Early this morning we combed the Skate lanes on Abbey Road, Northern Lights, Buzz, Anchor, Seagull, and Roller Coaster. The classic tracks have all been set recently during the cold weather and continue to look good. Conditions are excellent with a 12-18” base.

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(Steve Vizanko)

Thursday night new tracks were set on Sugarbush, Seagull Classic, Oppedahl’s, Lower Sugarbush, Seagull Cut-off, bottom of Seagull, to top of Anchor, Switchback, and Rollercoaster. Friday morning Telford, bottom of Anchor, Jolly, and Skid Road were groomed with new tracks set. Conditions are Excellent with 12-18" base.

(Steve Vizanko)

Thursday morning new tracks were set and the skate lane was groomed on Abbey Road, Northern Lights, and Buzz. Conditions are excellent, with a 12-18” base.

Photos:

(Steve Vizanko)

Classic skied 40 + km of trails today. Very good to excellent conditions! The snow is warming up and glide is back! New tracks are awesome on most the trails. Only Jerry's Long loop, part of Northern Lights, part of Seagull and Buzz seemed to be skied in. With that said, those sections were very good, but not as fast of glide. Tips for classic virtual Birkie skier on the course, from a classic skier who has been skiing this just about everyday since Dec 23rd. Once a skier gets to the Deer Path section after the Sugar Shack- Double pole a majority of the time. Stay in the tracks and kick up the Northern Lights hills, this saves time and energy. When you reach the "Summit"- Double pole a majority of the time, there a couple of small hills that may require minimal kicking. When you reach Buzz- Double pole again. Ski on.

(Kevin Grand)

Monday night new tracks were set on all the classic only trails. Abbey Road, Seagull, Anchor and Roller Coaster were groomed with new tracks set. Conditions are excellent with 12-18 inch base and warming temps in the forecast at last. Ashwabay is a 2021 tier 1 “Virtual Birkie” site with conditions looking very promising for the event window, visit our web site for details.

(Steve Vizanko)

Classic skiied 32 km of trails today. Conditions were good for the cold weather we've been having. The classic tracks were ok, mainly because they have been getting wind filled with snow and the lack of numbers of skiiers haven't kept the tracks packed down. This has made the tracks a little soft and slow. The skate deck fairs similar in conditions. Noticed the planned loop map for the virtual Birkie. If a person wants an easy ski with less effort needed, with limited comparison of hill climbs this will be a great option for the virtual Birkie. The loops forgot about awesome hills and scenery on Jerry's Long loop, Deer Path, Oppedahl's Alley, and Sugar Bush. Eitherway, thanks again to the groomers. You rock! Ski on.

(Kevin Grand)

Early Saturday morning Scott set new tracks on Deer Path, Black Bear, Sugarbush, Oppedahl’s, N&S Lower Sugarbush, Abbey Road, and Anchor. Conditions are excellent with 12”-18” base.

(Steve Vizanko)

Thursday morning new tracks were set on Deer Path and Black Bear. Conditions are excellent with 12-18" base.

(Steve Vizanko)

Classic skied Sugar Bush and Jolly loops today. The conditions were excellent! Tracks are prefectly groomed. Waxed with the coldest wax in my box, glide was good, and kick was solid everywhere with the temps. Skate deck is solid with a soft touch and fresh corduroy. The grooming staff was diligently grooming the back trails as I skied this afternoon. Another wow, and thank you for grooming in these fridged temps! I'm looking forward to layering up and skiing the back trails!

(Kevin Grand)

Buzz, and Grand Tour were groomed with new tracks set Wednesday afternoon. Conditions are excellent.

(Steve Vizanko)