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Monday Mar 21, 2011 #
6 PM
Skate Ski (Kingdom Valley Trails) 1:25:50 [2] 10.5 km (8:10 / km) +73m 7:54 / km
Wet snow all day. Maybe 4" heavy cover. Groomed and covered up all the junk on top of the trails, filled in some thin spots.
Started out picking up the sap jugs. Everything was maxed out; collected 13 gal. Boiled down over the weekend and finished off a gal of syrup. Very high sugar content. Had expected to end up with half that, but boiling point kept going up, even with plenty of liquid left. Finally stopped it at 221F. Was probably done at 218F (7F over water boiling point). But fine result. Half pint is already missing.
So skiing, too. Kind of slow, but not slushy. Just really high moisture content and sticky. Temp at freezing, would be no fun to wax for classic in these conditions. I stopped to pick up some sticks and had snow stuck to the ski bottoms. And that's with flouro glide wax on the skis. Not your usual kick wax.
Started out picking up the sap jugs. Everything was maxed out; collected 13 gal. Boiled down over the weekend and finished off a gal of syrup. Very high sugar content. Had expected to end up with half that, but boiling point kept going up, even with plenty of liquid left. Finally stopped it at 221F. Was probably done at 218F (7F over water boiling point). But fine result. Half pint is already missing.
So skiing, too. Kind of slow, but not slushy. Just really high moisture content and sticky. Temp at freezing, would be no fun to wax for classic in these conditions. I stopped to pick up some sticks and had snow stuck to the ski bottoms. And that's with flouro glide wax on the skis. Not your usual kick wax.