The Great Bear Chase is this saturday! Are you ready? The trail is in great shape, with clean, new snow. (4″ or more fell this week, adding to our solid base of 2 feet or so.) Current weather predictions say a low in the higher teens the night before and a high of 31 on race day. It’s always wise to wait as long as possible before your final waxing in case predictions change. We’ll be racing in the mid twenties if they’re accurate! In other words, straight forward, easy waxing on firm well-tilled new snow. I’m told there are 430 or so registered so far– a nice number for a fun race, so it’s time to join in for one of the most enjoyable races in the midwest! www.greatbearchase.com
I’ve been getting a lot of calls on wax recommendations. By weather predictions, it should be straight forward. Whatever brand wax you like, go with the mid twenties wax with moderate structure. I think there could be 14 different wax jobs that are “the fastest skis out there!”