Not fit for duty

I re-injured my back when Gus and I parked the Club trailer at my place on Monday.  I'm going to do my yoga therapy for a few days and give it a chance to heal.  You should check the oil in the 4-strokes. There is a partial quart of Amsoil 0w40 in the hut or maybe still under the seat of one of the 4-strokes.  Ditto for spare plugs for the VKs. I have 3 more quarts here that I will bring next time.

Have fun!

I've talked to Mark and we plan to groom Thursday starting at 11 am.  It should be half ways warm by then and we have work to do digging out the equipment before we can start working on the trails,  Paul  

Haggin

Anyone for grooming later this morning?

Gas at Haggin

I took 5 cans of gas to Haggin this afternoon. All 6 gas cans at Haggin are mid-grade. It was -8 F. at 3:30 with a 10-15 MPH wind. Looked like about 2 inches new snow...definitely roller conditions. Ray

Mix

There is no premix fuel at Haggin except in the tank of the Alpine II.  A can with black tape is probably the one that has a crack on the top seam and leaks.  It should probably be retired unless it can be JB Welded.

Wednesday may work for me if I don't have to go to Butte.  If I'm free later in the day would work better in order to let temperatures warm up.  Hopefully this cold front will move out quickly.  I've been dealing with plenty of snow at the house and this wind has me concerned with drifting.  Paul

Fuel at Mt Haggin

I groomed both Friday and Saturday just on Crooked John. Used the Vk that is in the small shed. It will need fuel before it can be used for very long. There is one can of fuel with black tape, mix?  Gus took down two empty cans when he and I were there Wednesday. When we go up it is start all over as yesterday brought another big snowfall.

Wednesday grooming

I've got a doctor appointment in Butte Wednesday morning and we've got a list of stops to make so I'm tied up.  The temps don't sound encouraging.  I haven't seen a posting from Ray, so I don't have any idea what the fuel situation is.  I have 3 quarts of 0w40 Amsoil for the 4-strokes to go to Haggin.

Haggin

Anyone around - I am sure there is grooming to be done at Haggin and Moulton, too. Is Wednesday a good day?

Mt Haggin

Anyone for tomorrow, Wednesday?

Otherwise Occupied

Gus:

We are off to Idaho Falls first thing tomorrow, returning Friday. I'll check in then.

Haggin - December 22, 2014

I was up at Haggin Saturday and the trails had about 4 inches of new snow. I suspect they have more since this morning.

Anyone for grooming tomorrow?

Thanks Dave,  Glad you got Sugar Loaf done so I will not worry about it for Saturday.  We're getting good snow at the house in Lower Seymour Creek and it is turning heavy.  I took a ride into Upper Sullivan today with a small group of sledders.  Conditions there were great with 6 to 8 inches of light snow.  Peaks are pretty bare having the wind clean them off but snow in the timber was very good.  Paul  

Thursday night grooming

Todd hoar and I groomed Sugarloaf Thursday evening - snow was falling as we left the parking lot but it should be nice for the weekend
Dave Susanj

I'm tied up on Friday but will look at grooming Saturday morning on Sugar Loaf only.  Paul

Moulton Ski Trails

Groomed Dec 17th all trails - tracks set on all trails except Yankee Boy.

Haggin snow conditions

I took gas to Haggin. The two Scandics and the 120 Yamaha are gassed. There is between 1/2" and 1" new snow on the trails. The set tracks on Crooked John and Lil Cal are in great shape .... I suggest no grooming on these trails. Malone reported about an inch of fluffy snow on Lil Cal.

There is about 4 inches on the low areas of Sugar Loaf and probably deeper towards the highway. Ray

Can't groom Thursday

Sorry, I forgot to mention I can't groom Thursday.  We are finally scheduled to get our propane hooked up Thursday at the Community Hall.  Charlie and I need to be there to cut over to the tankless water heater and commercial range.

Gas at Haggin

Got the blogger message....I will take gas up today and return with the empties for refill. Ray

Mt. Haggin status

Paul may be going up to catch up Sugar Loaf and Gus's Gas before Friday. If he goes  he is going to take some gas from home as the fleet is sucking fumes and Ray probably won't be bringing fuel up early. Mark and I went up yesterday and cut out the blowdowns on Li'l Cal and Sleepy Hollow and caught up things on the east side. We also opened up the new link from Cheff's Cutoff to the junction of Sleepy Hollow, Wulf's Cutoff, and Crooked John.  I had picked up 5 gal at the WR Merc on the way up, which we burned.

