Curt, Harley, Mikey and I trailered to the Fernie staging area on Wed and rode in to the new cabin....BEAUTIFUL CABIN! That is the first time I have seen it and you guys did a wonderful job there..thank you. There was a couple of inches of fresh on the trail but we thought that the Rolling Hills would be rode out. It wasn't. We were in the trees with the snow thigh deep - unridden, and we played in the trees behind us in the photo all afternoon. Snow was coming up over the hood. It was an excellent day and the trail in was great. Our guests rode the trees close to us with their snowbikes and said it was waist deep and they had an excellent day too.
Curt, Harley and Mikey rode the pipeline as we heard it was pretty good except that the creeks are more open than usual. I guess the first portion off the Corbin hwy access before it hooks up with the Coal Creek access (also from the Corbin hwy) was great but then after the merge it was really really rough. Curt said the lower elevations are not very good and so after 20 mins they came back and played in the small cutblocks and gullies close to home in a couple of feet of untouched snow. Everyone managed to get stuck.
Ran into Andy and Shantelle Weir of Weir Boon docking Ltd. and they have a business teaching sledders to ride. He can teach any level of rider something to improve your riding experience. I am going to get a link on our NEW WEBSITE (hope you guys like it). If you are looking to get the most out of your sled trips then give them a call and put in a day of lessons (he knows all the great areas to ride to challenge you) and then rip it up on the rest of your trip. How many times do you go on a ski trip and start with a lesson on day one so that the rest of your trip you are not struggling to ski well the way you did the year before. We took lessons every trip. Was a great way to tune up and dial in. I think its a great idea and hope to get a lesson in with them next year - I am going to plan for it. As for our website I have a KMZ file that has way points on it but let me tell ya....buying a map to put it all in reference is still important and it is another way to support grooming. You can map your trip on your rhino garmin and come back to the cabin and plug it into the tv and review your trip while discussing what you are going to ride the next day!
Today....the temps....oh my....its +5 right now with a warm breeze. Don't panic. Snow is holding in there - not crusty on top but it is contracting while staying soft. We are supposed to have +7 on Saturday but then snow on Sunday with temps going back to the zero to +6 range. Supposed to snow Wed too. So we are teetering on more snow. If this is "in like a lamb" then maybe we will have the crazy snow at the end of March beginning of April like we did the past two years. Our trail is still absolutely fine to ride. If it warms up a bunch then I advise scratchers. Curt was going to groom B road which is something we do a few times only but it is too warm now to do that. Will have to wait for cooler temps. Hold onto a few vacation days....do something nice for your wife lol....so you can jump on the big dump of snow when it comes! Cheers - V
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