Leadville Nordic Grooming

More new snow

2009-04-05T08:30:00.003-06:00

Location: MBT
Grooming done on: Sat. April 4, Noon
Tracked: yup
Conditions: Great, 6" more new snow.
Funky dust/dirt layer blew in with the wind as it started to snow Friday, snow is going to melt faster because of it. Get out there! Road and Bridge will begin plowing MBT and Turquoise Lake road in the next week-10 days to prepare for cycling season, my other favorite season.
Other: animal shelter to landfill road, east side.

More MBT Grooming Soon

2009-04-01T17:24:00.004-06:00

Just waiting for snow to stop a while.

MBT groomed animal shelter-landfill road on east side Thurs. AM, great skiing, more snow on the way.

I will get out Sat AM if/when snow lets up.

Not quite done yet....

2009-03-31T12:34:00.002-06:00

Location: Mineral Belt Trail
Grooming done on: 3-31-09, 11AM
Tracked: Yes
Conditions: Great corduroy, 4" fresh snow to work with.

Other: Groomed from Lake County Animal Shelter to the landfill road. Still holding snow pretty well on that stretch. I will continue to work any new snow as long as nothing melts through in Evans Gulch.

Enjoy while it lasts !!!!

End of Season

2009-03-30T07:16:00.001-06:00

Official Grooming has ended on all trails. There is great skiing still
to be had, as the crust skiing, both classic and skating, should be
great for another month.

Leadville Trails

2009-03-27T09:39:00.001-06:00

CMC - Hasn't been groomed in a while, but should be good skiing if you
don't mind the fresh snow.

Mineral Belt - Good skiing on the upper parts of the trail. The trail
through town has melted to pavement.

Tenn Pass - This is the last weekend of grooming. Should be great
skiing for the last weekend.

Mt Massive Mush

2009-03-01T10:24:00.002-07:00

Location: Golf Course
Grooming done on: Sunday, March 1
Tracked: Skate, no classic track
Conditions: nice
Other: We have begun to put the trail in for the Mt Massive Mush sled dog race next weekend (Saturday and Sunday mornings, March 7 & 8). Please feel free to come out and ski the course this week, but please no dogs, snowmobile or walkers on the outer part of the course (the trail is still very soft and punchy, foot prints & sleds will damage the surface). Please come watch the race next weekend and do the Shelter Dog Shuffle on Saturday afternoon! Thanks.

2009-02-06T15:52:00.003-07:00

Location: Mineral Belt Trail and Timberline Trails
Grooming done on: 6 February 2009
Tracked: Classic-Left Skate-Right
Conditions: Early Springlike conditions. Fast
Other: Mineral Belt Trail-complete
Timberline Trails:
1km, 5 km, 7 km, Slaugtherhouse Gulch, and Dedication.

There are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners. Dogs on both the Mineral Belt Trail and CMC's Timberline Trails need to be leashed. Your dog can't, so you clean up. Say NO to brown klister

CMC/Mineral Belt

2009-02-02T20:17:00.001-07:00

The trails were all groomed at the end of last week and are in good
condition for either skating or classic. Look for the classic skiing
to get a bit trickier due to the warm weather in the coming week, but
the skating will only get faster! Enjoy.

Turquoise Lake

2009-01-14T12:06:00.002-07:00

Location: Turquoise Lake Road
Grooming done on: 1/13/08
Tracked: perfect corduroy
Conditions:
Other: Thanks to the local High Riders snowmobile club for the regular grooming. Current schedule for grooming at the lake is Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Schedule subject to change, of course

Mineral Belt

2009-01-12T18:45:00.001-07:00

Paul was out grooming and tracking the Mineral Belt this afternoon.
Beautiful skiing. It's winter here, for sure. This is the best time
for classic skiing! -Karl

2009-01-09T15:33:00.001-07:00

Location: Mt. Massive Golf Course
Grooming done on: January 8th
Tracked:
Conditions: Soft corduroy
Other: Rolled 8 km track after the big snow Tuesday; should be good for classic and skating especially as it firms up

2009-01-08T20:43:00.002-07:00

Location: MBT and Timberline Trail
Grooming done on: AM 10 January
Tracked: Skate and classic
Conditions: Good
Other: The entire MBT was groomed early ths AM. 5 km is groomed at Timberline Trails. This incoming storm will determine what and when the next grooming occurs. Let's just hope all we get is snow. One of our grauduates ( a supervisor) watched the Hyak face of Snoqualimie Pass Ski Area slide. Prayers and positive energy to the Northwest.

