Saturday Feb 2 |
 | Snowshoe 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Axis 930 Snowshoes |
| At Ahern. Probably didn't need the snowshoes, as the stuff we had last night was heavy wet ice on top of packed trails.
About 40 minutes of walking, but pushing the pace. |
| Snowshoe tempo (running) 20:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Axis 930 Snowshoes |
| Combination of uphill, downhill, and some on the flats.
Actually was easiest running on the snowshoe trails - the snowmobile trails were chewed up a bit, so it was sloppy going.
Wondering how much of a difference smaller and light snowshoes would make - I assume quite a bit. |
Tuesday Jan 29 |
| XC Ski (skating) 55:00 [3] 12.25 km (4:29 / km) +245m 4:05 / km | |
| shoes: Peltonen Skate Skiis |
| Evening ski at Gunstock. Temps still in the mid-30s, which was nice. Snow was still soft - if it had been frozen would have been a bit precarious in a few spots.
Night skiing on the downhill slopes, which provided quite a bit of reflective light on the south side of Cobble. Using my back up headlamp still, as the Photon Fusion is still in getting the broken battery cover replaced.
Hope I get that back before the night ski-O at Weston in 2 1/2 weeks.
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Monday Jan 28 |
| XC Ski (skating) 43:46 [3] 8.7 km (5:02 / km) +200m 4:31 / km | |
| shoes: White/Red/Black Fischer Skatin |
| Gunstock by headlamp - trails in pretty good shape - mostly groomed after yesterday's 4" dusting, but even the parts that weren't were satisfactory.
Much smoother on skis than on snowshoes - but I didn't attempt the up and over Cobble on skatek sis in the dark. No AOWN sitings, was looking for the moose that I remember seeing one evening last year on the south logging road.
Andy Howe from GNA was out with his tractor and trailer, hauling in snow to cover some of the thinner spots on the race trails - but with the forecast for warm weather and rain later in the week, it might be a futile effort. |
Sunday Jan 27 |
| XC Ski (Skating) 1:20:00 [3] 14.5 km (5:31 / km) +250m 5:05 / km | |
| shoes: Peltonen Skate Skiis |
| Skating in 3" of unexpected new powder. Feeling some muscles from yesterday's snowshoe excursion. |