Anything going on at Moulton?  That country must have gotten a good shot over the weekend.

When is the next grooming time at Haggin?  I am available Thursday, but not this Friday. Gus

Closure 4-10-14

8 tomorrow morning works for me. Ray

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I'm been off the computer so late in seeing the messages.  Thursday morning looks good.   Eight would be better than 9 as it will be cooler.  Stayed above freezing here this morning, Wednesday.  Lots of water starting to flow in the creeks.  French Creek and Deep Creek are bank full and meadows are flooding. Water over our access road.  Paul

I'll try and pick up the Skandic Friday or Saturday.  I also need to get the tarps to cover the fleet and two empty gallon oil jugs for the remaining injection oil so I can return the 5 gallon can to Lee Michalsky.  Also any remaining gas so I can top off the tanks after adding and circulating the stablizer.

John

Thursday partial clisure

I suggest meeting 8 or 9 on Thursday. Ray


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Thursday the 10th

I am in. What time should we meet?

Tomorrow slipped away

Tomorrow slipped out of my availability but Thursday, Friday or Saturday is still good for me. Two Ginzus, a roller the grader, propane bottles and bringing out the Scandic are what I know is left. Should we just pick a day and who can make it does. The other thing is Ray and I could put everything away on Thursday and John  could get the Scandic when it meets his schedule. How do we make a decision?

Manana

I am good for tomorrow, but tied up Thurs.

John

Closure

Friday is out for me.....I'm helping my brother set up a blind for hunting turkeys....opens Saturday. Thursday or tomorrow works for me. Ray

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Final closure day?

Any decision on our final day to put equipment away? I'm available the rest of the week. Thursday or Friday would work real good. Anyone interested in skiing after all is taken care of? How about a group lunch. I'll bring grill and either brats or burgers if anyone is interested.

Bike Ride

I am interested

Final Shutdown At Haggin

Is there any interest for shutdown on Wednesday or Thursday?  Also is there interest in a bike ride on Tuesday?  Bonnie, Kathy, and I are planning to ride the Burma Road from the Glen fishing access to the Notch Bottom fishing access (and back).

April 5th

Skiing at Haggin was great Saturday - on tail or off trial.

Trailer situation

I am going to dig out my little utility trailer to bring the 4-stroke Skandic home. The Club trailer is really buried.  I will do some digging and after next week's thaw it should be free.

Grooming Season Over?

Let me know when you want to close up.

We will probably need the trailer to pull the two machines out at Moulton after Haggin is taken care of.

Gus

Followup to Mark's Post

I'll get my utility trailer out tomorrow to be ready when we go.  I'm fine with any day for shutdown.  Are we going to leave the compacters out, pending removal or modification?

Mt Haggin report April 3

Skied today and was very surprised at how the tracks are holding up. Smoothed out the skate lanes. Put the track setter motor back together and it worked properly. Should be good to go for next year. Dug out the rollers and got two of them put away before Sara got back from her ski. Equipment still out are one roller, the grader and the two Ginzus. Skier traffic has really dropped off this week and don't see any reason for continuing grooming. Any time next week would be good for me to finish putting things away. I can have everything done except for the Ginzus. I can probably do those also but a hand may make it easier. Any thoughts as to when you want to close shop?

March 31 grooming report

Groomed today with all trails groomed to typical spring standards. Tracks were set in all the usual places and all skate lanes were also groomed. At present skiing is great but the temps and sun will have its effects.

Grooming for this weekend 3-28

With just a little new snow, the least amount of grooming will be the skate lanes and I will do that either late tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning. If the snow accumulates with any depth I'll set new tracks. At present there is enough snow in the old tracks to allow traction.

Sunday March 23 grooming

Sunday morning brought on no new snow at Mt Haggin so the skate lane on Crooked John was resurfaced along with the descent down Death's Dip out Sleepy Hollow. Be Careful skiing as it is spring time glazed.

