Made the trip over to Lapham early this am-perfectly groomed trail on the man made loop. Only bad part was at the top of ascent to magic carpet-about 30yrds of minimal snow and ice-made one pass over this and decided to loop backwards as most others did. Magic carpet had good coverage-some were skiing up …
1k skate deck near the parking lot was groomed this morning. The 1k loop survived the rain pretty well. Rest of the trails have several ice patches.
Magnificent conditions. Siberian Highway (nordic ski loop at the base) was groomed for classic with multiple lanes of tracks for a race this morning. Closed till 1 pm. Should be good tomorrow too, though I am not sure how the Siberian Highway will be groomed.
Not grooming today but we will try grooming tomorrow. Trails should be good this morning for skate and classic. Just be careful in some areas. Golf shop is open from 9-5pm today. 10-4pm tomorrow.
Groomed the man-made loops for skating and then groomed down to the switchback numerous times to try to make it skiable.
Thanks to groomers for making yesterday’s rain event skiable! Zimmerman and Toms actually quite enjoyable. A few spots of debris and avoidable ice on Zimmer. Toms better. Trail from clubhouse to road crossing has some hazards – thin, icy spots and debris.
There is still a lot of snow at BMSP. A couple of us volunteers attempted to groom most of the trail system, except for the campground (just ice and pavement at this point, although we did see a couple of classic skiers there), the Military Ridge trail connector, and Ridgeview. The snow was rock hard, …
At 2 pm the skate deck was hard and fast. A dusting of worked snow over hard crust. Icy in some spots. Several spots with debris in the deck, but still navigable. The grooming has worked as best as possible given the rain yesterday. Classic tracks were set in several sections and were deep and …
City staff tried to groom today, but conditions were just too icy. Not skiable at this point. Madison Parks is listing all of their ski trails as closed for now.
Concur with the previous post. Just one thing to add… On the far north end of the lower loop take caution on your first lap as there are a few small rocks poking through the surface. You can scope them out on your first lap to note where they are. Heia! Heia!