I was out skiing lots of trails this morning, (all nicely covered), so the tracks are formed, the trails broken and you have no excuse to not get out there and...
As I was in the neighborhood, I skiied Turning Point Park. Keep it pretty flat. Several inches of snow with boot track grooming. Did see a few, one or two,...
I skied Mendon today (the eastern section: water tower, north meadow, ...). Conditions were quite good overall...The biggest annoyance was that some...
Skied Mendon Ponds to, the South Meadow and a bit of Quaker Pond and a in the Devil's Bath Tub area. The Federation's grooming, the terrain, and the lack of...
5 inches at Powder Mills at 9am, but I am headiing over to Mendon because the xcrochester website says they started grooming at sunrise and I won't have to...
Sunday 3-9-08; Some parts of Mendon have fabulous skiing (classic, skaters will have to judge for themselves). I skied the Green marked trail (AKA as the 10K...
The Foundation website reports 6" of new snow at Harriet Hollister today (Thur): " 6" fresh snow overnight over packed base. Very good conditions- It's like...
The Foundation site has a post from 3:30pm Saturday: Very good mid-winter conditions continue in the Spring sunshine with most trails groomed for skate &...
I was skiing at Harriet Hollister today and found the snow to be holding up very well. It was groomed on Friday and looked like on Saturday. The center of the...
With forties projected for tommorow, I decided not to let Gary hog all the snow at Harriet. However, I suspect he will follow up this report. Skied the...
Again, thanks to the Rochester XC Ski Foundation website trail reports, we know that on Friday 8-10" of powder fell and they posted this report: (with a base...
I was driving back up from Philadelphia and around the Pocanos, there was a patch of fog a few hundred yards long that we saw on top of the next hill. When we...
To RNSC members and Rochester area XC skiers: Like to ski? Like Trails? Like trails without face-scratchers and eyepokers? Then you just might want to help out...
From the xcrochester.com site: GVBKYS Parent Meeting and Ski Equipment Swap will be held on Thursday, 30Oct08 from 6:30 to 8:30 at the St. Catherine's Schnacky...
Hi everyone, Hope this is ok to post here... You can see a list of my groups on Grouply at the link below. Maybe you'll find some you want to join. Dan Here's...
Nov. 18, 2008, 7am, and we have an early cold snap and lake effect storm! Powder Mills Park has 3 inches of surprisingly dry, powdery snow sitting on the not...
1) Powder Mills has 6" of snow on the ground this AM! Ground is still warm, so a warm glide wax might be best (I didn't let my skis get cold last night before...
I went down to HH today in hopes of finding snow and found 6 inches in the woods and 3-6 on the trails. Trails are fair-good, mostly have not been skied on or...
Harriet Hollister is very nice today--maybe 4" of fine grained snow on top of a very shallow base. I did not use my rock skis and did not regret the decision....
DRP had about a 5' base on the (small) upper XC loop. Most of the bike trails had an adequate cover, the numerous tight turns are ideal for snow shoes....
Hello, We are looking to outfit our family for xc skiing and are looking for used equipment. If you have something to sell, please let me know! I've included...
I'm leaving for two weeks in the cascades just as the good snow hits her.( check my photos from last year in the photo section) Wanted to let everyone in on...
Make that at least 9 inches (8" measured early this afternoon). All totally ungroomed though. I am going to try Mendon Saturday and hope they groomed it some. ...
The Webster High Schools XC coach has invited us to use the loop at Willink Middle School. The loop is only about 1/2 mile and the terrain is rather flat, but...
Just got back in from skiing Powder Mills (now at the hot chocolate and donut stage of skiing!) and skied Mendon yesterday. This is the best snow in ages! In...
I tried skiing Powder Mills around 10am this morning (one of the benefits of living next to the park!), but found the walked on snow still too crusty. I am...
I too live very close to PMP. Grab some snowshoes and bush-whack your way in the thick. The north face always holds the snow pack, and I thought it was my...
North Face??? Enough to ski some distance? What part of the park? I have some good maps of the trails on www.powdermillspark.com (still trying to make them...