Off- Piste or Crust Cruising

I'm back.  I have to ask, what are conditions off the pack?  I spent the day here digging trenches around my house in prep for the flood that will come with real spring.  Everywhere I walked around here that was out in the sun, I left about a 3/4" impression in the crust.  I have to believe that at Mt. Haggin, it would be a ball for both skaters and classic skiers.  Places like  the upper part of the Crooked John, Li'l Cal, and California Creek are full of open bottom and slopes that are like a huge groomed park. The same goes for all the open  in the space between CJ, Wulf's Cutoff, and the common.  The same goes for the newly logged territory.

I'm working on Bonnie to go try it out.

Grooming report 3-21

Went up late this afternoon hoping that the snow would loosen up enough to do some grooming. All of the skate areas on Crooked John and Sugar loaf was scarified with the ginzu. Skating tomorrow should be great. Resetting tracks would have been extremely difficult so all the set tracks were left alone. Little Cal was ginzu groomed from Deaths dip out to Crooked John. Sleepy hollow was also groomed. The tracks are in good structural condition but icy. When I was leaving at 6:30 PM. it looked as though there could be some snow tonight and even as little as an inch would make the track skiing real good as it would take care of the glaze.

Moulton Ski Trails

All the Moulton Ski Trails were groomed and tracks set today except Yankee Boy. It was snowing most of the day.

Groomed status March 16 2PM

Was able to get out to groom this morning before it got too warm. All  was groomed except Sapsucker. All skate lanes are of full width and tracks were put in on Crooked John, Sugar Loaf, Vanna's way and Little Cal.

A note in the donation box

Anonymous note collected March 8, 2014 from the donation box at the Warming Hut reads;

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK GROOMING. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT SOME OF US COME HERE TO ENJOY A BACK COUNTRY EXPERIENCE ON THE LITTLE CALIFORNIA CRK TRAIL. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU RERAINING FROM OVER GROOMING THAT TRAIL. THE SKATE SKIIERS ENJOY LOWER TRAILS WHILE MANY OF US ENJOY THE BACKWOODS FEELING OF LESS GROOMED TRAIL. THANK YOU.

Grooming 3-8-14

I plan to be there at 8 with a couple gas cans. Ray


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Are we still planning on Saturday Morning?

As it turns out I am available. Gus

There in spirit

I'll be there in spirit, if not in person.  I'm stuck down here between the Mormons and the sinners.  Tomorrow we're off to Mesquite for a seafood buffet at the Casablanca (and a booze run) and then back to the bikes.  I've got Bonnie grinning on single track!  Not bad for a couple of old f@rt$!  Ed Amberg's picture of the gauge tells it all - you've had your baptism of fire.  I know I never saw the gauge hit 4 feet!

 You guys are amazing!

Grooming Saturday

I can be there Saturday at 8. Ray


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Saturday Morning...

I am not sure yet of my availablility, I might have a scout meeting in Bozeman.  Gus

I would be up for grooming Saturday morning March 8th starting at 8, maybe earlier but I have two dogs to deal with here before heading to the ski hill.  If everything worked out well here I could probably get there earlier.  Paul  

Mt Haggin grooming

The finished track and skate lanes lasted one day. Another snowfall left 4 to 6 inches of very wet snow. Too warm to manage today but the low is predicted for tonight to be 24 and 16 for Friday night. Any thoughts on when. Both days highs are out of the grooming temp range so an early start will be in order. Any opinions?

Mt Haggin Grooming

Another 4 to 6 inches of wet heavy snow fell last night and today. Too warm to do anything with it today. Tonight's low is predicted to be 24 and Friday nights is 16. Warm days both days. Do we groom tomorrow or Saturday morning? Should start early in both cases.

Moulton Ski Trails

John Coles and Gus machine packed all the Moulton Ski Trail Wednesday morning (March 5,2014)

View from the south

Hi Guys:

Man!  Things at Mt. Haggin seem to mirror what's going on in the rest of  the world ... maybe us humans are having an effect on world climate.  You know all those dings in the trees along the trails from the late 90's when the implements carved their highest. This may be the season when the old marks get topped!

I admire your dedication to keep knocking down the new dumps,  so each layer is a firm base for the next.  As long as you and the equipment hold up, you'll keep mother nature in check.  I hope any skiers who venture out have some appreciation of what has gone on in their behalf!

