Sending warm hugs to……

Heather, Lorraine, little Michaela, Paulina & Darren, Esther, Jessica Stewart, Johannes & Bruce. Great job packing the Connector’s tough spots…. and thanks to Bruce for his fleet of huge authentic s/s… ….they float like crazy !!!  

Joe will get going on it again & try to punch through end to end– after he does the regular grooming all around Yoho. He did from Field to Otterhead today–my first ski of the season after my partial Achilles tear! Loved it! The Arctic Front and Yoho Blow set everybody back a bit. Skee ya later……Marilyn

Emerald got tons of snow! The lake is still a mess with lots of slush(but by the look of the weather report–it could all freeze up again in a week??)…but Joe was out there all day and got the trails back in shape–cutting a few trees and doing many passes to pack that powder DOWN! And he set a track.

We need help lifting the benches up–before we loose them. Lift them out of the hole–fill in the hole and replace the bench at a higher level. Pretty simple.

He plans to try to punch through the Connector tomorrow–now that we have enough snow. Punching through can take 2-3 days! Patience everyone….. it’s coming! Marilyn

He left Field on the sled, up the Tally-Ho to the Natural Bridge, up the ROAD to Emerald–did all those trails(not on the ice–on shore), came back down the road, did the Kicking Horse trail again and back home on the Tally-Ho to set the final track! Now that’s a long day on the sled!!! Thank you Joe!

Low and behold…….UPDATE AT 1.40 PM DEC…4

A HUGE WIND blew in from the South for an hour and likely wiped out ALL TRAILS !!!! What ya gonna do??? Break trail???? or ask Joe to do it all over again! That’s winter for ya…. stay tuned …Marilyn

Heather on the Tree Hugger

Stay OFF the ICE !!!! I is totally SLUSHY !!!

Start your ski on the walking trail (bathroom area)to access the Horse Trail and the Fan Loop which just got groomed and tracked today– they are in GREAT shape!

Friday & Saturday brought us incredible snow–and some very mild weather also! Field Valley got rain in late afternoon Saturday and the Lake at Emerald got a lot of water coming up over the ice! SLUSHY !! Thank goodness the temperatures are cooler and it is clear now! Should take a while for the lake to freeze up again for the sled and skiers. Please use the walking trail on shore to get to the Horse Trail and Fan. Joe is going out today to check on what he can do. We will have trails for Christmas–surely!

Yesterday–he managed to set a track from the Info to the Natural Bridge and Otter Head turn around. He cut a few trees in the way–and shovelled a big ream of snow that the loader set in front of the trail at the Natural Bridge a few days back. The parking lot was still a mess but likely Parks is working on all that now that the highway is running fine.

Happy Holidays…..Marilyn