[NMCCSC] Sandias Feb 23rd

[Terri Elisberg]

I'll just add to what Peter wrote. Saw Peter on the 1st tram up so we were
the only skiers on the Ellis Network.  No snowshoes, no postholers, NOBODY!
Nice but a little eerie.

It seemed to me most trails had a couple new inches which made conditions
good. Ellis service road and small parts of sun exposed trails were hard
packed and icy yet should soften with rising temps each day.

Peter made a track on Gravel Pit and continued on to Survey.  I made a
track on Buried Cable, upper service road, upper Switchback and Rocky
Point. We cleared as much debris and broken branches as possible so it
should be good to go for tomorrow! It was nice enough that I may head back
up again tomorrow and enjoy skiing without doing trail maintenance!

I only saw 1 downed tree so the rest must have been on Survey. It was the
one Peter mentioned on lower Switchback just as you're starting on it near
the wood sign that says trail maintained by ski club. Instead of trying to
get around it since it does block the trail, I went down to Ellis service
road near the parking lot where there's another access to Switchback.

One last thing to note....there are some snow drifts that created little
wells (troughs) on trails to watch for where one ski may dip down lower and
offset your balance.  Rocky Point trail was more sloped on parts due to
drifts but it's skiable for sure.

Enjoy!
Terri

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023, 1:56 PM Peter Marks via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Skied Gravel PT, Survey, Switchback and Rocky Pt today-the only person I
> saw was Terri E. The snow conditions were quite variable due to the high
> winds yesterday- some areas were hard packed and fast and others soft and
> slow-probably 1 to 2 inches of new snow from the storm yesterday. I
> encountered 4 down trees but I was able to get around all of them without
> taking my skis off. All of the trees were probably no greater than 1 ft in
> diameter. One of the trees was about .25 miles north of the War of the
> Roses tree, one near the power line, one on Rocky Pt and one on Switchback
> near the service road. There were a lot of twigs and small branches down
> and I moved some that I could easily get to.
>
> Peter
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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