In my last post I wrote that I would wait until Thursday to decide on the Curly's race. Given this set of icons from the NWS,

and a forecast that calls for temperatures rising to 45 deg with a southerly wind of 10mph this evening, I have decided to cancel the race.

I've been in contact with Tim Van Orden and he is working on putting together a race for this Sunday up in Woodford. Keep an eye on http://dionwmacsnowshoe.com/ site for information.

A big thank you is in order for TiVO. Tim knows where the snow is and has boundless energy for making these events happen.

I had my local crew go out and check the Shadow Trail in PSF today. This is the descent that makes the race. There is snow on the trail as you can see in the photo but it isn't deep enough to cover all the roots and rocks. It also hadn't seen any foot traffic. Try and picture this after a few dozen snowshoers have run over it.

The mid week forecast for Pittsfield from the NWS looks like this:

My gut reaction is to cancel the race at this point but I plan to wait until Thursday when I can get a first hand look at this and other sections of the course in PSF after the precipitation event.