The weekend opened with a tasty pizza dinner get together on Friday evening at the
Lake of the Woods Resort. On Saturday, 28 skiers and guests of the Grants Pass Nordic Ski Club and the Southern Oregon Nordic Club enjoyed gorgeous weather and 1 inch of fresh new snow as they skied up to Ichabod Rock Pit off Dead Indian Memorial Road. The views were spectacular of Mt Shasta, Buck Lake, Brown Mountain, Mt McLoughlin and Pelican Butte. After a fun downhill play session on a five acre open slope, the group climbed to the pit, had lunch at the crest, then proceeded down through the woods on a technical ski to the Brown Mountain snowmobile road. The quick easy run back back to the sno-park was exhilarating. Another group of skiers practiced skate skiing on the roads near the lake.
The Saturday skis were followed by a big pot luck dinner at the Lake of the Woods Resort. A Full Moon moonlight ski across the Great Meadow on Highway 140 capped off the day's activities. While the snow was crunchy by our start at 8:30, no light was needed in the moonlight on the meadow. Clear skies also gave good views of the stars. Mt McLoughlin shone in the moonlight like a giant sugarloaf.
On Sunday, smaller groups of skiers returned to the Ichabod play hill or skied around the edge of the lake. A number of skiers talked about making this an annual event.
