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Merry Christmas Eve! Pahaska did not get much from this storm that made white in town, nevertheless the skiing on the highway is really good for only 4 inches of snow! We reset the track and widened out the skate lane. YNP has track set to the 3-mille turnout on Sylvan Pass, so there is plenty of skiing.

It looks like it's going to stay like this until after the New Year, so try not to let dogs walk in the tracks or bring mud onto the trail, as dark spots can eat away the snow.

Keep doing your snow dances and Merry Christmas!

The Groomers

Hey all,

The Groomers were able to set a nice classic track on the highway last weekend. The Park Service has since also groomed up to the outhouse on the Pass about 3 miles up. Our track and wide skate lanes are holding up well as the sun doesn't shine for long on the highway this time of year.

I would say if you plan on skiing very far into the park, classic would be best, as the skate lane gets too narrow to be effective.

The Blue porta-potties are in place behind the old lodge.

The snow potential for the end of the week looks promising, but there's not a dependable forecast out yet, so keep doing your snow dances !

The Groomers

Well, you're probably wondering, is there any snow at Pahaska?

The answer is, sort of...

Most of the trails don't have enough snow to groom yet. It was very close at least twice this fall, but rain and warm temps foiled us. However, there is enough snow on the Highway to The East Entrance! The Groomers have rolled the surface and shaved off the bumps. Reports from the ski team say its very good for skating.

The Groomers are heading up Thursday to reset it for the weekend and hopefully will be able to set some classic track as well.

The Porta-potties are on order, but so far they have not been delivered, so plan on bushwacking for the bathroom until then.

We will check in with an update after the trails have been resurfaced.

Do your snow dances!

Update:

New trail cleanup day will be Saturday, October 21st at 9:00 am up at Pahaska because of winter conditions that we are experiencing this week. 

Please join us on Saturday, October 14th at 9:00am up at Pahaska for a day of helping with cleanup, firewood and bridge placement.

Please contact Andy Quick at ajquick_9@hotmail.com  for more detailed information.

Thank you and hope to see you there!!

 A hardy crew removed the Bridge across Middle Fork Creek This morning. It's sort of heartbreaking to have to plow up trail and pull the bridge, especially with all the great snow still at Pahaska. More so, it means the end of another season. But what a great one it was! This year, we had groomed trails by November 8th, the earliest ever!

There will be some great crust cruising as long as we continue to have freezing temps at night. Go early and get the best conditions while the snow is firm.

Thanks to all our members and all who enjoyed our trails this season.

See you next year!

The Groomers

HI all,

Winter does not appear to be abating, but nevertheless the grooming crew has been busy removing all the signage and trail markers for the season, as well as putting away grooming equipment. We have done some incidental grooming on Moose Flats and around Crow Creek loop as we were hauling equipment back to the barn, so there is some nice skating on those trails.

The big job has been plowing the trail down to the Bridge on Middle Creek that we have to remove every spring. We plow the snow so we can get down to the bridge with a skid loader to begin disassembling and so the bridge will begin melting out.  This means that the trail will be mostly impassable for skiers. There's some terrific crust cruising on the South trails and east of SG, but  we recommend accessing it from Sleeping Giant.

We are planning a Volunteer work day April 8 to do a little prep work before runoff begins. April 15 or thereabouts is when we are planning to remove the bridge for the season. We always need a few volunteers who are willing to shovel and comfortable being around moving heavy equipment and large moving bridge pieces.

Contact Andy at 307-899-3900 for details and to lend a hand.

Thanks for a great season!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  The trails are looking dapper with a fresh coat of corduroy and classic track. The storm mid-week brought around 5" of snow but also 50 degree temps and rain, so the trails were FIRM... Not to worry though, we were able to spruce them up nicely.

Ultimately it took the cat, with down pressure and a few preliminary laps with the snowmbile to get track set, but it should be solid.

All trails (except for the dog trails) were groomed. This is the last time we plan to groom SG east for the season. There's still plenty of snow but a nice crust is forming up, which will allow us to ski anywhere we want!

Next week will be the last weekend of grooming, but the skiing should be good for a while.

Note- Pahaska will begin construction of a new dyke along the river on April 1. This is just north of the tepee flats, before moose flats. They will be clearing all the snow away to begin work. You'll still be able to get out to Msse Flate and the barn by going up onto Race Park and accessing from above.

enjoy this weekend!