Hi. I drove up to Lake Mountain today and met @beefa skiing for a toll gate fee free XC ski day, yes , some plank action at LM. He gets about quite well on planks. It took me a while to get my ski legs back after not XC skiing since September 2018 .
I don't believe I have previously skied for free in May esp. not at my old Nordic skiing stomping ground that is LM.
I now have leg muscles aching in places that I had forgotten about .
The road was clear .Snow ploughing workers were loitering near the LM turn off road with their vehicle and they had recently cut and removed a fallen tree,with a chainsaw that had smashed a road railing and blocked the road .
The snow was soft and quite fresh and averaging 20 Cm deep. The surface was a tad wet and slow because there has been some R**n but overall the weather was good for plank action.
The Boundary Hut ruins loop is 50 cms deep at least and very soft and uncompacted. Skiing on that route was very hard and we gave up after a while. I will go back and try and ski it again next week but on BC XC skis not skinny skis. @beefa skiing tried my classic skinny skis and did quite well. We both have NNN BC boots and bindings. His Fischer BC XC skis were quite different to my old Fischer classic skinny rock hoppers.
I could have taken my new Fischer BC XC skis out for a spin because there was deep continuous cover and LM management has groomed it for skating and classic styles.
We skied all the blue runs and both had a couple of spills but if you don't crash then you are not trying! . I went back to LM village down the Royston trail and @beefa skiing went off to ski some of the Jubilee trail.
I will go up and ski at LM again next Wed. , so if you see me do say hello.
Don't forget @teckel has all your LM snow gear needs covered whether it be skate skiing, classic XC skiing, appropriate clothing, wheel chains, toboggans and much more.
I don't believe I have previously skied for free in May esp. not at my old Nordic skiing stomping ground that is LM.
I now have leg muscles aching in places that I had forgotten about .
The road was clear .Snow ploughing workers were loitering near the LM turn off road with their vehicle and they had recently cut and removed a fallen tree,with a chainsaw that had smashed a road railing and blocked the road .
The snow was soft and quite fresh and averaging 20 Cm deep. The surface was a tad wet and slow because there has been some R**n but overall the weather was good for plank action.
The Boundary Hut ruins loop is 50 cms deep at least and very soft and uncompacted. Skiing on that route was very hard and we gave up after a while. I will go back and try and ski it again next week but on BC XC skis not skinny skis. @beefa skiing tried my classic skinny skis and did quite well. We both have NNN BC boots and bindings. His Fischer BC XC skis were quite different to my old Fischer classic skinny rock hoppers.
I could have taken my new Fischer BC XC skis out for a spin because there was deep continuous cover and LM management has groomed it for skating and classic styles.
We skied all the blue runs and both had a couple of spills but if you don't crash then you are not trying! . I went back to LM village down the Royston trail and @beefa skiing went off to ski some of the Jubilee trail.
I will go up and ski at LM again next Wed. , so if you see me do say hello.
Don't forget @teckel has all your LM snow gear needs covered whether it be skate skiing, classic XC skiing, appropriate clothing, wheel chains, toboggans and much more.
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