it. However the snow is coming down hard and fast so the snow is deep and because it is warm things are sticky out there so use your glide wax! 

Good morning, grooming went very well today. It's was windy this morning so watch out for snow drifts, otherwise come on up and enjoy the corduroy! Cheers 

Another cold morning will be chased away by the sun probably by mid-morning. Today we have a ski demo at the Methow Trails office in Winthrop from 10 am-2 pm, so test the latest and greatest skis to see how smooth and light you can feel. Just look for the tents as you drive in...

Fridays groom is smooth sailing and will finish out before opening.  One of us worked long hours through the night packing and prepping the trails so the other one could make easy work of the session.  Lots of new snow came in on Thursday so It’s another beauti...

Got everything groomed out nice with fresh track in the Pisten Bulley this morning! 

Good morning everyone!!  Let's get a plan to make the most out of the day.  First thing's first - you gotta get rolling before 10 am.  As in, pound that coffee and take the breakfast to go.  Stop into the rental shop and grab your gear (skis or snowsho...

Friday, February 7th. 7:45am On this fine Friday, the entire Nordic trail network is packed and prepped with sublime classic tracks and skate corduroy. The snowcats turned another 3 inches of freshies into the ski surface during ...

Fresh grooming this morning, should be a great day on the trails! Note: Use the South Pond Land Route, lots of deep slush on the actual pond. Groomer got stuck yesterday!

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Your morning Nordic report for Friday February 7, 2025. Overnight low temperatures returned to a more seasonal 23° after a very warm, dare I say - hot - afternoon yesterday at 57° at the Howelsen Tow house. From what I could find, the record high temperature for Februa...

Good Morning, Another beautiful day on the trails. Both Systems are getting fresh grooming this morning. Mt. Tom we are doing the core trails and Mt. Peg we are grooming about 85% of the trail system. We have a race today starting at 1:00pm and will be only in the Knox...

Night groom came out awesome.   😎 

3" of new already and snowing hard. I'm going to groom around Just Right to give the hardcore skaters something to go at. But apart from that it's a classic ski day at Bear Basin. Then I'm going up to Brundage. You should too!  Thanks Brundage Mountain Resor...

There were 50 mph wind gusts out at the park yesterday which really did a number on the trails. Crews are out clearing debris, re setting some classic tracks and checking trails for down trees this morning, so be aware that there could be equipment on the trails.  ...

Thursday Feb 6: Another day of warm and sunny weather!  These warm days have been hard on the Nordic trails but your groomers have been hustling, shoveling and trying to keep things skiing well despite the quickly melting snow pack. It is variable conditions on all trails...

Pisten Bully groomed all inner trails except Lower Roller. Snowing lightly at 9:30am. Please note: Race to the Sky is this weekend Sat-Tuesday.

The llate great Bill Withers once said: "It's gonna be a rad powder day at Crosscut! I'm going to take a long lunch and go ski Brackett Creek." Take a page from Mr. Withers' book and come get your Billies out. The grooming is turning out beautifully, but you'll have to take my wo...

From lemons we have made lemonade. We groomed our main trails Wednesday night and they look great. Don't let the thin cover near the yurt fool you. The coverage is good. We will be looking at getting more trails back up. Should be fast conditions in the morning.

Feels like a real winter this year. Winds are moderating, temps are great for skiing. West side trails will be groomed for skating and classic today. East side trails groomed yesterday. Open 9 to 5.

It's definitely feeling like winter now with these cold temperatures.  While we didn't get any fresh snow, we did have temps in the high single digits and today is not expected to get above freezing, so it will be great skiing under sunny skies, as long as you c...

Wowsa, the snowsa has landed here this past week, over 8" and still snowing :) Beautiful packed powder surfaces - mid winter conditions! A great day to be out in the mountains!!

8 ish inches of snow and still some flurries coming through. Plan is to PistenBully groom as much as we can tonight. Should be a great weekend! Soups and crepes in the Lodge. 

SML has been groomed. No track. High School Regions Race today at noon.

High wind and drifting snow . Will try to groom later today or tomorrow when wind dies down.

-10 degrees with lots of new snow trails groomed: rendezvous, dead dog, volunteer, Deja view, and the race routes 

I have a special groom today on the Wood River Trail will be groomed from East Fork up to serenade Lane and River run all the way down to Woodside Woodside Boulevard and you'll be set up for skate and classic cross country ski

Although Silver Fox trails are closed today for the Dartmouth Carnival, yesterday's snowfall has provided lots of alternatives. The golf course loops, Garipay, and the Upper Oak Hill loops are all freshly groomed for skate and classic! Trails up top still need additional snow ...

