Trail pass is required to ski at the area regardless of day or hour
Trail passes are required 24/7. Rules apply 24/7 including designated dog trails and walking on groomed trails. We appreciate your help to keep the groomed trails in excellent condition by using them appropriately and supporting them financially.
Friday-Sunday 9am-5pm please pay in the rental office near the main parking lot. Season passes are on sale at the City Parks and Recreation Offices. It is important that season pass holders sign-in at the yurt with each use, as this provides us with documentation of the necessary use numbers to justify the area staying open. If no one is staffing the A-frame, simply put payment in red fee box near parking lot or Creek Side parking spots. To reduce costs, the honor system is in place.
Trails are typically groomed daily by city employees or PXCSF volunteers. Everyone utilizing the groomed trails needs to pay the daily trail fee or hold a season pass even during mid-week and night use. Please be honest: The survival of the area depends on it. Wouldn’t you like to see the area get better? Leveler trails, grooming machinery maintained, new structures, lights…? The growth potential is endless, but we need your help. Grooming isn’t free even with volunteer groomers.
I groomed Tuesday night under a full moon and 20 degrees. It was beautiful but clouds and new snow would have been better. The skiing is actually really good right now as the snow is somewhat soft and the coverage is pretty good (except for Creekside). I groomed the race course (Fox’s Tail, the Meadows, Sage Loop, Lower Canyon, Red Fox, Ruffed Grouse, Cottontail, and Chickadee), Mule Deer and the hill down to Creekside ( I did not do Creekside). I also groomed Deer Trail, Ermine, Screamer, Lower Daley’s to Lost Groomer, Lost Groomer, the cut over to the top of Water Trough, Water Trough, and Lagomorph. Keep praying for snow and cold weather.
From Kevin:
Sunday night I groomed all trails except Creekside. Classic track remains on all those trails, except Upper Canyon. 12 degrees at 9pm.
Conditions are excellent.
Ok folks! Here’s the lowdown. Groomed everything including Creekside. (Here’s to you, Lisa). I set new Classic lanes on all trails except Creekside, which is still too thin. In most cases, the lanes are superb. A few spots did not take well. I made three laps on Race Loop and two laps on all others. It was 19 degrees when I left the Nordic Center and 26 when I arrived home, Inversion! Enjoy tomorrow!
Trace of snow overnight. Groomed two passes on Race Loop, one pass on all other trails except Creekside. Still too thin to groom. Snowing lightly at 8:30pm when I finished.
We received just a dusting of new snow this evening at the Nordic Center. The upper trails received a little more, but still less than an inch. I groomed everything but Upper Canyon. I tried Creek Side but it is solid ice. I missed Tony’s note on Creekside, but do agree there is no use going down there until we receive several inches of new snow. the classic tracks are still holding up…some what. But I don’t know that we can reset them until we get more snow.
I groomed everything except Creekside. Skate only but the classic tracks are holding up well in some places. I only made one pass on the upper trails as they hadn’t seen much traffic since they were last groomed. I don’t know how long it’s been since upper canyon got groomed but it should be way less scary now. I don’t think we’ll be able to groom creekside again until more snow arrives. 21 when i left at 8:30.
For Brent Patch: Groomed everything except creek side and upper canyon.
Groomed all trails except creek side and upper canyons. skate only to thin to reset classic track. 30F and cloudy at 8:30pm
Overnight snow of about 1/2 inch at the A-frame surprised me. I groomed all trails with the exception of Creekside. Sorry dog lovers! It’s too thin. The classic lanes are still firm and in decent shape. Left those alone as the underlying snow is a bit too firm to reset lanes. See you tomorrow!
Still plenty of snow despite being relatively firm. I groomed a lap around the Race Loop, Deer Trail, Ermine, Screamer, Jack Rabbit, and Lagamorph. Looks great, hope it skis better.
It doesn’t look like much if any rain hit MC which is great news. Trails tonight were set up almost frozen and ice-like. Grooming seemed to do a lot of good though and skiing tomorrow should be excellent. Did not re-set classic tracks as they were set up hard, did not groom Creekside due to thin snow. Groomed race loop and everything from Ermine on up.
On Tuesday night, I groomed all the trails except for Upper Canyon and Creekside. Classic track remains on most of the trails. It’s thin in places, but the conditions are very good. 30 degrees at 8:30pm. Hopefully the warm weather and light moisture overnight doesn’t hurt things up there…
From Kevin:
On Sunday night, I groomed all the trails except for Upper Canyon and Creekside. Classic track remains on most of the trails. It’s thin in places, but the conditions are very good. 10 degrees at 8:30pm.
I shoveled a bit to fill in some dirt spots on Chickadee. Hopefully that will hold for a while. Thanks, Kevin
Skiing was fantastic today! I did a once over on all trails for skate. The classic lanes are still perfect. Have fun tomorrow!
I cleaned up the skier tracks last night. Joe did a wonderful job the night before. All trails are groomed for skate and classic with the exception of Creekside, which has no classic lanes due to snow depth. Enjoy!
I groomed everything and set new classic tracks. We received 2 to 3 inches of new snow earlier today. The trails are in great shape. The skiing should be awesome tomorrow.
I groomed the Race Loop, Mule Deer, Ermine, Screamer, Lagomorph, Water Trough, High Basin and Daily’s. Classic tracks were in pretty good shape so i didn’t set new ones. Skiing should be excellent Thursday morning.
All that rain in Poky ended up white where it matters. Day groomed race loop, Ermine, Lagamorph, Lower Daily’s,lower Watertrough and Screamer all classic and skate. Plus upper Canyon skate only. If it’s groomed tonight expect awesome conditions tomorrow.
1 to 2 inches new. Groomed race course, ermine, screamer, lagomorph, and connector trails down to creek side. Conditions are improved but still thin, too thin for setting classic track. 32F and mostly clear at 7:30pm
Despite the lack of new snow, I went to the upper trails and packed with the roller while leaving behind a corduroy surface. Let’s not confuse this with grooming. Surprisingly, Lost Groomer is very nice. However, to get there, one must cross sections of dirt. Shoveling snow onto the dirt sections did occur to me but I could not find a deep enough source. In summary, I packed Upper Dayleys, High Basin, and Lost Groomer in anticipation of Sundays snowfall. We’ll see.
Groomed part of Raceloop (minus Chickadee, Rough Grouse and Sage Loop) utilizing Meadow loop. Ermine, Lagamorph and Watertrough to connector very excellent. Plus Stadium. Should be good skiing. Pray for snow and clold.
Tuesday around noon/temp 23 degrees. Although there isn’t a lot of snow out there, the skiing at the Nordic Center is actually pretty good. It is a bit thin in some places particularly on Sage Loop and at the bottom of Chickadee. I skated the “race” loop and Ermine and it skied surprisingly well as it is easy to ski around any area where you see thin snow areas. As the snow is so thin, grooming won’t take place tonight as scheduled, With our grooming goal being to make things better, it’s most likely grooming without more snow won’t achieve that. Snow is forecast for Thursday, so pray that it’s a good dump.
Update from Kevin: still feeling too thin to groom. However, there is an inch of new snow and conditions have improved considerably since 2 day ago