Skate skied on Irv Warren Golf Course this afternoon. Waterloo Leisure Services groomed for skate skiing yesterday morning. The skate deck is in excellent shape with just a few thin spots and very little drifting from yesterday’s wind.
The track was a little abbreviated from the last few years at 2.2 miles but it was great to be back on snow.
Waterloo Leisure Services posted that they might try to set
a classical track later in the week.
Irv Warren skating lane was regroomed this morning. The skating was excellent.
Waterloo Leisure Services regroomed the ski trail at Irv Warren this morning. The skate lane is in excellent condition other than being a bit slow due to the new snow and cold temperatures. The classic track was reset as well but unfortunately parts of it have blown in with new snow.
More night skiing last night...this time with blowing snow. Base is solid but tracks for classic were covered by the blowing snow--this made it a bit more difficult than last week's trip. Still enjoyable! Hopefully the tracks will be regroomed for the weekend.
Just checked the website...looks like they were groomed this morning! Time to get out and ski!
I've been out skiing Sac & Fox, Wanatee, and Wickiup in the past week.
Sac & Fox has a single-wide packed track without any ski tracks in it. That has been overtaken by snowshoers. Portions of the trail have worn-in ski tracks from numerous skiers using the same trail.
Wanatee was ungroomed. I called Linn County Conservation on Tuesday, and they said the grooming machine is broken for Wanatee and Matsell Bridge. They did not have any estimate on when that would be fixed.
Wickiup had been packed once after the initial snowfall last week, but it was completely drifted over when I skied there on Tuesday. I saw on https://www.skinnyski.com today that it had been tracked this afternoon.
I continue to post updates almost daily on https://www.skinnyski.com and encourage other local skiers to do the same. It takes 30 seconds to post a quick update from your phone when you get back to your car after a ski.
If anyone who reads this is located in Linn County and would like to join me in advocating for better and more consistent grooming of our ski trails, you can contact me at ebaertlein at gmail dot com.
~Betsy Baertlein
A lot of snow at Brynes made for a soft ski, but such great conditions. I believe Waterloo Leisure Services are going to get out and groom/pack tomorrow morning. Get out to Brynes this weekend for some good skiing!
Skied the loop of South Side River Trail and George Wyth State Park this afternoon. Excellent classical track laid down for the entire loop. As of this afternoon little other traffic so the track was holding up well. Big thank you to CVAST for their grooming efforts.
Fantastic ski conditions last night at Morgan Creek. All trails rolled and groomed--in great shape! Wish the temps weren't dropping so much this weekend. Thanks, groomers, for all of your hard work!
Skied Irv Warren this afternoon. We received about an inch of snow overnight
and that was worked in as the trail was regroomed, both skate lane and
classical track. The skate lane is still
a little soft but overall, in good shape.
The classical track looks to be in good shape too.
A classical trail was groomed today through George Wyth State Park, South Side River Trail and Hartman Reserve. Conditions looked very good! Get out and enjoy!
Thanks to the Waterloo Leisure Services for their grooming. Skate trail was firm, but wasn't fast. They did a fantastic job of packing the snow.
Hi Skiers,
For those skiers that would like to post on this blog but don’t have access, please send me an email at xc.ski.wloo.cf@gmail.com and I will add you to the list. Posting on the Iowa Ski Blog is a great way to let a broader audience know that you have skiing in your area. Getting more skiers to your favorite ski trail is a great way to let your parks people and/or local groomer know that their efforts are worthwhile.
Skied Pilot Knob today. Conditions were excellent. Great snow/great grooming.
Both the skate lane and the classical track were outstanding. Thanks to Jeff for all his efforts.
Skied Kent Park and conditions were good. Base is thin in places but overall great skiing. Thanks to Iowa City Nordic for their great grooming and for grooming so quickly after the recent snowfall.
Get out and enjoy before the conditions get too warm!
Big thank you to the Leisure Services of Waterloo, groomed this morning for both skate and classical skiing. The trail was in fantastic condition and had very good glide (even with the cold temp). Get out this weekend before the big warm up...this is as good as it's been over the past few years.
Skied Irv Warren trails this morning. Both classical tracks and skate lane are in excellent condition. With the recent snow there are no bare spots / no grass showing.
Beautiful conditions at the park over the weekend! Thanks for the great grooming! Skied the main road and the lake area.
