End of the Season for Some Nordic Tracks

Today is a sad day as both Mountain Dell and North Fork Park have closed for nordic skiing, presumably for the season.

I'd like to give a shout out today to everyone at The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) and Ogden Nordic for their efforts this season.  Despite sparse snow and remarkable warmth, both tracks were open quite a bit thanks to a great deal of shoveling and careful grooming. 

Mountain Dell

North Fork Park

I grew up cross country skiing, but only this year did I start skate skiing, and it totally changed my perspective on the sport and gave me a whole new challenge in skiing.  Talk about suffering!  However, over the past couple of months, form and fitness have led to remarkable improvement.  I may be slow, but I'm not as slow as I was in December!

I also discovered that when the powder skiing is terrible, the skate skiing is often great.  Thus, skating helped me survive a less than desirable snow season. 

I'm still hoping to get out a few more times this season if the Park City area tracks can survive (tough call).  Or, if necessary, perhaps a road trip.