Closing Day

Today is the last day of Nordic operations at Mountain Dell.  Although a foot injury has shut down my skating (and touring) adventures since the end of January, I felt well enough to do a short 5 K skate today.  It was great to get out on the skinny sticks again!  Additionally, given the ephemeral nature of the snowpack at Mountain Dell, coverage was quite good for the last day of the season thanks to recent storms.

I thank The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) and the groomers for maintaining this great community resource again this year.  We are so fortunate to have cross-country skiing a short drive from Salt Lake City.  Efforts to farm snow this year really paid off and enabled nearly continuous operations since mid December despite another poor snow season.  The closure today reflects contractural obligations with Salt Lake City and the golf course rather than lack of snow.   It's a shame they can't try for one more weekend.  

Addendum @ 8:50 AM Monday March 14:

Although on Thursday the MD groomers report said they were contractually obligated to close on Sunday, March 13, it appears a stay of execution has been granted and there's a grooming report from this morning saying they're open today (Monday) with a fresh groom.  Hooray!  Would be great if they can go for another week.