Tom was out grooming Thursday evening when I left. This morning at 5:30 I went out to check on the fruits of his labor and the skate lane was awesome. It is very, very hard but Tom was able to scratch a really nice lane. There is great coverage everywhere (a little prairie grass poking through on the Prairie Loop) and it was fast. Oh, and it never hurts to be the first one to ski a freshly groomed and setup trail (yes I'm gloating).
He decided against trying to do anything with the classic track but I made a loop on it as well and it's in pretty good shape. There is some ice, the corners are un-tracked and the big transition from the Disc Golf Loop to Lakeside Loop is its usual hairy adventure but 70% of the track is good, abeit mostly shallow. I tried to use the same kick wax as the night before (Swix V30 covered with V40) but with temps just a few degrees warmer this AM I had to change so I tried V45 and no go. Went back down to V40 and BINGO near perfect kick. One of the first pieces of advice I received when I bought waxable skis was this; if your kick isn't exactly what you want, STOP and change your wax. It only takes a couple of minutes to make a change and it could turn an otherwise so so ski into a great one. Never settle. Now I never leave the parking lot without at least 2 waxes and a cork in my pocket and this morning proves they are words well heeded.
Get out and enjoy before the warm up takes our snow away!
