CNC - icy AF

Trip date: Monday Apr 08, 2024

Submitted by Barry G

Particpants:

Solo

Discussion:

Got sucked in to drive to Canmore early early early after seeing the Nordic Pulse promise of fresh tracksetting on some of the outer loops.
Nope. Natural trails are all ice ... there is simply no snow to till to set fresh tracks.
Even the machine snow was hard in early a.m. (although Swix VR 70 red worked for a while, as long as you stopped to re-apply every few km when it got scraped off, but even that soft red with a generous helping of spruce needles stopped gripping when it warmed up and everything started softening and slowing mid-morning).
Skating looked scratchy and sketchy. Tried skins and they helped late a.m. when things softened up. Couple of skiers on (shudder) klister looked to be faring best.
Oh well, it made for a good arm workout. Can't really complain about being able to ski at all in Apr after this dry winter. And a bad day on skis still beats yardwork.