Hello, old friends
Trip date: Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Submitted by bob truman
Particpants:
Discussion:
It's nice to see the old familiar landmarks every winter when I make the first trip on Elk Pass. In addition to the landmarks, I was thrilled to run into couch builder MaSid at the Fox Creek junction at 1.5K.
I'm always relieved when I realize I can make it to the top of the big hill once again, especially considering I'll be joining the septuagenarians in a few months.
The snow is cold and has not deteriorated whatsoever from this warm spell. In mid afternoon, the air temperature was -1 and the snow was -3. I had already lost the sun.
The trail is groomed for the first 2K, and trackset thereafter. As MaSid mentioned on his report, there's even some fresh snow on top of the recent grooming. I had good grip with purple wax.
I was pleasantly surprised at the good conditions on Fox Creek on my return. Excellent coverage, good skier-set tracks, and only a bit of tree debris.