Unfortunately there are several long stretches of trail (Towhee and Lippo's Loop) where the snowpack has been washed away by water sitting or flowing underneath the snowpack, or flowing along the trail beside the snowpack. It's not possible to make a continuous loop for the race course without going off trail through the trees, and the trail isn't wide enough to make an out-and-back. It seems unlikely that it could be fixed by moving chunks of snowpack from the woods onto the trail. The race has been cancelled, and we're not going to use the backup date as the forecast is bad midweek.
The skiing is pretty good on the parts of trail that are not affected by the washouts. The surface is a little powder over a thick crust over denser stuff. If you would like to join in some fun group activity tomorrow (Feb 2), meet at the warming hut in time to start skiing at 9:30am. Pay attention to where you walk on Summit Rd, as it is icy beneath the snow. We will be selling Kind-a-hard (to-plan-a-race-these-days) t-shirts and go for a group ski; if there are enough of us we might do something like a short relay on part of interstate, just for fun. Please let us know if you might join.
