[NMCCSC] Hard crust near 10K South Trailhead yesterday

[Katie Cunningham]

Thanks for the update.  It sounds like scary ski conditions for people like
me who have no skins.
Katie C.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:16 PM Sam Beard via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Hello Skiers,
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> Michael Arndt and I “skied” about 3 hours on trails between 10K S TH and
> Ellis TH yesterday.
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> We found extremely hard crust in all the open areas and “skied” all day on
> skins. I had Black Diamond kicker skins, and Michael had special Fischer
> skins on Fischer skis. He had more glide than I had, but he also moved
> faster downhill on the crust. In  the trees we found softer snow.
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> Sandia Nordic Ski Club was grooming trails with their equipment, and the
> only loose snow that we found in the open areas was on the groomed trails.
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> We met a few snowshoers and a few skiers on the groomed trails. We saw no
> other skiers on the crust in the open areas.
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> The temperature was 24 F when we arrived at 10K S TH at 10 am.
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> Sam
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