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Updated - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 10:17:21 (EDT)
No new inches of new snow has fallen.
When it is brown it is time to close down. We will be open next year as a nonprofit. We no longer be doing business as A Fierce Chase Cross Country Ski Trails LLP. It has become time to refocus our attention to family, which means that the ski business will have to change its role in our lives. We will have our trails open for the public for skiing, snowshoeing, hiking or walking. The warming hut will not be available next year. The trails will be open, and available for all. A donation box will be at the trail head in the parking lot for those who wish to help defray the cost of insurance, taxes, trail maintance, equipment maintance and gas. The trails will be groomed on a limited basis. They will not be groomed daily or every Friday on a regular basis. We will offer limioted special programs for groups or school group instruction. We will provide season rentals only, no individual daily rentals will be available except for group programs. We would like to thank the thousands of skiers that have made these last seven years so special to us. You have become like family to us as we have shared our excitement of nordic skiing with you. We hope to see many of you in the future in our new role. We wish you all the best, ski ya later John Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase PS Hibernation is for the bears! Get out and Ski! Updated - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 13:15:41 (EDT)
Saturday, April 14, five inches of new snow has fallen.
We are the only one..... We are the last area open in the state that is still grooming.... we still have 2 feet of snow on all the trails with out a bare spot in site. Two more weeks till May! I think that should just about do it. I just finished grooming and except for some blow downs that I cleared it is GREAT SKIING!!!!!! Ski ya later John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 05:04:07 (EDT)
On Friday, April13, 13 inches of new snow has fallen.
Where was this snow in December???? We have more base now than any other year I can remember... It looks like skiing till May!
Ski ya later John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 15:23:03 (EDT)
On Thrusday, April 5, 15 inches of new snow has fallen.
Wow!!!!! We have a lot of snow on the ground. At this rate skiing till May is not an
unreal idea..... We are the last area in the state still grooming....ski ya soon .... We have some major changes planned for next
season...stay tuned we will keep you posted. John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Friday, April 06, 2007 at 16:06:47 (EDT)
On Thrusday, April 5, 15 inches of new snow has fallen.
Wow!!!!! We have a lot of snow on the ground. At this rate skiing till May is not an unreal idea..... ski ya soon .... We have some major changes planned for next season...stay tuned we will keep you posted.
John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Friday, March 30, 2007 at 17:51:54 (EDT)
On March 17, 12 inches of new snow has fallen.
The snow has changed to "Spring Conditions", meaning that it is above 32degrees F during the day, warm, sunny, with day light skiing till 6pm. Early in the day and late in the day the trails are a little faster and harder. Once the sun warms things up the snow softens and things slow down (ski speed wise). As the sun goes over the horizion, the snow cools and gets faster and faster.... So plan you skiing on what you like... The best time in the spring is to ski after 10:30am up till 4:00pm. Hope to see you soon! Only 2 more weeks of snow..... Our last full moon ecology ski+snowshoe tour guided by a biologist for the season is this Saturday, March 31, 7pm-8:30pm John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 08:23:48 (EDT)
On March 17, 12 inches of new snow has fallen.
The snow has changed to "Spring Conditions", meaning that it is above 32degrees F during the day, warm, sunny, with day light skiing till 6pm. Early in the day and late in the day the trail are a little faster and harder. Once the sun warms things up the snow softens and things slow down (ski speed wise). As the sun goes over the horizion, the snow cools and gets faster and faster.... So plan you skiing on what you like... The best time in the spring is to ski after 10:30am up till 4:00pm. Hope to see you soon! Only 3 more weeks of snow..... Our last full moon ecology ski+snowshoe tour of the season is next Saturday, March 31, 7pm-8:30pm John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 14:24:55 (EDT)
On Saturday, March 17, 12 inches of new snow has fallen.