It’s a lovely day between snow squalls. Brandy Brook, Battell, Upson’s Figure 8, Gilmore, the Practice Fields and the Tormondsen Race Trails have all received a Prinoth groom. The entire snowshoe and fat bike trail system was buffed yeste...

Daily grooming, check abr website for details updated daily 

Holding pattern on the groom we expect snow Friday night we will have fresh corduroy Saturday morning enjoy the fantastic skiing if you wish, im right behind you!

Full reset with the Piston Bulley overnight! 

All of the Harriman Trail has been groomed for both classic and skate. So has Billy's bridge north and south, durance, north fork and prairie creek. I left off Titus due to high avalanche danger. Snowing hard while I was grooming. Go enjoy some powder skiing!

Trails are in great condition, enjoy the warmth of the wood stove in the yurt.

Race course grooming and setup for the Butch Cassidy is in progress. Trails will be closed for the event until noon.

Groomed with the Piston Bully and Gator.   Skating should be good, classic is so so with shallow tracks. 

Fast and firm. Groomed with snowmobile and Tidd Tech. Enjoy the sunshine!

It's Saturday morning and IRT is 12 degrees. Deck is hard but courdory prevailed. Double classic on front with great skate. Island is closed for Skierenen Race. Today on the backside (Island) will be the Skierenen Race, a WA Nordic Cup qualifier. A terrific chanc...

Saturday morning groom will reset the classic track and pack/smooth the skate lane. Plan to be finished by 9:00 AM.

Ski racing on competition trails Saturday & Sunday mornings. Pisten Bully only groomed competition trails this AM. Trails were all groomed yesterday and it is snowing lightly.  ❗ Notice ❗ The Frank M. Hutchins Lodge will be closed on Saturday, February 8th, 202...

Good morning, Nordic skiers! First, the good news: the snow we desperately needed has arrived! The groomers were out late working the trails, so while some will have good corduroy, many are covered in about 4 inches of fresh snow—with more...

Pisten bully groomed and tracked all trails from FVTH to 510.  Than continued past 510 to just short of the second gate.

Saturday: Both classic and skate tracks will be reset this morning.  

All Nordic Center trails are groomed with track set on Chamonix, Sapporo, and Placid. The lower trails are groomed down to Yankee Field. Tracks now set on majority of lower trails. Beech Hill is groomed on the side where not plowed. More snow on the way! 

Groomers hit the main trail yesterday from Wheeler Road to gravel pit with light equipment and reported very improved conditions over the last few weeks. It is still thin but enjoyable! Our heavier equipment covered the skate trail from gravel pit north all the way to Mount Te...

Ski Hill Nordic groomed fresh classic track and skate deck on main trails extras included Lasso and Trish's with skate deck only. Skate deck came out almost perfect tonight then while setting classic it set up so fast that it will looked buffed out in multiple places. Still sm...

 If you were going to pick a day to go xc skiing… today would be it.  Missing the blue sky but the snow is skiing like velvet. A huge distance (48K)  was groomed last night; and trails that were groomed for yesterday (after Thursday's snow) will ski like ...

Friday Night 2/7: Rolled Northern Lights loop & cut-offs -- Felt smooth. Skate should setup nicely. Careful crossing the road, as snow banks froze solid. Also rolled Driving Range & Soutwest section of Elk View. A bit bumpy in spots & lots of elk tracks.

Good morning Mt Spokane! Grooming conditions were superb this evening. Got a lot opened up and it's amazing quality snow. If you're sipping your morning coffee and looking at the map wondering "why in the heck did that red bearded Knucklehead only groom a little bit of outer l...

~50km groomed this morning. A bit stormy now, clearing up this afternoon and a beautiful weekend ahead! Expect some soft trails today as it snowed right up until opening. Approximately 48" of new snow this week has us looking great for the forseeable future!

Good morning Big Sky. All the upper trails and the two loops in the golf course were groomed last night. Everything is looking really good right now so get out there and ski it up and please ski safe and responsible  

Groomed the non-motorized portion of Archangel for skate and classic. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Great skiing predicted for this weekend. Cold and sunny conditions.  The Upper Mountainis open again - with the addition of Hawks Peak.  The Euer Valley is only open this side of Prosser Creek. We need another night or 2 of good freezing temps to let...

