Silver Crest Trails Association

Jake and Chuck ran into some unexpected mechanical troubles with the new UTV on Monday afternoon… (We are still breaking in the machine motor, belt, tracks, etc. so things need adjustment and we are still in sea trials -shakedown cruise mode) this week. Jake took the snowmobile out instead, and…

Which is what we are going to do this week for grooming plans. Between the predicted one and a half to three feet of new snow and cold temps moving in Saturday, we do not plan to groom until early next week. The KHGA Pisten Bully is tenatively scheduled to…

SCTA had our annual ski clinic Saturday with about sixty skiers trying it. A good turnout and thanks to everyone who participated. As always a big thanks and appreciation to Chris Latham at Bighorn Outdoor Specialists for the donation of his time and free use of his in-store skis so…

The weekend was a great time to get out and ski. A good crowd Sunday enjoying the warming hut fire pits. Thanks to crowd from Bozeman for the smores (Much better than an energy bar). Mild temps and soft snow with a firm base made for nice skiing conditions. We…

The KHGA groomer is going through Thursday night and we will set classic tracks late Friday afternoon. Weather looks good for the weekend. High Friday of 38 F; Sat & Sun 34 F ; Monday chance of some snow; high of 29 F. We will post of any grooming plans…

We have talked about grooming on Mondays to clean up the weekend tracks for mid week skiing. Jake did some Monday tracking and of course it snowed over his efforts sometime Monday night ? Went up to ski Tuesday and found 4 – 5 inches of new snow on the…

The KHGA groomer went thru Thursday night and did a great job of packing. Thanks Mike ! Then it snowed 5-8 inches of wet snow after he finished. Jake gave it his best shot using both the roller and ginzu Friday evening. Thanks Jake ! Neither working well due to…

The trails held up nicely this week with classic tracks in tact and the skate lane on the south side of the trails still in good shape. We plan on the Pisten Bully going thru at its usual time Thursday night and setting new classic tracks late afternoon Friday. Weather…

A nice day at the trails Saturday. Calm with soft new snow. We reset most of the classic tracks and ran the 84 inch ginzu down the skate lane for a touch up over all trails Saturday evening. Sunday/Monday forcast is in the mid 20’s. Partly sunny Sunday, sunny Monday.…