Wooden Ski Day at Brainard Lake CMC Cabin
Beautiful Single Track, the South CMC Trail!
John, Brigida, Robert, Carrie, and I skied the CMC South Trail to the CMC Brainard Lake cabin, in honor of Wooden Ski Days. Carrie actually borrowed her wooden skis from Gary Neptune, for the full experience. We arrived about 30 minutes late for the big group picture, so we just took our own!
Here is a map of the Brainard Lake Ski trail system.
If you’ve never skied the CMC South Trail up to Brainard Lake, you should consider trying it in the future. The area gets a lot of traffic, so the single track trail is always well packed and a joy to ski. It is mostly uphill, but the angle is slight and there are lots of rolling hills along the way that you can coast. Once up at the Cabin, it’s easy to come back via the road, if the trail is too arduous.
Here we are at the start, around 10:30am.
Carrie enjoying the challenge of the wooden skis.
Robert learning how to sidestep uphill.
Robert surrounded by wintery wonderland.
John in action!
As we approach Brainard Lake, the weather deteriorates. I don my new J2 windshell over my t-shirt. Say goodbye to the sun!
Just me and my skis. Loving life in the backcountry!
Brigida attacking one of the steeper hills.
Sillyness in the Cabin!
Cuteness in the Cabin!
Skiing back to the car on the road was nice as we got sweeping views of the area being overtaken by wintry storms.
Carrie still smiling with her woodies!
It took us half the time to get back to the car, on the road, via the way up on the trail. We all enjoyed the many long downhill segments on the road as we were a bit fatigued. It was a fantastic day of skiing and I had a great time with the group!
Tags: Brainard Lake Cabin, CMC, Cross Country Skiing, Winter, Wooden Ski Day