![]() ![]() "Despite the weak winter, the trail is in good shape."Ī record field of more than 9,400 skiers is registered for the 50-kilometer American Birkebeiner and its support races, the 23K Kortelopet and 12K Prince Haakon, the third straight year a record has been set. ![]() "I know the grooming crew has had to do some shoveling to fill in some south-facing hills, but I think we're in the clear now," Cork said. ![]() Ski coach Jason Cork of the Hayward-based CXC team agreed. "Whatever you have heard, this is fact: The trail is in very good to excellent condition for its entire length." "There is enough snow for Main Street in Hayward, (and) Lake Hayward has the best ribbon of snow in five years," the Tuesday report stated. ![]() Snow reinforcements are stockpiled in wooded areas during the winter and brought out just before race time, and the course gets so compacted during the season that it is able to withstand extended periods of warmer weather.īirkie officials say the current base is between 3 to 6 inches of compacted snow, but even the latest trail report acknowledged potential disbelief. "There are a lot of times where it seems like everyone is getting snow but us, to the south of us and north of us, but it hit just right this year."īirkie race crews also have become more adept at working with Mother Nature over the years as well. "It could have been very, very different," Kendrick said. ![]()
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