FLCC> Swandrome ski conditions

[Matthew DeLisa]

I'm wanting to ski HH tomorrow - how about 6 pm in the back parking lot?

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Andrew Melnychenko wrote:
> 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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