Great conditions for this trail. Best of season. Expect it to get hammered by foot traffic this weekend. Try to go early Saturday. The longer you wait, the more stability you'll need underfoot. If it snows a few more inches again Saturday night, it'll be refreshed for Sunday. Thanks go out to the at minimum six skiers who broke, trenched, and packed this trail in the last several days. This is not a groomed trail system.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Squire/Woodpecker (IC/N. Liberty)
Trail system is prime. At 10 a.m. Friday, it looked like a genuine social ski trail. Snow is deep but trenched through the drifts so that any skier on any type of classic ski could easily manage the flatter parts of the trail down by the lake. All the descents to the lake are flanked with powder that can be used to slow beginners' downhill experiences. This pow can also be used for turning in the steeper stairs or off-trail for those who like that kind of stuff.
