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Saturday
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Jan 27.
Haze. Some ice, frozen mud spots.
Course frozen hard until about 11 am.
Some frozen ruts on south end, a few ice patches.
The course is marked with flags. 90% snowpack. |
Looking north at the end of
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main race loop. On southern-facing slopes,
snow has melted away. Pre-riders are encouraged
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Sunday
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Jan 28. Sun with haze. Multiple melted spots
yesterday, with afternoon bike traffic putting
mud on top of hard-pack snow. 70% snowpack.
Photo on Spring Connector.
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Most of trail no longer "soft" hardpack -- it's
a firm and fast riding surface. Quite
a bit of rutting from afternoon riders yesterday!
Photo on Spring Trail near Lambert Luge.
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Monday
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Jan 29. Bright sun in early morning, most of
the inversion is sitting south of Lambert Park.
South-end trails melted off in all sun-exposed areas.
This photo is just south of the Bowery Pavilion.
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Most of the north end is hard-pack with a
few icy spots and multiple small areas of
exposed mud. Trailside snow compacting...
This shot is from Lambert's Luge.
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Tuesday
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Jan 30. Snow retreating rapidly on sun-exposed
trail. Only about 50% of trail has snow-cover.
Plenty of ice patches. South end snow going fast.
This photo is on Middle Trail, half-way down.
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Weather.com says there may be snow showers
(30% chance) today. Hope that's true! We could
use a little bit more snow on these trails!
Photo shows Middle Trail near southern end.
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Wednesday
Jan 31
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Jan 31. A light skiff of snow makes things
more winter-like. A bit more snow expected
in next the 24 hours. Looking good for the race...
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There are quite a few ruts, but we're looking
to smooth them out with snow (or feet)
by raceday. Photos from Middle Trail.
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Thursday
Feb 1
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Feb 1. 1 to 2 inches of new snow.
Another 2 inches expected tonight!
Looks pretty, but with places to pass.
Photo from Middle Trail.
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Not as smooth as it looks because
of ruts under the snow.
We'll pack it tomorrow.
Photo from Spring Trail.
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Friday
Feb 2
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Looking south on Spring, it's a winter
wonderland for the racers pre-riding
this morning. We're doing our final
race markings today -- see photo at right.
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Morning
pre-riding only, please!
Trail mud melting time estimate = 12:30
Trail will BE CLOSED
to pre-riding
this afternoon while we smooth ruts!
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Saturday
Feb 3
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RACE
DAY !
Kristen models the 2007 Frozen Hog
t-shirt.
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