Grand Nordic Corner May 8, 2020

Grand Nordic Corner May 8, 2020

The last two weeks of warm sunshine has made it official.  Nordic skiing is over in the lower valleys in Grand County.  If you can get to it, there is still a lot of snow in high country.  Rivers are just starting to come up, that means there is still a lot of melting...

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Crust Skiing is Here!

Crust Skiing is Here!

Whee! I was gliding almost effortlessly across the top of the snow down a gentle hill in the meadow below our house with the dog chasing at my heels!  Who needs trails?  I love this time of year – Crust skiing is here… February was snowmagedon setting new accumulation...

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Grand Nordic Corner, February 6, 2020

Winter is here with a force!  The recent snows make me think of old times when every winter was like this.  Maybe best when snow is deep in high country and maybe not where we have to shovel day after day. But then I am telling my age… But this fluffy white stuff is...

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Grand Nordic Corner – January 9, 2020

Welcome to 2020 with double digits below zero in the morning soaring to the 30’s in the early afternoon!  That used to be a regular part of our winters but now, we are getting spoiled with zero degrees as the norm. But that is January and it is usually our coldest...

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