The snow is just getting deeper and deeper! We are up to 48" of snow in the woods and 36" of packed snow on the trails. The temperatures are forcast to cool tonight (below freezing on Saturday) and I shall be out in the weeeee hours of the morning grooming. Sunday should be a wonderfull day for skiing! We anticipate being open till mid April, so that gives you 4-5 more weeks of skiing for this season. The starlings and the turkeys are back in the area. This is the earlyest they have ever migrated back. 100% of our trails are open and the snow is as good as it can get. We had rain only for a short period today (Saturday). It has made no difference in the snow surface's conditions. Hope to see you Sunday.....John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Friday, March 09, 2007 at 22:30:04 (EST)
On Monday March 5th two inches of new snow has fallen.
We have the best ski conditions of the year this weekend!!!! All trails are open and freshly groomed. There is a loop off of Craig's trail that is open for the first time tomorrow! The weather this weekend is to be warm and no wind! We have about 5-6 more weeks of skiing left in this season... Get it while it is white. The two inches of new snow early in the week has left a nice base for animal tracks. I got some good photos of some coyote, white footed mice and red squirrel tracks that I will add to our web site while grooming today. Updated - Saturday, March 03, 2007 at 06:42:33 (EST)
Friday, March 2, 12 inches of new snow has fallen.
We got 12" of new snow!!!!! NO RAIN OR STEET!!! We will have all our trails open for classic skiing today. I will get skate lanes groomed for Sunday. THE FULL MOON SKI/SNOWSHOE FOR TONIGHT MARCH 3RD IS CANCLED FOR TONIGHT BECAUSE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING FOR AN OVERCAST SKY AND A CHANCE OF SNOW.
Sorry.... The next full moon ski is March 31....ski ya later....John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 17:06:47 (EST)
On Thursday, Feb 15, 15 inches of new snow has fallen.
We have received 17" of new snow in the last 10days!!! We have all 20km of our trails groomed and open. We have never had so many trails open and such great ski conditions!!!! Through the President's vacation week and have hot food available. If you have specific questions about the trail conditions please call 997-3971 for an update. ski ya later. John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 09:57:31 (EST)
On Thursday, Feb 15, 15 inches of new snow has fallen.
We have received 15" of new snow in this last storm!!! Today.... Sunday the total 20km of trails are groomed. We have never had so many trails open and such great ski conditions!!!! We will be open throughout the President's vacation week and have hot food available. If you have specific questions about the trail conditions please call 997-3971 for an update. ski ya later. John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Friday, February 16, 2007 at 09:07:30 (EST)
On Thursday, Feb 15, 15 inches of new snow has fallen.
We have received 15" of new snow in this last storm!!! Because of the continuing wind on Friday we have not set tracks yet... Only 7km of trails are packed as of now. If you want to ski today (Friday) we are not charging a trail fee. By Saturday we will have at least 7km of skate and classic tracks set. By Sunday the total 20km of trails will be groomed. This has been a difficult storm to groom with. There are drifts of over 4 feet commonly on the trails and it takes a lot of time to get through that. We will be open throughout the President's vacation week and have hot food available. If you have specific questions about the trail conditions please call 997-3971 for an update. ski ya later. John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 08:56:41 (EST)
On Friday Feb 3rd 4 inches of new snow has fallen.
Today, Sunday Feb 11th looks like one of the ten best ski days of the winter!!!!! As I like to say all the planets are alined!!!1 We have CLEAR SKYS, TEMPS IN THE HIGH 20'S, NO WIND, AND NEW SNOW OVERNIGH!!!! What more can I say? It is fantastic!!! Ski ya later! John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Saturday, February 03, 2007 at 08:29:45 (EST)
On Friday, Feb 3rd four (4) inches of new snow has fallen.
We got 4 four more inches of snow last night!!!!! The skiing will be fantastic this weekend and beyond! There is a full moon ski at 7pm tonight Feb 3rd. This ski/snowshoe will be guided by a biologist and if you are interest in winter ecology, animal tracking of the natural history of the great north woods you should consider coming to join us. The tour last about 1 1/2 hours and the trail fees and rentals are 1/2 price. Ski ya later....John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Monday, January 22, 2007 at 09:11:49 (EST)
On Friday, Jan 19, four inches of new snow has fallen.
