[NMCCSC] Skiing from 10K S Trailhead, Sat., Dec. 5

[Liz McGrath]

Lovely!  Thanks for the report.

Liz McGrath

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:35 AM Sam Beard via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Hello Skiers,
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> On Saturday, Dec. 5, Michael Arndt and I skied about 3 miles RT in the
> area between 10K South Trailhead and Ellis Trailhead in the Sandia
> Mountains.
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> From 10K South Trailhead, we skied to the east and south until we came to
> the groomed trail “above” the parking lot. We skied west on an unmarked
> route parallel to the groomed trail to the next switchback in the Crest
> Highway. This route, known as Sam’s/Kerry’s Trail, continues up parallel to
> the highway to the first highway switchback below Ellis Trailhead. We then
> skied the groomed (rolled by the Sandia Nordic Ski Club) trail across the
> meadow (old road clearing) to an aspen grove that stops at a forest-covered
> cliff. We had lunch here and returned by the same route to the parking lot.
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> We had only about 7 inches of undisturbed snow (as Amy Mathis said
> earlier), and we hit several rocks. The temperature was about 37F all day.
> We only saw three other skiers.
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> The highway was clear and dry. The 10K parking lots were about half-full.
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> We need more snow, and some is forecast for Thursday and Friday.
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> A few photos are presented in the attached Word document.
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> Sam
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Liz McGrath
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