Pocaterra - a nice early Christmas present

Trip date: Friday Dec 23, 2022

Submitted by Bob Truman

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Discussion:

I was waiting, waiting, waiting for the temperature to warm up before heading out today. My original plan was to ski at Ribbon Creek and I arrived there at 1 pm.

The temperature was -15 but the wind was howling and I could see drifted snow in this morning's tracksetting. What did I decide to do? Keep Going.

I continued down Hwy 40 to PLPP. The wind was blowing until I turned off the highway to Pocaterra Hut. At the hut I was greeted with -17 but the air was calm and the sky was partly sunny.

I started skiing from the hut on yesterday's tracksetting which was covered with a dusting of icing sugar. It was beautiful.

I made it as far as the Packers junction on good conditions. The trail report mentions the trail is only partially trackset but I would say that it was 99% trackset where it would normally be trackset. There were a few places where the snowcat tracks were showing but it wasn't an issue. There was no exposed ground.

The internet is working at the hut and so is the fireplace.