We continue to stay in a consistent weather pattern. We did get the forecasted 2-4 of new wet snow yesterday – maybe another 1 -2 today with strong chance for some of it to be a wintry mix. There is confidence that the west end will get another 1-3 tonight of the same wet snow […]
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Some change to the forecast, but nothing major. The National Weather Service is still calling for anywhere from 2-4 inches of new snow by early Friday. So far, it’s been a wintery mix with a little bit of freezing drizzle mixed in the closer you get to Lake Superior. We expect mostly snow to continue […]
Course conditions overall continue to look pretty great. We aren’t quite sure about slush on the water crossings just yet but the big snow over the weekend did push some water up on the lower ponds (last 7K). Cold temperatures early this week should firm that up but temperatures look to moderate pretty significantly end […]
The story today was more snow – the most remote parts of the course received about 12 inches while in the city limits about 6 inches of new snow fell. More lake effect snow is in the forecast for Saturday night and Sunday which should bring a few more inches and then that should do […]
Race day is just over one week away. Some trail work continues in the most remote portion of the course near Zhulkie Creek and other portions of the course are being packed and prepared for the first runs of the grooming equipment. The “new” Mead Hills bypass (used in the 24K) is now open and […]
There are many exciting things that are happening now that we are two weeks away from the 22nd annual Noquemanon Ski Marathon. The new PistenBully is here and getting broken in – it will be ready to go and has already been out prepping some of the lower parts of the course on the way […]
Despite the extended warm-up and rain closing down trails across the Midwest, our trails have maintained an incredible base and skiing has been excellent…when it hasn’t been raining. Skiers have been out on the trails logging ever increasing numbers of K’s. Thanks to the NTN groomers for the trail prep and maintenance – knowing when […]
After some herculean volunteer efforts, much of the public parts of the ski marathon course have been cleaned up after the two winter storms that dumped over 36 inches of wet-heavy snow in the area and ski season is definitely in full swing. We live in a great community with dedicated and helpful people! Eyes […]