We're overnighting in Nephi, UT.  St. George is currently catching spin-off from the same system in the Pacific that is plaguing you.  We'll drive under it tomorrow (just rain).  We saw satellite video of the system  on NBC tonight - it looks just like the hurricanes in the Atlantic, but maybe not quite as dense (but also without an arctic front to collide with) .

Regards, John

Hi Guys.  Looks like you have been doing a lot of work and barely staying ahead of the snow.  I'm getting tired of plowing or blowing snow with the tractor trying to keep our roads open.  This weekend looks like more work for me here.  When I get a break I'll help out with the grooming and I understand that John is not available for a while.  With all the work I hope you guys are still having fun.  Paul

Grooming outcome 2-28

Don't know if the Thursday night crew was up but today we groomed in another 8 to 12 inches.  It was snowing real hard so all we did is compact using rollers and the manual Tidd Tech. I'll try to get up there early tomorrow morning to compact what has fallen this afternoon and tonight. The way it was snowing and how dark the mountains have been today I expect more of the same.

Proposed time 9:00 AM

I can be there by 9:00 in the morning

Friday 2-28 start time

Any opinion on a start time for grooming tomorrow. I don't think temperatures are going to impact a need to adjust start times. Who's up for it and what time? Talked to Ray today and he is coming.

Thursday 2 27 status

Left Mt Haggin at 5:30  today after compacting everything and doing more grading on the entrance and the section from the warming hut to the start of Little Cal. Don't know if the Thursday night crew is going out tonight but it was 31 degrees and snowing. Smoothing out the  grading and compacting the new snowfall will be beneficial if they go. If not and it doesn't snow much tonight we will be able to get the ginzu's out and set tracks for the weekend.

Gas

I took two gas cans to Haggin this morning. I gassed the machines: The Yamahas are almost full, the Scandic and Bomba are full. I have filled the two empty cans and will bring them on my next trip. At noon today there was about 3 inches of new snow. Ray

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Out of the loop

Hi Guys:

I know I'm out of the loop regarding grooming at Haggin, but I think you need to post on Missoula Nordic what is going on for the benefit of all the skiers.

Update 2-22

As you know the active weather has made it difficult to keep the trails consistently groomed. Gus and I Tuesday I repaired the grader,  did all the trails on Monday after I broke the grader, di some grading on the entrance and Crooked John. After grading I groomed off what had been graded. Ray has been up almost daily trying to keep the trees off the trail. I'm going up this morning to try and cut back the drifting and grade the drifts out. Afterwards I'll have to groom out what has been graded. The drift by the cabins at the bottom of Deaths dip is bigger than it has been in a few years. Getting machines through there will be difficult.

Let's wait

I talked to Paul and the weather on the Haggin side is still active.  The advisory runs till morning and there will be wind and snow all day afterward.  Let's wait till Saturday and see if things improve.

Is there any grooming scheduled for Friday, February 21, 2014?

Meet at 9:00 AM?

Equipment

I suggest that each machine have a tow rope, a small saw, and a claw hammer.  Ray

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Saturday's project

Went to ski Saturday and found another 6+ inches of snow. I packed with the manual Tidd Tech as there was a fair amount of hopping from the rollers on Friday. Shoveled out the two ginzu's and the heavy Tidd Tech so when we get to use them next it won't be such a struggle. We need to equip all the machines with saws since increased snow depths and snow load on the trees are creating more obstacles. Should we get more short saws that fit under the seats?

Friday - 8:00 AM

I can make it Need fuel, I have two gas cans?

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I'll be there at 8.    Ray

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Valentines Day Grooming Schedule

Mark is out rolling the upper end today, so it will have overnight to firm up.  We had better start at 8:00 to beat the heat. Any takers?

Rolled trails

Sara and I skied Spire yesterday and found a foot of snow up high. Rolled all trails and since it is snowing again, am postponing doing finish work. Good temps for snow consolidation.

Well this morning there's a new dump.  6 plus inches of new snow and I'm tied up on Sunday moving stuff here.  Neighbors are also having problems with snow removal so... more work for me.  Paul

Surprise! Surprise!