Due to current warming conditions from this past week the Cupid Cup that was going to take place this Saturday has been canceled. The trails are too dangerous for a race at this time so please be careful if you decide to be out. Below are some of the pictures of the water on t...

2/7/2025, Fri. 11:30pm, Round Meadow Grooming Report, 13°F, 1" new, no wind, overcast. Used drag to rip old track & define edges flat. Set track w/Ginzu & refurbished skate on all except Hope left ungroomed. Should setup firm overnight. Watc...

Happy Saturday Nordic friends, Todays conditions should be nothing short of fantastic. We groomed out all open terrain with the snow cat and set classic track on the majority of the network! Trails 50, S-turns and Bobcat remain without classic. The wind ha...

OK, well… The machine and I are both out of gas 😊 I did manage to get Lakeview Inn and the lower return as well as the old highway. Should be great skiing out there tomorrow. Track was set on all of the above.

Full course groom with ginzu-- wall2wall corduroy should be great skiing after the cold temps tonight ... Enjoy! 

Great skiing for Echo ridge today!  Crews are just finishing this morning and reported 9 degrees at 0500.  We're looking for sunny skies and high temps in the 20's.  We'll be grooming additional trails over the weekend and the majority of the system will have fr...

Tahoe XC received over 1 foot of precip and 10 feet of wind overnight. Fortunately, the last gasp of the storm was a cold exhale and we have new snow on top…The groomers are out this morning mashin’ it into corduroy for you. Trails marked with a Green check below...

After the east wind it took some work to tame the drifts tonight but everything has been bladed and groomed out!  There will be soft spots, some of the drifts were very large.  Enjoy!

2/7/25 The past 24 hours have been a mixed bag, and it has become hard to remember the sequence of weather events. Yesterday morning started with a quick 4-6 inches of cold snow before switching to rain in the afternoon. Rain continued into the evening, then switched to...

!Warning! ⚠️ recent deer kill on Lower Hillbender- moved down the hill off the trail.  Groomed and cleaned up a bunch of down trees. There is a large down tree between Hillbender and the parking lot on the connector of Nemo that we could not clear so had to p...

After hard work all week .. Friday afternoon South Loop, Over the Hill Wapiti, part of Sheep Thrills and Alturas Lake Trail to the bridge are rolled. Expect very soft and touring like conditions for now. It will take a few days for the snow to consolidate and before we can rea...

4” of new snow in the last 48 hours totaling 8” in the last 6 days. Conditions remain outstanding with additional trails opening daily. NHNCA WHITAKER WOODS SKI RACE – Today Kennett High hosts one of the largest high school ski race...

I took the snowmobile and roller to Noker Mine this evening.

I groomed this evening, its pretty solid but we need some new snow to fill in all the footprints.  Maybe Friday evening will deliver.

Smoothed skate track and set classic track.

There is fresh corduroy all throughout South Park! The wind was blowing pretty good and blowing snow on the side of the trails. With that being said, I decided not to lay classic tracks because the wind was gonna blow in. However, the skiing should still be great! Especially i...

TGIF! We are still reaping the benefits of last weeks fresh snowfall. It's currently a crisp 18 degrees at 6:30 AM. Grooming was completed yesterday with near perfect packed powder conditions. The machine is back at it this morning and will continue to re-touch all trails to i...

Groomed this afternoon.  Enjoy!

Trails are mostly solid except the usual drifting sections. Mildcat was freshly groomed and is softer.

The Mill Site groomed skate and reset some of the classic. A little soft in places. The best skiing conditions tho season so come join us. Cheers! Doug

Main (Benson, Freak, Smiley), Enchantment, Oak Hill, Up A Creek, Granite Point and Jeep are dialed, go ride. Old Camp Ridge will open Tuesday, recommend 3-4psi (DON'T GUESS, USE A DIGITAL GUAGE). West and East Greywalls are groomed, conditions are SUPER variable....

There is about an inch of new snow on top of frozen snow and ice. Many areas of glare ice so be careful.  Ginzu and dragged Big Dipper, Austrian Ave, 1k and Upper 5k. West section of Big Dipper Loop was very icy and should be avoided. Austrian Ave comin...

Grooming complete - Taggart Lake Trailhead to Signal turnaround 

Grooming paused today 2/5 due to the warm temps and thinning snow pack.  Staff will resume grooming tomorrow after temps come down.