Potato Cup Results Posted!
Results for the 2025 Potato Cup are up at https://pokyxc.org/races-events/potato-cup/ Thank you racers and volunteers! See you in 2026!
January 26, 2025
The Pocatello Cross Country Ski Foundation (PXCSF) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting and improving Nordic skiing for all levels of experience in Pocatello. We believe that a quality ski experience for novice and expert skiers depends on well maintained trails with excellent grooming. PXCSF assists the City of Pocatello to operate Mink Creek Nordic Area with volunteer labor and equipment for trail maintenance and grooming. PXCSF also promotes local skiing through events such as the Potato Cup race, Fun Race Series and fall Trail Runs with volunteer work days. We also support both masters and junior ski programs based on interest.
Results for the 2025 Potato Cup are up at https://pokyxc.org/races-events/potato-cup/ Thank you racers and volunteers! See you in 2026!
Today is the last day to register online for the Potato Cup! You have until midnight to go to https://register.hakuapp.com/?event=fb6469380b8cfc196501 to register for only $35.
Thank you to all the businesses that donated prizes for our awesome raffle at the Potato Cup! They are what make our race great.
Thanks to Ron Gill for his pictures that he took from the last Community Ski and Race. I’ll post any others I get here.
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Groomed all trails tonight. The trails were pretty rough from the evening event but was able to get a decent groom. Spent extra time on cleaning up and redefining trail edges and reset classic tracks. Upper Canyon had good snow and turned out nicely. At 4:30am, clear skies and about 17 degrees.
We got about 4-5 inches of snow yesterday morning which covered all of the ice quite well. Steve and Ian groomed everything except Creekside in the snowcat last night. Things should be setup and skiing really well today (Saturday, 2/8). We have a candlelight event this evening starting at 5:30. If you’re not interested in the event, best to get your skiing in early to avoid the crowds.
Groomed all trails tonight. Creekside is iced over but the rest of the trails groomed pretty well. Started snowing about 10:30pm, light but steady.
Groomed all the trails two passes for skate with a couple exceptions: Lower Creekside was too icy to navigate and I barely made it back to the base. It’s only groomed to the upper CS parking area but not lower than the cutoff to the Base. Did not groom past the Middle Loop on Upper Canyon for the same reason. Race Loop and the Lower and Middle Loop of Upper Canyon should offer the best skiing tomorrow. Upper trails won’t be fantastic but will ski ok if it softens some. I did not try to reset any classic tracks.
Somewhat marginal returns for the effort tonight.
Welcome to the usual mid-winter thaw. I groomed skate deck of all trails with Sherpa and Ginzu, no till. Upper Canyon hadn’t been groomed much, so slid off a downhill corner into the soft. Thanks to Dean for rescuing me with the Gator. Because of getting stuck, didn’t get done until 1PM and 52 degrees. Should be a fair day of spring skating and wet classic. I would not recommend Upper Canyon. Creekside is pretty wet in places but still covered. While I was grooming, the city did a remarkable job of filling in the hole and smoothing out the access road, so it is open to the parking lot again. Cold and snow this weekend?