Mark: I'm sorry you got in trouble late yesterday.  I have to say that we are becoming complacent about getting stuck.  Until recently we haven't had any significant dumps, and we haven't had any serious problems.  Before we had all the fancy (and heavy) equipment, when we got a big dump, we would make a machine pass, then roll, and finish up pulling the tracksetter, leaving everything soft and hoping things would  harden overnight.

We used to have a policy that nobody operated alone.  In the name of efficiency, and because guys like Paul and you, Mark, seem to avoid getting in trouble, or are able to extricate yourselves, we forgotten that.

At least we should get back to the idea that it is best to just pack when we have a dump, and come back a day later to finish.  We've got enough guys to make it work. And it's kind of stupid to have 5 guys show up when there is little new snow.  It would be a lot better to follow the weather and try and keep the system in decent shape all the time.

We should accept that some operators are better than others, but on average, we'll end up with better grooming results if we spread the work among us, and under normal conditions have a rotation, with no more than 3 or possibly 4 guys on a shift, and make sure everybody does a turn on each machine and implement. There's no magic about grooming and tracksetting - only practice. And we must get serious about rotating in new blood.

Grooming Feb 8, 14

Got stuck and couldn't get myself and the implement out yesterday so this morning Paul and I went up, retrieved the ginzu. While we were there we made a turn around at the bottom of deaths dip and tried to pack death's dip out to sleepy. I hope our issues of getting stuck are resolved. With all the new snow we groomed Crooked John and set track along with finishing the grooming not completed on Little Cal. With so much new snow, I ran the tidd tech on Sugar Loaf. Dave, if you plan to groom on Thursday night could you post by Wednesday evening. That way I'll try to do more leveling Thursday during the day.

Sounds like a full crew

Nothing like 48 hours or so of being cooped up to bring out the cabin fever.  You guys coming from Butte (or better yet going home) should take the long way and travel the frontage road between Feeley and Divide. There is an elk herd that Vanna estimates at 700 hanging low behind Smith's ranch.  Yesterday about 4:30 when we went by they were all headed down toward Divide Creek.  Quite a sight!

See ya all tomorrow.  Dibs on riding the grader some.

Friday at 1:00PM

I can be there.

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I'll meet at 1. I'll bring the filled propane bottle. This bottle's shutoff valve does not close all the way and should be replaced when it is empty.   Ray

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Friday Grooming

Ok I'm in. Going stir crazy and need more outside time than an hour at a time. Do you want me to come get the grader in the morning and then transfer the trailer when you get there?

The plan is to haul grader to Haggin on Friday getting it set up and maybe doing some grooming.  Plan to meet at about 1:00.  Let the group know if you have any interest in helping out.  Low of 38 below this morning so hopefully it will warm up a lot tomorrow.  Paul

Gas at hut

I put 5 full gas containers in with the Alpine today. Who do I talk to about changes on the trail brochure? The scenic views from Little California are of the Anaconda Range not the Pintlar Range. Ray

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We ended up with about 10 inches to 1 foot of snow so there will be plenty of work Tomorrow.  I've been moving snow all day getting our road open and widened with blower on tractor.  Paul

Concentrate on GPS

Mark - if I were you I'd concentrate on the GPS recording.  If there is a lot of new snow, why risk getting stuck with an implement out there by yourself.  Dave's crew should have Crooked John  and Wulf's Cutoff done, so we won't have too much bushwacking.  Also note that the forecast has changed: 6F tonight and only 22F tomorrow.

GPS tracking

John, Ray, Gus and Paul,

Great suggestion. I'll try to get there earlier and start out long before You are there. I'm wondering that if there is a lot of snow like there was at discovery today if I should tow a roller or open it up with just the Alpine II. any thoughts from you guys?

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Nine sounds good to me. Ray


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Professional grooming ojt

Mark - I suggest you take a machine carrying the GPS receiver and do all the trails, stopping at each junction to mark a waypoint.  The Spire Loop will have to be done on skis. Why not take the 2-stroke Skandic, since it's easy to maneuver. The rest of us can come behind and do the grooming, hopefully gaining some more experience so that our work approaches professional standards.  You have obviously been getting lots of experience so we don't need to worry about the quality of your work.