WOW!!!! LOTS OF NEW SNOW AND MORE COMING!!!!! I have packed most of the trails and double tracked 10km and 15k for skating. We will be grooming all week to get the Meandering Moose and the New extended T. rex trail open by weeks end. The bumps and lumps and once upon a time bare spots are covered. The skiing is great!!! The conditions are fantastic and what can I say......ski ya later! John, Sue and Aquila (Asia's friend)!
Updated - Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 16:19:43 (EST)
On Monday, January 14th eight (8") inches of new snow has fallen.
WOW!!!! LOTS OF NEW SNOW AND MORE COMING!!!!! I have packed most of the trails and double tracked 10km I will get to the other 10km by Friday night. We hope to have 15-17km open for the weekend! The conditions are fantastic and what can I say......ski ya later! John, Sue and Aquila (Asia's friend)! Updated - Friday, January 12, 2007 at 10:11:51 (EST)
On Monday, Jan 8th 4 inches of new snow has fallen.
We are OPEN!!!!!!! We have 7km of classic tracks set for the weekend. The conditions are very good! All that mowing I did really paid off in these low snow times. There will be a Penobscot Valley Conference High School Race on Saturday Jan 13 at 2:30pm. If any of you want to race, we can save you a slot and give you a bib number so you can race.....Please give us a call and we will save a slot in the start order for you. The race is a 5km classic style one. We are only one of three areas open in the state!!!!! Come on up the skiing is great!! Ski ya later, John Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Friday, January 12, 2007 at 10:05:34 (EST)
On Monday, Jan 8th 4 inches of new snow has fallen.
We are OPEN!!!!!!! We hope to have 10km of skate and classic tracks set for the weekend. The conditions are very good! All that mowing I did really paid off in these low snow times. There will be a 5km classic style Penobscot Valley Conference High School Race on Saturday Jan 13 at 2:30pm. If any of you want to race we can get you a bib and you can race also.....Please give us a call and we will save a slot in the start order for you. The race is a 5km classic style one. We are only one of three areas open in the state!!!!! Come on up the skiing is great!! Get it while the ground is white!!!! Ski ya later, John Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase
Updated - Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 12:24:49 (EST)
On Monday, Jan 8th 4 inches of new snow has fallen.
We are OPEN!!!!!!!
We hope to have 10km of skate and classic tracks set for the weekend. The conditions are very good! All that mowing I did really paid off in these low snow times. There will be a Penobscot Valley Conference High School Race on Saturday Jan 15 at 2pm. If any of you want to race also we can get you a bib and you can race also.....Please give us a call and we will save a slot in the start order for you. The race is a 6km classic style one. We are only one of three areas open in the state!!!!! Come on up the skiing is great!! Ski ya later, John Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 08:44:50 (EST)
On Sunday, Jan 1, 2007, 2 inches of new snow has fallen.
On New Years day we received another 2 inches of snow. When the snow cools and the temps drop below 32 degrees F I will attempt to groom. I think I have enough base for skating! As long as the weather does not warm up too much we hope to be open on the weekend of Jan 6-7. Check our updates and phone message for trail condition changes. Mowing the trails before the season has made a big difference! Think Snow! John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Saturday, December 30, 2006 at 21:38:38 (EST)
On Saturday, December 30, two (2") inches of new snow has fallen.
Well, we picked up another 2" of snow to add to our frozen base that was existing. I am going to go out tomorrow and try to gather snow from the edges of the trail and bring it to the center to pack it at least for skating. I will let you know how I make out..... If my new device I just made works it might make the trails skiable.... I have enough to play with but not grooming in the conventional sense of years gone by. I hope this is not a trend!!! Call if you like and I will up date our tape machine on our phone for the latest if we open .... at (207) 997-3971. Sunday and Monday look like a mix of every form of precip except hail.... Ski ya later! John Sue and Aquila Updated - Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 08:22:50 (EST)
On Saturday, December < 1 inches of new snow has fallen.
