Tuesday, January 12, 2010

XC Skiing - Grafton Lakes State Park

Today's ECOS Tuesday morning ski trip went to Grafton Lakes State Park, in nearby Rensselaer County. Grafton is at about 1500', and while we got only a few inches of snow at home a week or so ago, Grafton reported 15" there. I wouldn't call this outing great skiing, but it's getting so beggars can't be choosers around here. The snow itself was nice, but the trails still had some rocks showing through, and even many of the ski trails had been snowmobiled on. We spent about 2 hours going around Shaver Pond at a very leisurely pace, on a relatively flat trail. I had skied here once many years ago, also on thin cover, and hadn't been back since. While there are many other trails that we didn't ski, I think we need more snow before I'll go back here again.

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