Les Cedres – Sun 6 Feb

What a difference a few degrees can make.  8 of us started skiing in blue at 9:30 at Les Cedres.  The car thermometer said it was -2 degrees.  It was gorgeous and untracked.  It seems the groomer decided to sleep in too this morning.  We did the long loop and on our way back saw signs that the groomer was out and about.  We decided to do a short loop on what turned out to be partially tracked trails (seems the groomer was concentrating on the skating trails).  Only now the temperature was plus 2 degrees and the skiing was a lot tougher.  We actually caught the groomer and had to pass him.  At 11:45 we were all content to call it a day.

Cap St. Jacques Feb 2nd

Wednesday night skiing at Cap St. Jacques – 4 not so bright beavertailers braved the winter storm to ski the trails.  Are we crazy or what?  Whose idea was this?  Robert started it!  No Ray started it.  Whoever started it – it turned out to be a great idea.  The center had groomed earlier in the afternoon but the wind swept away some of the trails. 

Lights were not needed (hence the not so bright!) and the glide was awesome.  The only challenge was finding the trails!  In the woods the trails were brilliant.