Bitterroot Cross Country Ski Club
Ski Chief Joseph Pass
Our volunteer snowmobile grooming crew was out yesterday and groomed most trails, but since then it has snowed over a foot. Be prepared to break trail today.
Lost trail is in the process of fixing the Pisten Bully, and hopefully it will resume grooming soon.
The February meeting will be held on February 8 at 7pm, at the Presbyterian Church, 1220 West Main Street, Hamilton, MT.
Mel Holloway will show slides from two separate trips he and Mary Alice made to Scotland in 2017.
They visited Orkney to see Skara Brae and other Neolithic sites, the Culloden
Battlefield, Urquhart Castle overlooking Loch Ness, the northern coast, Glen Core, the northern coast, Glen Core, the
Glenfinnan Memorial, and Aarvrech Castle to mention a few points.
Most trails were groomed this morning, and have tracks set. Trails that were groomed yesterday are firm enough for skate skiing, but some trails are still pretty soft. Great classic skiing conditions.
Grooming had to be stopped early due to rising temperatures. But many trails were groomed.
We have received word that the snowcat has been fixed and the trails are being groomed this morning. We are expecting most or all trails to be groomed today, but will post an update later when we know exactly what trails were groomed.
The snowcat that Lost Trail Powder Mountain uses to groom the cross country trails at Chief Joe is currently down for repairs. Today they took one of the snowcats that is normally used on the downhill trails over to groom the cross country trails, but this cat is 2 feet wider than the cross country cat, and will not be able to make it on to many of the trails, and can not set tracks. Currently Lost Trail is hoping to have the cross country cat fixed tomorrow, and then resume normal grooming operations.
All trails groomed today with fresh tracks set.
