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  • Category: Cross Country
  • Founded: Dec 3, 2007
  • Language: English
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I ended up driving to Fair Haven Park. There was about 5 inches on the ground in most areas. Yet we did most of our skiing on the bay....
1 Jan 27, 2008
10:29 pm

ladylark2004
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I just got home from skiing Hemlock lake. Completely frozen with about 2-3 inches of snow on top. Very smooth ice underneath - a little slick for my poles to...
1 Jan 27, 2008
8:45 pm

Carol
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HI!Does anyone know the snow/ski conditions heading East of Rochester (within a hours drive)?...
2 Jan 27, 2008
3:17 pm

Mike V.
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Skied Saturday morn. Trails were all well covered but thin except Bear Cub which had some leaves mixed in with the snow. Lots of high school races were going...
1 Jan 27, 2008
5:51 am

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Hike/Ski At Weilers for RNSC club members Jan. 26, 2008 Sat., Weilers Hike/Ski, 1pm-4pm 7829 W. Henrietta Rd. Barb has mentioned that they have no snow, but we...
1 Jan 26, 2008
12:26 am

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Skiied Northampton Park. Did most of the trails in the section between Hubbell and Salmon Creek Roads. It was rough. The snow cover was an inch or so of...
1 Jan 24, 2008
8:55 pm

David
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Saturday; Trails covered pretty much nicely. No wet spots., use your 2nd best or 3rd best skis. gr...
1 Jan 20, 2008
2:06 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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We have several hike/ski get-to-gethers coming up this month! Two of them are this Saturday and Sunday. ... These activities will be: (these hikes are open to...
1 Jan 11, 2008
5:26 am

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Hi all, I skied the Quaker Pond Loop at 8:00 a.m. today. At that point it was still pleasurable skiing - very skied down but only a few bad spots. I then skied...
1 Jan 5, 2008
7:44 pm

Jo Taylor
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Friday Afternoon 1-4-08 I took the afternoon off, thinking I had enough snow for a nice ski, but once I got out on the trails I found that the coverage was...
1 Jan 4, 2008
9:22 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Just a reminder that I am leading a hike or ski at Quaker Pond this coming Sunday morning - the 6th. The paper is predicting mild weather, mostly rain free,...
1 Jan 3, 2008
12:16 pm

Jo Taylor
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The Hunt Hollow site reports they got 4" of new snow the morning of 12-31-07 (Monday). The www.xcrochester.com website reports ; Road,Racoon and meadow, very...
1 Jan 1, 2008
3:20 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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A covering snow arrived overnight, looks like 1.75" under trees and 2.25 in more open areas. It is the dense kind that is sitting on trees in a very pretty...
1 Dec 31, 2007
3:12 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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I got so busy this week I forgot to post that I took a trip to Bristol Mountain Nordic. They have nice trails, cold enough at night for snowmaking, and are now...
1 Dec 31, 2007
4:43 am

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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In desperation, I went down to HH today (Sat 12/29) in hopes of finding some skiable snow. Sadly, I found a lot of very hard crusty snow and a lot of ice. The...
1 Dec 29, 2007
8:12 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Wed Dec 26 1pm I needed a snow fix real bad. I took a little walk across the street into Powder Mills, to see what the trails were like. There was a surprising...
1 Dec 26, 2007
7:16 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Is there hope for this week? Where can I ski? I need a fix! Gary...
2 Dec 25, 2007
6:02 pm

David
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Went in from main parking lot on Lake and Holt, over the big bridge over the creek. I can't navigate for darn at Webster, so pretty much followed a trail by...
1 Dec 19, 2007
9:51 pm

David
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Skiied the golf course and the western lake, Eastman? Very good skiing. Very few wet spot. Good cover, more than enough snow for control, Good glide....
1 Dec 19, 2007
9:45 pm

David
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Great snow!! My calibrated poles say 15" deep. Did some on the groomed trails around Calkins; well packed and nice, and the south meadow loop down in the SE...
1 Dec 18, 2007
1:43 am

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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We have 6-10" of lovely dense snow. Current temp is 24 The freezing rain didn't do much to hurt anything. The only drawback is deep snow is more work to break...
1 Dec 16, 2007
7:43 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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We had snow yesterday, and I had the chance to try it out this morning. Temp is 34 degrees so the 4-5 inches we got is very dense and wet and has good glide...
1 Dec 14, 2007
6:11 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Skiers, It is interesting and amusing: 10 Favorite Ski Trails. Not bad for couple who live in Florida. David...
2 Dec 11, 2007
5:38 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Good skiing on the trails across the dog kennel. Quaker Pond Trail somewhat icy. /Jo...
1 Dec 9, 2007
4:36 pm

Jo Taylor
nytrails
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Delicious ski this morning. Enough dense snow to cover most everything (and in trampled spots, enough on the side to keep skiing). Decent glide, and I didn't...
1 Dec 8, 2007
6:20 pm

Gary Reif
xccrosscountry
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Skied, all the country trails south of the creek, save the Yelllow. There is fallen log nn the Orange, and I advise not to ski it. Considering that Oatka is...
1 Dec 6, 2007
10:13 pm

David
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The area of the park south of Old Burrell Road, the Green Trail, had several inches of snft snow over frozen ground. The area north of Old Burrell had a...
1 Dec 5, 2007
5:07 pm

David
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The foundation website reports excellent conditions as of Tuesday Night. 12-5-2007 http://xcrochester.com/new/conditions.htm# Conditions are excellent. The...
1 Dec 5, 2007
1:57 pm

xccrosscountry
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Ankle to shin deep and deeper, had to break trail but mostly did not care. Great snow gr...
1 Dec 5, 2007
5:11 am

Gary Reif
xcski2000
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First ski of the 2007-2008 season was great!!! 4-5" of snow, was nice dense powder until about noon. Was able to use pretty good skis (not rock skis), quite...
1 Dec 3, 2007
6:03 pm

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