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These repairs were happening on Ridge Road yesterday.  What miserably cold weather to have to be doing this outside!    I received a note from the NCC about the grooming, which is copied below.  That little dusting of snow  last night may slow the tracks down slightly today if you are skiing today?

We simply wanted to let you know that we have encountered a few technical problems with our grooming machines. The difficult conditions, hard and icy snow, has taken its tole on our equipment and decalibrated the tracksetter on certain machines. This results in tracks that sometimes have uneven depth. Also, it is possible that tracks are not perfectly straight in some areas. Expect to see this problem on the Parkways and trails #50 and #36. Please note that some parts of the parkways were only regroomed for skating for the same reason.

Conditions in the last few weeks have been very tough on the grooming equipment. Tomorrow, the grooming machine operators will take the day to fix their machines so that we can offer high quality grooming as soon as Wednesday for the skiers that aren’t scared of the cold weather!

 

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Penny
Penny
January 22, 2013 16:00

They were still working on the groomer today (just east of the junction of Ridge Rd. with #14).
Tracks, such as those on the Champlain Parkway, that hadn’t been skied in had about a cm of fresh snow –> no glide.
Otherwise a beautiful sunny day.

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