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Weekend ahead
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March 15, 2018 9:00 PM

Looking to the next couple days, we will put in some effort to get our trails in shape for the weekend. The warm and the wet have made a mess and in areas where we use snowmobiles, we may not be able to do much. Bridger Creek appears to be relatively intact and not have too much water ice but the spring season bare patches are showing up and spreading. Highland Glen is in remarkably good shape in terms of coverage; the first stretch from the trail head is the only real trouble spot. I did not notice any water ice and the south slopes are holding snow. So, Highland will get a good effort tomorrow and again Saturday for weekend skiing. If we get a good freeze, it should be decent spring skiing.

Sunset Hills on the other hand, has several large slush swamps and a couple significant ice patches. We will give it a stab Friday morning and there will be some decent skiing there but it is a bit ugly.

The lower part of Sourdough likewise got quite slushy with several inches of wet snow and lots of walker traffic. Joel took the roller to Mystic Lake this morning and there was plenty of fresh snow up there, its just getting through the rough miles lower down. bare patches are forming in the usual spots where the trail crosses steep hillsides and there has been persistent spring rock fall as well. We will be out in sourdough tomorrow morning trying to get the first few miles into passable shape. We will re-evaluate our next move there after completion of the morning work.

Lastly, the Forest Service is planning to groom all of the Hyalite trails tomorrow, check back for an update on how that goes. BSF is planning to host the first ever Hyalite Classic on Sunday starting at 10AM. It is a 15km race around the Reservior starting from the big day use parking area by the dam. We will re-groom our race loop, probably very early Sunday morning. I do not know the current condition of the road but my guess is there is still ice.

Cheers!