FLCC> Swandrome ski conditions

Andrew Melnychenko am40 at cornell.edu
Mon Dec 17 11:10:52 EST 2007


I usually ski bear swamp on Mondays and Connecticut Hill on the 
Thursdays...so Tuesday and Wednesday sound good to me.  Is anyone wanting 
to ski Hammond Hill tomorrow night?

Andy
>As long as reports are coming in about other popular skiing destinations 
>in the area, I'll add another...
>
>Sunday morning we had a few inches of pure sugar snow which groomed nicely 
>for skating. Most of the wet or thin spots from Saturday were covered 
>nicely. Later in the day we added a few inches of light powdery snow and 
>the wind started to blow. By this morning (Monday) the trails were covered 
>over with blown powder. Dan Karig is planning to groom at least the 
>classical trails this morning. The process of grooming is somewhat 
>addictive, so it won't surprise me if I get back to the Swandrome and find 
>that he has done the skate tracks too...but I'm not promising anything.
>
>Monday night is a snowshoe outing at 5:00 at the bike shop, so I probably 
>won't freshen up the skate trails after work, but I expect that they will 
>be polished up for Tuesday.
>
>In past years Monday has been snowshoeing, Tuesday has been a Hammond Hill 
>outing, and Wednesday has been Swandrome group-skiing. Thursdays often 
>include night outings at Connecticut Hill. There have also been times when 
>Thursdays have been small races at the Swandrome too.  Perhaps we should 
>encourage people to weigh in with their schedules and preferences in order 
>to try to make activities happen in a way that as many people can enjoy 
>them as possible. If we know that there are activities going on it makes 
>it easier to get up the gumption to get our butts out the door and get 
>some exercise and stay in touch with others during this darker, colder season.
>
>Glenn
>
>
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