Losing It

I can't believe it, we've lost all our snow. Actually, there is still a fair amount on the ground, but the temperature hit about 50 degrees yesterday, and so much of it melted. Crazy weather.

The XC trail is in terrible shape, I think because there wasn't a good base to begin with, and when they groomed it with their new groomer, I think it trashed the trail a little. I'm guessing there needs to be a minimum amount of snow base for the groomer to work properly, but what do I know? Whatever be the case, there are major bare spots all over, and the beautiful snow cover is turning to ice now that it is cooling off once again.

On a bright note, I didn't have to do any raking now that we have a standing seam roof, which alone is worth the price of admission. Once it warms up a bit, the snow just slides off, though it makes a pretty impressive sound, startling us and making us jump on more than one occasion. We worry a little about the cats getting buried, but they're pretty resourceful.

In the meantime, let's hope for some snow in the forecast. We need to hit the slopes, and the XC trail needs it badly. Plus, we'd like to do some outdoor skating, but that's looking pretty doubtful in the near future.

Oh well, you just can't have it all. Thanks for reading.