XC Skiing - Here we Go!

Most of my cross-country skiing is at Glenelg Nordic.  There are 400 acres plus two more properties owned by avid cross-country skiers themselves, all interlaced with miles of ski trails. A lot of variety, ups and down, and almost all in the woods.  Wonderful!

We enter the trails and immediately drop down through some coniferous forest, up the hill and onward, an invigorating start to our ski.

The trail takes us around a curve, on across the snowmobile trail, down a steep drop through this dense stand of cedars and around a pond.  

Then we are into mature deciduous forest which continues with lots of ups and downs for a time.

About half way around the big loop we go down a long trail with a bend to the left at the end.

Here I am catching up to my buddy if I try hard!

Past some snow-plastered trees.

Up a hill, sharp turn to the right, and down around a blind curve, we are reaching the end.  There are other trails I will share sometime later this winter.  Just writing about it gets my mind back out there!