When a friend called last night to say that a kind soul with a key to the Pisten Bully was grooming the skate lanes at Saddleback as a public service, the temptation was too great to resist. We reluctantly decided that carpooling was out, so @Wending and I drove up in one car and he in another.
It was my first time up there in five years - a bittersweet drive. Upon arrival we found that there was plenty of coverage everywhere, if a bit dirty in spots. Needless to say the "lodge" (a.k.a. extremely modest yurt) was closed. Grooming, however, was ongoing, and improved the surface as the day progressed. Though the air temp stayed in the twenties, the strong late March sun has its way, making some areas soft while others were still a bit firm. Anyplace ungroomed was essentially unskiable and unbreakable crust.
It was a fabulous day to be out away from the microbes, in the sunny Maine woods.
It was my first time up there in five years - a bittersweet drive. Upon arrival we found that there was plenty of coverage everywhere, if a bit dirty in spots. Needless to say the "lodge" (a.k.a. extremely modest yurt) was closed. Grooming, however, was ongoing, and improved the surface as the day progressed. Though the air temp stayed in the twenties, the strong late March sun has its way, making some areas soft while others were still a bit firm. Anyplace ungroomed was essentially unskiable and unbreakable crust.
It was a fabulous day to be out away from the microbes, in the sunny Maine woods.