Despite a return to winter yesterday, we have finished grooming for the
season. The skiing conditions remain very good with plenty of snow and a
great time to be in the mountains for a few hours. We hope everyone
enjoyed the abundant snow this season and look forward to next year. Have
a safe summer.

Ted

What a great spring it has been for skiing and grooming.  The trails will
be groomed for the weekend and this might be our last normal grooming
operation.  We will likely continue to maintain the trail system on a
intermittent basis as conditions allow.  It's a perfect time to ski in the
morning and get a bike ride in the afternoon.  Have a safe visit.

Ted

Dear BRORA,

I visited the Lily Lake trails for the first time last weekend. Beautiful! I cannot believe I have not made the short drive from Salt Lake before.

I hope that you keep the grooming up a couple more times this year, but regardless I will be visiting often in the 2008-09 season.

Thanks for all your work!

Winter just keeps visiting the north slope, we have received about 8" of
new snow with this last storm.  All of the trails have been groomed as of
Thursday evening.  This might be our last week of grooming if the
temperatures warm up too fast.  Even though the grooming might end there is
still plenty of great skiing out there and this might be the best time to
do some off trail exploring.    We will update the website as conditions
change.  Have a safe visit.

Ted

Good skiing today.  It was a little sloggy before East Fork until down in
the bottom but great in the rest of the way and back out to Sage Draw and
Bear Claw Loop.  A group of walkers/snowboarders trashed the trail.  Too bad
they couldn't stay more towards one side of the trail!  There were several
snowmobile tracks within the non-motorized area from the trailhead all the
way to the top of Sage Draw where they just went over the top of the fence.
They entered by going over the fence at the trailhead, passing right next to
the sign indicating a non-motorized area.  I'll be reporting in to USFS
tomorrow to see what they can do.  Margaret

The Lily Lake trail system continues to have good snow conditions, with
spring like skiing.  Due to the warm temperatures our grooming program is
very limited and not all trails are being groomed on a regular basis.  We
anticipate grooming as long as snow and weather allow.  It is a great time
to do some off trail exploring and see more of the forest.  Have a safe
visit.

Ted

I have gotten the new map of the trail system up. Please click on "Maps" and take a look. I am seeking input on the resolution that I used. Of course, there is a trade off in the resolution and speed of download. Is the page loading too slowly to be usable? Or, is it too course a resolution to be read?

The other issue is the printable map. It is 3 megs, so it is very slow loading. But, since you would use this infrequently, that may not be a problem. It prints out a fairly readable map on my printer.

I find the artists rending helpful in understanding the map. But, if I removed it the page would load faster.

We are aware of the problem with the GPS coordinates for the Boundary Creek yurt and will get it fixed.

Tom