We have a good frost in the ground! Today's weather is providing us with a glaze of sleet and ice. Look on the bright side it is a covering of frozen precip..... Sunday and Monday Wednesday of next week offer more chances of snow. I will update the web site as soon as the chances of skiable snow arrives. We only need 4-6" to open 10km of trails!!!! Our NEW 5KM TRAIL IS ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!! With 10" of snow we can open it!!!!!!! Think snow and happy holidays!!!!
John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Friday, December 08, 2006 at 10:43:47 (EST)
On Friday Dec 8th, 4 inches of new snow has fallen. inches of new snow has fallen.
Well Mother Nature has just awakened! There is 4 (four) inches of new snow on the
trails. Two more inches and we can open with 10km of skiing and 20 km of snowshoeing.
We have a new 5k trail with lots of vertical that will be open this year (it doen't have a
name yet). It snakes through some of the most beautiful woodland you have ever seen!
There are white pine, eastern hemlock and white cedar trees so large on the sides of the
trail that you can not wrap your arms around them and touch fingers... We have gift
certificates availible for ski passes, lessons, rentals, or equipment sales. We have just
gotten in new Atomic skis, Alpina boots, Exel poles and Swix wax.... We discount all our
equipment 20% year round. Get ready for winter!!!!! Here it comes!!!! One final note, for
this season we are going to offer free skiing for children and students up to age 18 from
the MSAD #68 school district. So kids grab, your mom or dad and come ski for free at A
Fierce Chase Cross Country Ski Trails. Hibernation if for the bears! Get out and SKI!!!!!
Ski ya later, John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Friday, December 08, 2006 at 10:41:22 (EST)
On Friday Dec 8th, 4 inches of new snow has fallen.
Well Mother Nature has just awakened! There is 4 (four) inches of new snow on the trails. Two more inches and we can open with 10km of skiing and 20 km of snowshoeing. We have a new 5k trail with lots of vertical that will be open this year (it doen't have a name yet). It snakes through some of the most beautiful woodland you have ever seen! There are white pine, eastern hemlock and white cedar trees so large on the sides of the trail that you can not wrap your arms around them and touch fingers... We have gift certificates availible for ski passes, lessons, rentals, or equipment sales. We have just gotten in new Atomic skis, Alpina boots, Exel poles and Swix wax.... We discount all our equipment 20% year round. Get ready for winter!!!!! Here it comes!!!! One final note, for this season we are going to offer free skiing for children and students up to age 18 from the MSAD #68 school district. So kids grab, your mom or dad and come ski for free at A Fierce Chase Cross Country Ski Trails. Hibernation if for the bears! Get out and SKI!!!!!
Ski ya later, John, Sue and Aquila Fierce Chase Updated - Monday, October 30, 2006 at 08:02:42 (EST)
On October 29+30th a dusting of inches of new snow has fallen.
Hi fellow skiers!!! Are you starting to think snow yet? We have had a busy summer and fall! The trails are mowed and picked of rocks and we will be able to open with 10k of skiing when we get 6" of snow. We only will need 4" of snow for the field and the Fierce Fisher loop. I have been cutting new trails and derocking and stumping the new T-rex trail and changing the course of the Meandering Moose. I have about 2-3 km of new trails ready for skiing this winter. More will open as the winter progresses! The groomer is ready to run and provide you with the finest groomed ski
surface in the state! We have gift certificates for lessons, trail passes, rentals or new skis, boots, poles or snowshoes. Our equipment is always discounted 20% all year. We will guarantee your satisfaction with your new ski purchase or we will refit you till you are 100% happy! Sue and I want you to ENJOY every part of your skiing experence. That is our goal! There are new snowshoe trail for this year and plans are in the works for a snowshoe trail that will link with the Appalachian Trail that will be about 2-3miles in length. This access will be the only winter access with parking availability for about 200 miles around!!!!!! This trail will provide access to the several shelters for winter camping adventures!!!! Ski ya soon! Be well and... *****THINK SNOW****** |