January 13, 2026
We are still skiing up here. The base is firm and coverage is still good. The fresh snow has groomed in and despite the crusty appearance the surface is quite edge able. Skate skiing was, dare I say it quite nice this morning. Temps are above freezing so things have softened a bit. Good skiing around the ski center as well as out to the #4 loops. #11 is nice and #1 isn't half bad. #5 through the fields is thin in spots. but doable and worth the trek to get to #7 out to #4/#4a
Skiing is great despite the low snow conditions. It is defiantly worthy of a ski. I re set some track in select areas.
We are looking forward to the potential of some fresh snow later in the week. See you up here.
January 12, 2026
An inch of fresh snow overnight has turned the skiing back from spring to winter for this morning's gliding. Good to have some cold temps and dry snow on the snow pack again. Trails are looking good and we had a great weekend with crowds of people coming up to take advantage of this snow pack that endures.
Open terrain will be re groomed fresh once again. Yesterday's skiers ruts that have frozen, will be combed out from skate lanes this morning. There is a nice classic track with powder in it from yesterday. It will be best skied in by my dependable skiing minions. It should provide a nice classic ski with a cold snow experience.
Temps climbing into the lower thirties, good to great coverage on the trails, and skies forecast to be mostly sunny will produce yet another great ski day at Ole's XC.
Come and enjoy.
January 11, 2026
Good Morning,
Overnight we got a nice coating of precipitation to help cover up the trails. None of that nice, white fresh clean powder that you might find in a Norman Rockwell painting or on a Christmas picture postcard from Nana.....Right along with your $10. What fell was some good old classic New England Sleet snow.
While more is always better, the inch that did fall made a HUGE difference in ski surface quality. The ice that was present softened with the rain that preceded the sleet. Then with that nice layer of frozen precipitation on top, things have really improved overnight. Skiing should be great and spring like.
I am out grooming the trails and we will have about 20KM groomed and classic tracked up for you by around 10AM. I will update this with a detailed report when grooming is completed. The temps will rise well into the thirties today and it's gonna be a good day. Come up and get your glide on. See you up here.
