It was quite something to wake up last Sun and see all the blowing snow outside. Many people had — shall we say — mixed emotions about this turn of meteorological events. But as cross-country skiing enthusiasts, us Beaver Tailers had only one reaction — Whoo Hoo!
OK, maybe not all of us. But six of us made our way through the sloppy, but quite manageable, road conditions to get to Mont St Bruno last Sun. We all arrived late and did not get started skiing until after 10:30 am. The six of us this day were me, Monique I, Winnie, Jacques, John and Vivian.
They had not traced the trails that morning, they said because the snow was falling too fast when they arrived at 7 am. As a consequence, they did not charge a trail fee. The temp was steady at -1 C and violet wax was the way to go. Although they had not groomed, our late start meant that other skiers had gone ahead of us and established very nice tracks. There was a bit of clumping of snow under the skis, but the skiing was otherwise just great. It was windy that morning, but the thing with cross-country skiing in the woods is that you rarely feel it. The couple of times we skied along the lake’s edge and got the full breeze, it did not feel so bad due to the mild temp.
We all did trail #1 with a few extensions, so we covered about 10 kms. Not a lot, but not bad for Mar 30! Everyone was very happy they had made the effort to make it out.
Sharon posted a note on the forum that she went to Mount Royal that day and had a great ski. I later heard similar reports from two other BTers who went there. So there was still plenty of great skiing to be had on our doorstep last Sun.