Classic skied about 37 km this late morning into the early afternoon. Different combinations again. Its alot of fun because you can mix it up and its a totally different feeling ski. Hill climbs, kick double-poling and double-poling again. Conditions are still fabulous after the race yesterday. I couldn't even tell there had been much traffic on the trails. Tracks are the firmest I've seen all season, super reliable all around, on hill climbs and downhills, kick is great, glide was very fast with swix violet. Skate deck is well groomed and still corduroy most everywhere I skied. What an excellent ski to end a beautiful weekend. Thank you!

(Kevin Grand)

Sugarbush was groomed during the day Friday. The snow cat was out Friday night and groomed the race course for the Summit race. It is going to be a perfect day for a race.

(Ashley Georgeson)

Set new tracks on Abbey Road, Northern lights and the Buzz this morning. With cold dry temps the grooming was a little crumbly. Classic trails were also finished. South Lower Sugarbush, North Lower Sugarbush, Oppedahls. It had about 2" of snow since last grooming and tracks set to full depth. All regular grooming is done for the week and we will focus on getting the trails ready for the Summit Race on Saturday.

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(Ashley Georgeson)

These past days, I've skied some different sequences than I'm used to, conditions are excellent everywhere. Today classic skied something around 40 km. Hill climbs (repeatedly), double-poling, and kick double-poling for 3 hours. I'm not going to put up a laundry list. Emphasizing conditions are fabulous! Tracks are deep firm, glide was spectacular with swix green mixed with turquoise, kick is phenomenal. Hill climbs are kickable, skate deck is firm with that little bit of natural snow give. It is going to be an Epic summit race. Thanks for amazing conditions these past three chilly days of Birkie training!

(Kevin Grand)

The Big Loop skate lane was groomed yesterday (Abbey Road, Skid Road, Seagull, Northern Lights, the Buzz) all the classic trails except NL sugarbush, SL sugarbush, and Oppedahls were were also flat dragged and tracked. Today fresh tracks were set on the Anchor trails and Jolley Long. Grooming plans: As we prep for the summit race tracks will be on different sides than regular grooming.

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(Ashley Georgeson)

Turned onto Ski Hill Road and AC DC was playing For those who Love to Rock on the radio. That was a sign today was going to be an awesome day of skiing. 4° at the start of the ski. Classic skied something over 30 km: Rollercoaster, Middle Connector, Anchor, up Big Anchor hill, Seagull connector, up Seagull Classic, down Seagull skate, Abbey Road up past Sugarbush cabin, Sugarbush upper, Sugarbush middle, Jerry Jolly north to south, up Big Anchor hill, Seagull connector, up Seagull skate to Summit, down Seagull skate, across Seagull connector, upper Anchor, Powerline, Middle connector, Anchor, Middle Anchor hill, across upper Anchor, Abbey Road up, Black Bear, Northern Lights, Deerpath, Buzz, across base, Rollercoaster, Powerline, upper Anchor, down Middle Anchor hill, Anchor in. 2 hours 35 minutes. My gu did not freeze today! Fresh tracks and skate deck everywhere, but the tracks on Northern Lights and Buzz are old and slow. Kick was awesome, green swix in the fresh tracks was fast as ever! Hill climbs were kickable, skate deck was firm and forgiving. What a beautiful ski! That Rocked! Thank you groomers!

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(Kevin Grand)

It was 2° with a nippy wind this afternoon at the start of the ski. Classic skied something in the 30 km range I hope: Anchor, big hill, Seagull connector, Abbey Road past cabin, Sugarbush, uphill Seagull Classic, downhill Seagull skate, Abbey Road, Jerry Jolly Long north to south, Anchor hill, Seagull connector, Uphill Seagull skate, down Seagull skate, Abbey Road, Black Bear, Northern Lights, Deerpath, Buzz. My gu froze, so that was enough. Skied fresh tracks on Classic only trails: firm, great glide, phenomenal kick. Combi trails had .5 inch fresh slow velcro snow on them, but the skate deck had fresh firm corduroy. Awesome ski, stayed warm. Excited to put two more longer skis in in next couple days! Thanks for grooming what you did, the combi trail tracks were painful.

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(Kevin Grand)

We skied Northern lights and the grooming was fantastic, corduroy. The day was gorgeous, the snow cold and rather slow.

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(Steve Smith)

Came to do a medium distance ski. Didn't know quite what the conditions would be like. The two hopped up Toyota groomers were starting to groom. I have no idea what km I skied, but the hill combinations were new and awesome. Skied: Rollercoaster, Powerline, Anchor hill down, Anchor, up big Anchor hill, Seagull connector, Abbey Road hill up past Sugarbush cabin, Sugarbush, North Sugarbush, Skid Road, Jerry Jolly north south, up big Anchor hill, Seagull connector, Abbey Road hill up past Sugarbush cabin, Sugarbush, North Sugarbush, Skid Road, Jerry Jolly north south, up big Anchor hill, Anchor, down middle Anchor hill, Anchor, Rollercoaster, middle connector, Anchor up middle Anchor hill, across Anchor, to Abbey Road, up Seagull connector, down Anchor to Abbey Road to double pole the finish. That was a super fun weird mishmash of Birkie training! Conditions were variable. Anchor and Abbey Road were freshly groomed, along with Skid Road. The remainder was skied-in tracks and powdery skate deck. Kick was phenomenal, glide was great. All hills were kickable. I just a little dizzy from looping around so much. Beautiful ski!

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(Kevin Grand)

Mt Ashwabay got about 4-6" of fresh snow yesterday. Groomers were out today laying fresh tracks on Abbey Road, Skid Road, Jolly Long Loop, Seagull Skate, Northern Lights, and The Buzz. Classic only trails that were tracked today include, Sugarbush, Seagull, NorthLower Sugarbush, South Lower Sugarbush, and Oppedahls Alley.

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(Ashley Georgeson)