Thur Mar 19, 2026

Here’s a photo from earlier today at the Fairgrounds. It seems like other local Nordic Ski venues are posting ”end of season” notes. So maybe we should do the same. We had a good season at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds. We lost our snow for a couple weeks in January. But it came back and stayed through the end. We hope you got plenty of skiing in while the snow lasted. We had a few stray snowflakes floating in the air today. Just enough to remind and reminisce about the winter of ‘25-‘26. Many thanks to the Blackwater Nordic Board members - and other volunteers - for making it happen!!

Sunday 3/1/26

Fairgrounds trails were groomed this AM. Coach Rothe gave all the skate lanes a thorough once over. A few fresh snowflakes fell into the mix while he was out smoothing things out this AM. He reports that classic tracks were not reset so they're getting a bit old and will likely be icy in many spots. But overall conditions are pretty good. Of course we're now into March and the freeze/thaw cycles of late winter so conditions will be variable due to the strong sun and other factors. The good nordic news is that we've still got snow!! Enjoy it while it lasts!

Sat 2/28/26

Fairgrounds Trails will Close at 12noon on Saturday due to the VERY WARM temps. Please ski in the AM. We anticipate the snow will be VERY SOFT which means any ski activities will leave deep ruts. Then followed by a DEEP FREEZE means that ruts will get frozen in place and be very challenging to groom out. So we‘d like to minimize the possible damage. Thanks for your understanding. /the grooming team/