CASCADE TO ELK TRAP
Trip date: Friday Feb 18, 2022
Submitted by DEMOCRATIZE AB
Particpants:
Mr. Legalize Real Democracy on single camber skis
Discussion:
Great trackset skiing on the Cascade Trail. Generally moderately fast skiing and fast skiing from the Cascade Bridge to Stoney Creek. Some skate skier damage to the trail in places. Swix V40 wax worked well for grip and glide. There was a little very light snow falling when I got back to the parking lot after 9:00 pm.
From Stoney Creek to about 2 km beyond, the trail was pummeled by snowshoers. Beyond the snowshoer damage, the ski trail was somewhat filled with wet sticky snow. My skis clumped up fully on the bottoms with up to 6" of snow at times. Somewhat slow skiing. With the wet snow I decided to stop at Elk Trap and skied back after the sun went down. This allowed the snow to set up and the ski trail going back was much faster with no sticky snow.
At Stoney Creek cabin, the temperature was +3C at about 7:30pm.