Good Morning,

We have been hit pretty hard by last week's warm temperatures. The storm that came Monday did produce 2-3" of fresh snow, unfortunately it also rained a good bit before the snow, so we ended up with a wash in terms of trail conditions.

We did a little grooming yesterday, mostly moving snow around to try to preserve trails and keep them connected. We are focusing on the route for our Taste of Trails event, Feb 21. 

Moose Flats is skiable and decent. Look out for ice patches where there were puddles from the rain and thin spots/ narrowed trails due to tree well melt out. Crow Creek is similar, but the far end, where it stays cooler is in great shape and almost makes you forget that we are in a severe snow drought. We leveled and puled snow from the edges, back onto the trail. No track yet, but hopefully for the weekend.

The Highway is actually in great shape! New classic tracks and double-width skate lanes to the gate. Walkers- use the snowmobile side, or the 2.2 million acres of snow-free public lands down river of Pahaska...

Middle fork is great at the top, things start to deteriorate as you get to the bottom, but you can still make it to below Pahaska without too much fancy footwork. One of the ephemeral streams that crosses the trail is running,and may do so for a few more days, so take care in crossing it..

We are planing to go back up toward the end of the week to prep some trails for the Nordic Kids program on Saturday. The following week, we will be on the TOT course with equipment, moving snow into thin areas, so a safe bet to not running into us would be to ski on the road or Middle Fork. 

Lets hope we get some more snow down low in the coming week!