1/3 night TR

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Did a late night session at CB last evening, not crowded and both quads running.

 

It was very cold (8-9F at the base) which is good news for the weekend because they have managed to blow an absolutely huge amount of snow on the closed trails and the guns were still pumping it out all evening and presumably through the night. I'm pretty sure they wil be 100% for this weekend, they were even blowing on Hump which is always last and all the connecting trails.

 

The surface was pretty crappy to be honest, but maybe only as you would expect for late night at this time of year. Under a thin variable layer of either dust or sticky "overblow" from the adjacent trails it was pure boilerplate "hardpack". It was at least smooth and as such was fast and smooth but you relly needed those edges. It seemed pretty consistent on all the trails from flat greens to marjies and rocket.

 

So a short session for me (12 runs) with no repeats, nothing seemed good enough to do twice.

 

very few rangers about last night (to cold?) and considering how few people there was still plenty of kids sat in the middle of trails chatting (why do they do that at night?).

 

Prospects for the weekend look good with new snow on Asp. Hump etc, they really just need to touch up the trailsl they've already opened and it would be all good.