I would like to suggest that we start at 9:00, since the overnight temp is predicted to be 15F and the high tomorrow 24F.  That would also give Mark an opportunity to get ahead of us.

Hut area organization

Groomers,

Yesterday I went to Mt Haggin and spent much of my time working in around the hut area attempting to our equipment that we use on a regular basis easier access. The other priority as the board is talking about increasing funds to improve both Mt Haggin and Moulton was have our work area less cluttered and look more professional. My thought was if we are attempting to raise more funding we need to look like we deserve it. We keep getting wonderful compliments on our grooming and I see this as just another step in generating more members and collecting more donations.

Last night Jesse gave me his GPS equipment to remap the trails and include the new trails so give some thought on how you would like me to run the trails tomorrow during our grooming session.

Mark

Track repair

Late yesterday Ray told me that someone had been on the trails with snowmobiles. Sara and I skied Vanna's, Sap Sucker and little Cal witnessing the damage today. Gus was at the waxing clinic and told me the search and rescue were in there looking for someone. So late this afternoon I went up and reset track on Little Cal, leveled Sapsucker and cleaned up Sleepy hollow and the skate lane on Crooked John. There was a lot of traffic today so again the descents were shaved off and there were numerous sitzmarks.

Grooming report 1-24-14

Thursday's night crew groomed Crooked John so this morning new tracks were set on Crooked John and groomed Sleepy Hollow. The new beginner entrance to the building was opened up. After it sets up it needs to be widened and tracks set.

I called Gus and we will meet at 10am.  After getting the machine put away I'll haul the grader to my place using the club trailer. Mark and I will then figure out what's needed to repair the grader.  Paul

Meeting time?

Does anyone have a suggested time for meeting at Haggin to unload the Yamaha? Paul and I didn't get the trailer lights to work with Paul's truck, so all is still at my house.

Sorry for not updating blog

Sorry for not updating the blog about what I did Wednesday. I posted it on the Missoula Nordic site and thought I would talk to you and Paul yesterday in Wise River. We had too many topics to contend with and I'll blame it on age, it slipped my mind. In the future, I'll try to be more mindful of getting it on the blog when I get home.

Grooming 1-24

I agree that grooming should wait for new snow. I'm planning to do some clipping on Vanna's Way tomorrow and possibly Saturday.    Ray

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You have better intel

From what you and Sara have observed first-hand, I'd say we should let things go and wait for new snow or more serious deterioration.  Let me know when I can link up with you guys and bring the trailer here for storage.

I know Dave Susanj is getting these updates, so hopefully they will avoid the set tracks if they go up tonight.

grooming schedule for tommow

When Gus and I skied on Wednesday the tracks were holding up real well. The descents out of Deaths dip and sleepy hollow were getting a bit ugly so before leaving Wednesday, I scarified from Deaths dip down sleepy hollow and the skate lane on Crooked John. Sara skied little Cal yesterday and reported that both the tracks and the descents were still in good shape. I wasn't there today as I went to Discovery so I don't know what the traffic was like today. Paul and I talked about dropping off the repaired machine and taking the grader to his house for repair. If you feel we should groom, What time should we meet?

24 Jan 2014 Grooming Schedule

Paul is picking up the VK10 from Staack's today (Thurs) and he will bring it to Haggin in the morning. He already checked it out yesterday, because of plug mis-match, couldn't hook up to the Club trailer electrically.

Apparently Haggin didn't catch much snow, so we're probably forced to scarify the old pack and soften up the skate lanes and reset the tracks. After a long weekend of use and a whole week of warm days, things have to be glazed, hard, beat up, and dirty. We've got three aggressive groomers plus other implements if  we want to really break things up. Any thoughts?

Signs

Ray,

Thanks for the new signs. They look great!

Mt Haggin skiers

Skiing?

Anyone interested in skiing tomorrow -
Tuesday?

Alpine II Post 2

Went up this morning to clean up the mess we made filming yesterday and fixed the area we tracked up with both feet and the snowmobile/work sled. Cleaning up the skate area went well but didn't set the best track where we had ether wrecked it yesterday or wrecked it with the groomer today. Finished up getting the rest of the ice out of the tracks on the Alpine II and cleaned the snow off the carpet. Great job Ray as it didn't take that much more effort.

