Where groomed tracked come from

After the Blizzard conditions.

We whipped our trails back to excellent today.   The city side and gorge trails were drug which made them smooth and very nice.  Churning Rapids was rolled but still in great shape.  Hope you got out to enjoy them.  If not, below are a few photos taken out there today.

The sun was out!

Not often do we get to take photos with the sun out.

These last few were taken in Churning Rapids.

Bonus photos! 

It was so pretty out there today, here are two extra shots.

Wind chill! No grooming Saturday.

No grooming on Saterday due to the  extreme windchill at sunup.  

Normal operations will resume on Sunday.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

All excellent again

Back on the trails early this morning they really looked nice after we worked them.  All were drug or rolled and excellent again.  Problem might be it snowed and blew enough, you might have to hurry to use them in that condition.

No grooming Thursday.

No grooming Thursday due to the 30 below windchill at sunup.  

Normal operations will resume on Friday.

Excellent but windy

Trails groomed up very nice today but you might need to follow the machine to beat the wind which was blowing the tracks we made back in.

 

 

The tracks on the left were made an hour earlier.

Parking lot was sure busy!   Seems Dan's logging operation is over.  They were loading his machines onto trailers as I left today.

Barnelopet and the Sons of Norway

On Sunday afternoon Keweenaw Nordic and the Sons of Norway sponsored a ski race for kids called the "Barnelopet".

They're off!  Many more waves to follow.
 Photo credit, Roland Burgan

Photo credit, Roland Burgan

Photo credit, Roland Burgan

 

A minor mishap here.

 

Now they're coming in.

And receiving their award.
 Photo credit, Roland Burgan

Pretty nice!
 Photo credit, Roland Burgan

At the chalet was snacks and hot coco.

And marshmallow roasting.

Lots of kids here today.

Not to mention one trail mutt who loves kids.

Seems everyone had fun.

Maybe I can go home with you?

 Listed below is the first 3 finisher's of each race .
 Event Place    Bib    Name     Finish

Time

1km

1st     768 Sam Leinonen          10 min. 14 sec
2nd    805 Miina Leinonen         10 34
3rd     780 Danelle Leinonen     10 36


Time 2km

1st      1032 Ava Halonen           13 36
2nd      819 William Shapton      13 50
3rd     1626 Brojan Storer          14 41

 Time 4km

1st      84 Ingrid Seagren           28 20
2nd    1611 Mathew Fraley        28 25
3rd     1612 Grant Fredrickson  29 42

 Time 6km

1st       818 Caleb Sanders        21 56
2nd     1114 Noah Sanders         22 02
3rd      1102 Joseph Woods       28 08