Ashton - Iowa City, temp - 29, wind - SE5, light snow falling
There is a lot of ice under the thin layer of snow at Ashton. The snow was rolled in an attempt to get some surface bonding between the old and the new. If you do ski be careful as there are some long stretches of rink quality ice fields. Typically temps should be 28 or below for any form of grooming to be beneficial. The idea here is long term rejuvenation for the trails. Ashton needs 3 inches of new snow for skating to be decent again and 4+ inches to reset the classic grooves.
The sled (BearCat) will be moved to MNRA as MNRA's sled (Alpine) is still in the shop.
The bike trail will not be groomed until a significant snow fall occurs. The risk of damaging the grooming equipment on the bike trail concrete is too high - Brett.
