20/12/2024
Good morning everyone!
Today at the Lake the temp is currently 30 degrees. We haven't rec'd any new snow overnight but yesterday morning we woke up to 4-6 inches of new snow. It continued to snow off and on during the day but warmer temps decreased the amount of snow by yesterday afternoon. But it's snow! And the groomers went out for the first time this season! Yay! For me, that's the official start of winter!
Yesterday, the following routes were groomed in the Lk Wenatchee area; 1A, 1B, 1C to the vault toilet, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4E, 4F, 5, 5A, 5B.
The groomer reported 3 feet of snow at Snowcone.
As for the logging operations in that area; the hauling trucks will be working Mon- Fri, mainly in the a.m. hours. The plowing for the truck access is required to leave 4 inches of snow on the road to allow for snowmobile traffic and hopefully the groomers as well. Those routes remain open for snowmobile traffic. The groomer was able to run on those roads yesterday due to the new snow that fell Friday night and the fact of no logging operations on the weekend.
Our USFS Ranger, Erica Taecker and Mason Schuur, recreational officer from the USFS, came to our grooming meeting to give us updated info on the logging issue for this season. We are really hoping the impact to the grooming on the 3 and 4 routes will be minimal.
BUT abundance of caution in that area, especially weekdays and early morning hours. AND at the Fish Lake Snopark, where traffic congestion could result with logging trucks and snowmobile rigs.
No grooming yet in the Entiat area. We will need more snowcover on the 7D route to move a groomer to the Eagle Creek area.
Thank you all for your great comments and support of our grooming program.
If you would like to donate to our grooming fund you can send a check to LWRC in the memo line put Snow, or Venmo in the subject put "Snow"
Pictures from last year
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