Mt Van Snow-venburg

The team is in Lake Placid this week gearing up for the SLU Carnival. We had a bit of a scare a few days ago as last weekends warming temps melted a good deal of snow at the venue. No worries, though. ORDA brought out the bucket-loaders, NYSEF brought out the snowmobiles, and SLUSKI brought out the shovels and we patched up the trails with a few hours of handiwork. On top of that, 3 inches fell today, and the trails should be ready to rock. The course had to be slightly modified, but we have a challenging 4.5k loop, so Friday's races will go off nearly as planned. Saturday is still in the works, but some type of race will happen. Here's some pictures of the shovel-work and post-work sledding on the trails.

Sledding fast and skiing fast: pure joy with both!