First Snow of the Season

Wednesday morning of Thanksgiving break I woke up to a solid amount of snow outside. I had expected a dusting, but actual coverage was really nice to see. I had two of my teammates, Sam and Gabby, with the fam for the week since they live too far to go home for just a few days and they were equally as excited.

Craftsbury Thanksgiving morning

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were spent at Craftsbury Nordic Center on actual snow. Thursday was almost as good as real, middle of the season skiing. They had a solid number of k's open so that we really didn't use the same trails twice. Friday morning brought some warmer temperatures and slightly less snow, but we were able to get solid intervals in during the morning and a good ski in during the afternoon. Members of the team trickled in one by one and we were back on campus Friday night.

Saturday afternoon

Saturday was a little more iffy as far as the conditions were concerned. We still managed to get two skis in but things were a liiiiiittle dicy by Saturday afternoon. It took some trudging through a little grass and water to get from certain trails to others. Anything for early season snow.

By the end of the weekend the snow was pretty much gone and a good portion of the team was back on campus. Six of us did a great 2 1/2 hour classic rollerski wearing t-shirts...in NOVEMBER. The weather is definitely unpredictable.

At this point it's 63 degrees on campus and overcast. It's not looking like the temps are dropping much below 40 degrees (if at all) for the next couple of days. The couple of days we had on snow only made us want more. Hopefully Vermont can figure itself out pretty soon and we'll get some snow that'll stick for a while.