Trail Report - Thursday 15th Jan

Laura Jane ran the soft snow of the CHT this morning - a soft but smooth trail; by the time Jon skijored out there this evening an incredibly clever person had driven their truck a mile past the Norcope quarry road, churning 4 tracks and a big mess at their multi-point point turn in the trail. 

Whilst it's still very negotiable it tends to cramp any skate ski-ing - however as I type Harris Cox of the KSA is out there putting things to rights and Jon will be dragging his faithful pallet (well, Jon's snowmachine actually, he doesn't go and pull the drag manually down the trail) to add some final polishing.

Temperatures up here on the Twister trail have reached the heady heights of -3'C, but still no positives; snow holding up very well.

Bathing costumes are optional for The Alpine Vet race, with temps predicted to be +3'c, a mere 38'C warmer (oh come on! more like 43'C) than the December race. What a fantastic training race the CHT is, not content with all that passing experience, the organisers also lay on extreme temperatures! When you're on the Quest 300 and the temp suddenly plunges or rises ridiculously you can sit back on your sled seat and think "no problem, I've experienced this in the Twister and I AM PREPARED!"

Guest Race Marshmallow for the Alpine Vet Race Day will be Jonathan F. Lucas; previous race marshmallows are taking time out "to spend with their family" (stressful job this), or in the case of Laura Jane Lucas and Brian MacDougall they are "racing for glory", the Twister Trophy, and a small amount of money. 

Have fun out there, dress down, and see you all at 10.00am on Sunday!!