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Goldstream Sports Classic Ski Trail, Tracks Are Set

Joel — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:07:28 +0000

The Goldstream Sports Classic Ski Trail is in great shape. I set track and have skied it. The 4k we added last year is a blast. It is narrow with a mix of straight and winding sections. Most has moderate grades but there are a few steep hills.

The section we built 2 years ago is 4.5 k of trail similar to the new section but without the steep hills.

The trail head is in front of the store and heads out on a mix of privet and DNR land. It is four feet wide with a set track totaling 8.5 k. Ski it both directions for a total of 17 k.

There are a few trail maps out on the trail and arrows at some intersection. I would recommend looking at the map on the blog before you come. Goldstream Classic Trail

Come and enjoy. Donation’s are welcomed. It takes 3-5 hours to we groom the full trails system.

Joel

Trail map for the 8.5 km classic trail come and enjoy. Let us know what you think of it.

Joel — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:35:06 +0000

Goldstream Sports Classic Ski Trail is in great shape

Joel — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:53:02 +0000

The new Goldstream Sports Classic Ski Trail is in great shape. I set track yesterday and skied it this morning. The 4k we added this year is a blast. It is narrow with a mix of straight and winding sections. Most has moderate grades but there are a few steep hills.

The section we built last year is 4.5 k of trail similar to the new section but without the steep hills.

The trail head is in front of the store and heads out on a mix of privet and DNR land. It is four feet wide with a set track totaling 8.5 k. Ski it both directions for a total of 17 k.

I hope to get some trail maps up at the trail head and intersection in the morning. Come and enjoy. Joel

New classic trail construction finished

Joel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:09:56 +0000

We finished cutting about 4 additional km of ski trail today. It will be a blast but we do need another foot of snow before we will have it dialed with the grader and tracksetter. We should have a detailed map with accurate distances by Ski Fest. For now it is passable on rock skis but very bumpy with lots of sticks. Back Country skis would be best now, race skis when we have enough snow will work great. Thanks to Tyson, Kai and Lorien for all their hard work. Joel

Volunteer work day on the Goldstream Classic Ski Trail

Joel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:57:40 +0000

Ski Trail work day Saturday Oct 24th at 11 am. We will be clearing trail that Tyson and I have marked out this week. We will be brushing with chain saws and a brush mower. We have 4 Km flagged that needs clearing. some of it is on existing trail that needs clean up and some is though birch that just needs some dead fall cleared. We also have some areas of small dense spruce that will be the most work. When completed and we have good snow cover we will have about 8 km of trail with a set classic track. Bring work gloves, if you have a chainsaw that you can bring the would be great.

Building Classic Ski Trails

Joel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:28:06 +0000

We are building more classic ski trail this week. Last year we built and groomed 4 km. Our goal is to have 10km of trail right from the shop. We will see what we can get done before the snow comes. We will be marking new trail Tuesday and Wednesday and will start brushing it out Wednesday. We keep the trail as narrow as we can and still set a quality track. Joel

Interbike Part 1: Riding the demo bikes

Tyson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:20:37 +0000

Today Joel and I had an exhausting day riding lap upon lap of hot desert test rides. After riding bikes from Trek, Rocky Mountain, Specialized, and Surly, we have come to the conclusion that the Trek and Fisher bikes were our favorites. We rode both mountain and road bikes today. The electronic Dura-Ace drivetrain systems were impressive, we were able to find road and time trial bikes that had the new groupo on them and they were amazing. Although I am not sure it would be worth the extra cost to upgrade to electronic shifters and derailers they sure are fun and maybe the most useful on a tt bike. One of my favorite bikes of the day was the new Trek Scratch 9, it has a bit more travel than what my usual Hifi gives me and I felt super confident taking all the little drops on the course with ease. Joel was not as into the the Scratch as I was, but his favorite was by far the new Trek Carbon Remedy which has a little more travel then his new ride at home ( the Roscoe). The Remedy had a very lively and “conneted to your body” feeling to make cruising the course effortless. We were finally able to ride the new 6 Series Madones from Trek, THEY WERE SWEEET!!! I felt so good and fast on the Madone, it was hard to return it to the Trek tent.

Tomorrow we will ride a few other new and amazing bikes. I am really looking forward to riding the Rumblefish and the Superfly 100

More updates to come later, time to eat, Tyson

Joel upon Di-2 Madone 6.9

Awesome new Scratch 9 from Trek

Joel riding the rocky trails of Bootleg Canyon

Grooming Update

Joel — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:47:18 +0000

We groomed the trail on Friday afternoon. It is in great shape and will be good till we see more snow.

Skiing the Trail

Joel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:28:51 +0000

I skied the trails yesterday and it was great. The new track setter makes for smoother cornering. We are working on one last detail. When we lift the track setter because the corner is to sharp for a track the trail is left quite rough. We are putting a comb mat of the back of the track setter to smooth out the trail when the track setter deck is lifted. The track currently has just a light layer of snow in it. I would recommend Start Tar Black this morning and Blue this afternoon for kick wax. Tar waxes are designed for fresh snow.

Trail Grooming update

Joel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:16:36 +0000

We groomed the entire ski trail on Saturday and is in great Shape. We continue to add and improve our grooming equipment and the trail gets better every time we groom. With the latest equipment improvements we will be able to regroom on a more timely basis