The trails at Gov Dodge are finally in condition for rock skiing, with about 2 inches of fresh wind-blown snow on top of 2 1/2 inches of crusty base left over from the wet snow on Friday, Jan 31st (we didn't get as much rain as Madison on Sunday, so retained some base). I skied the Gold Mine Trail (Tuesday at lunch), the worst in terms of new gravel and having the wind blow off the snow, and it was fine; I didn't scrape through to the rocks. However, with more skiers and more aggressive wedging on the downhills, rocks will surface soon. The lakes, where the skiing was decent recently, are now drifty and crusty with occasional slushy spots--not as good as last week, but skiable with good skis. Another 3 or 4 inches and we'll have some real groomed skiing!
Stuart R.