Alpine II

I tried to use the Alpine today. It was and still is immobile. It was full of snow and ice in the tracks. I froze fingers and gave up trying to free the tracks. Moved one hell of a lot of ice/snow. Ray

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Off to Seeley.  VK10 is still waiting for parts. Will pick it up next week if it is ready.  Have fun skiing.  paul

Sounds good!  We're going up tomorrow also - maybe we'll see y'all.

Grooming 1-17-14

I agree with Mark about not messing with the tracks - they should be good. I will take the gas tomorrow morning. I am heading to Missoula Satrday.    Ray

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Mt Haggin tracks

I would bet the tracks are in great shape as on Tuesday when we set them the moisture was quite high and when we skied after grooming, they were well set up. I didn't ski today as we needed to go to Missoula but will ski tomorrow. If they are blown out which I don't think they will be I can do a quick clean up at the end of my ski or see if Saturday morning would work if we want to do a full workup.

Mark

What are conditions at Mt. Haggin

Does anybody know what kind of shape the trails are in?  Do we need to reset the tracks?

Thurs. night

Thursday night crew won't be grooming this week - no new snow & I believe some grooming was done on Tuesday

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Grooming for Tuesday

I'm up for 8 AM. Was up today after John and I had a conversation on Sunday about getting stuck Friday and the need for more markers at the meadow crossings. I've marked most of the crossings better and shoveled snow in some of the areas where our cant is off. Hopefully we can get our projects done without getting stuck tomorrow.

Mark

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Grooming 1-14

I can't groom Tuesday or Wednesday. I have a swallowing test tomorrow morning- following the endoscopy last Tuesday. I'm meeting my brother at Georgetown Wednesday morning. Sorry

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Catching up after the big blow

Tuesday looks good for catch-up.  Temps are going to be warm though, so an early start would be advised.  Any takers for 8:00?  Please just respond by doing a new post, rather than commenting.  Since Ray is using email, he is defaulted to posting. Posting really works best anyway, since the latest info is always on top.

Mark just called. He and Sara are out of town and won't be back in time for grooming so the rest of us are good to go.  See ya all at 9:00.

John

If Mark will take a bye then I guess it's Gus, Ray, Paul, and John

9 sounds good to me. Ray

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I forgot to sign my post/email...... Ray

On Jan 9, 2014 2:55 PM, "rayschottmt@gmail.com" <rayschottmt@gmail.com> wrote:

I will groom on Friday whenever. I bought a new gas can to replace a leaker which is going to be recycled. It is full of mid-grade for tomorrow.

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Grooming 1-10-14

I will groom on Friday whenever. I bought a new gas can to replace a leaker which is going to be recycled. It is full of mid-grade for tomorrow.

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Grooming Schedule 10 Jan 2014

Paul reports 4" of new snow at his place overnight, so Mt. Haggin probably got at least that much.  There also were a couple of inches since grooming on Sunday. Mark may have an update on snow conditions.

VK10 #1 is still a Staack's, waiting for parts. The mechanic claims the idle problems we've been having are because the clutch was trying to engage at idle (which he says was set too high). He adjusted the idle speed. The belt was getting worn. Therefore a new belt and some clutch parts have been ordered.  Paul will start and warm up the machine when we pick it up to verify the idle problem is fixed.

Who wants to groom?

Learn to Ski

The learn to ski group were up today with 4 classic and one skate students. It looked like the classes went well. The entrance, Commons  Wulfs Cutoff and upper Crooked John were groomed. All of the terrain was used for the classes except upper Crooked John. All instructors skied at least one loop and were pleased with what we are doing. I think they are ready to give us a better look with better signage, maps and a new statement asking for donations. It was snowing pretty hard today but don't know if or when our next grooming should take place. Should go up tomorrow to ski and can give an update on snow depth.

3 Jan 2014 Grooming Schedule

Mark and I groomed yesterday and although there were quite a few skiers, the trails should be in pretty good shape. Mt. Haggin isn't forecast to get much snow in the next few days.  We emptied the last of the gas cans, leaving VK10 #2 and the 4-stroke Skandic full.  I don't know the status of the other Skandic.  I called Dave Susanj and his crew won't come up tonight.

I hope we can get VK10 #1 to Staack's.