Golf Course Now Tracked

2009-01-04T15:42:00.001-07:00

Golf Course was tracked on Sunday. Should be beautiful skiing.

Golf Course

2009-01-03T18:34:00.001-07:00

Location: Golf Course
Grooming done on: Saturday afternoon, January 3
Tracked: Skate
Conditions: OK
Other: We will roll it again Sunday morning. A skijor clinic is being
held on the Golf Course trails Sunday, 10 AM till 1 PM. Join us! No
loose dogs on the trails during this time please.

A New Year's Present

2008-12-29T19:04:00.005-07:00

Location: Timberline Trails
Grooming done on: 29 December 2008 completed at 1630
Tracked: Classic & Skate
Conditions: Good. Some early season hazards exist
Other: All 18 km of Timberline Trails were groomed today.Please skate right. Preperation began today for the Leadville Loppet. There is a short section in Pawnee Gulch that was track packed. IT IS NOT SKIABLE! Remember skiing at Timberline Trails is at your own risk. It is not patrolled.

MBT

2008-12-29T17:21:00.001-07:00

Mineral Belt was groomed and tracked yesterday. Beautiful, fast
skating and striding.

Turquoise Lake

2008-12-26T09:03:00.001-07:00

The snowmobile website states that they haven't groomed yet because
the groomer is broken. Will be rough skiing at the lake until it is
fixed.

Tenn Pass

2008-12-26T09:01:00.001-07:00

All 25 km of trails are groomed and tracked at Tennessee Pass. Beautiful skiing.

A Christmas Present

2008-12-24T17:00:00.002-07:00

Location: MBT (entire) & Timberline Trails (3 km)
Grooming done on: 24 Dec 2008
Tracked: Skate & Classic
Conditions:Outstanding! Great day for Green
Other: We're still grooming on an intermitment basis as Curt and Paul are enjoying Christmas Braeak and time with our families. Regular grooming will begin on 12 January and we (the College) will be grooming our normal Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.

This looks like a 2-3 day storm cycle that begins tonight. Will try to get out when the blow's over. You're welcome JW.

MB Trail freshly groomed

2008-12-24T15:56:00.002-07:00

Location: MB Trail
Grooming done on: 12-24-2008
Tracked: Classic and skate
Conditions: excellent
Other: Thanks CMC!!

2008-12-24T14:44:00.001-07:00

Location: Mt. Massive Golf Course
Grooming done on: 12-22-08
Tracked:
Conditions: Powder on corduroy
Other: 8 KM rolled and smooth - 4 KM single track Merry Christmas!

CMC/Mineral Belt

2008-12-24T12:55:00.003-07:00

Location:CMC
All CMC and Mineral Belt trails were groomed numerous times last week. They will accumulate some snow as CMC will be on break and won't groom regularly, but they are still in good shape and fun to ski on.

Ski Jor Clinic - Golf Course

2008-12-24T12:40:00.001-07:00

Ski Jor Clinic in Leadville: January 4th, 2009 at 10:00am at the Mt.
Massive Golf Course.
Clinic is Free, but we are accepting donations to the local animal shelter.
All you need is a pair of cross country skis and a dog who likes to
run and pull! Dog Harness and skijor line will be provided if you
don't already have one. For more info, please call Melanzana at
719-486-3245.
This clinic is also hosted by the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club.

Golf Course Update

2008-12-24T10:11:00.001-07:00

I'm trying to get set up to use the blog, but in the meantime just for
what its worth – we have 8 km of rolled & packed track with about 4 km
set single track at the golf course, with about 3" of new snow on top
of it. Skis and skates very nicely.

Craig

Freshies on MBT!!!

2008-12-19T16:26:00.003-07:00

CMC has been hitting the Mineral Belt almost daily lately, and today as well with a track. Looks awesome! Thanks to Paul and Curt at CMC.
We should be seeing the county's cat mid to late January 2009. The PO has been issued and deposit put down on machine. The fundraiser pulled in about 16,000 net. MBT put in 10,000. We have received about 4000 more in cash donations since the event too. Lots of folks wanted to see this happen. This will help spread out the load for all people involved in grooming and related maintenence.
Now we need to get this blog more publicly known and used so the phone calls to CMC and the county from folks curious about condidtions can be limited. We are going to get a regular schedule arranged so everyone will know what days to expect a fresh surface. Of course, storms and snow cycles will affect that, but we should be pretty regular overall.
Thanks!