Mink Creek Nordic Center Grooming Report 
look below for a grooming update and trail condition forum

TRAIL MAP

TRAIL CONDITION FORUM          post conditions or see the most recent reports

A-Frame typically staffed 9-5 Saturday and Sunday
After hours please pay at red box by parking lot.  TRAIL PASS REQUIRED ANYTIME OR DAY.

City Parks and Recreation Contact:232-3901 for all questions about rentals and services
To keep up to date on the city side of the nordic area check out Lance's Blog HERE

Adopt a Trail

The Pocatello Parks and Recreation Outdoor Recreation Department staff and some very dedicated volunteers from the Pocatello Cross-Country Ski Foundation do most of the trail maintenance and grooming at the Nordic Center.  With over 35 kilometers of groomed trails, keeping snow on the trails and keeping up with the grooming is quite the task.

The Nordic Center needs your help! 

Winter Projects

Winter projects include cutting back brush from the trail, removing any rocks or debris from trails and shoveling snow back into bare patches especially on Dayley’s Didaction, Creekside and the race course loop.  

Summer/Fall Projects

Yearly maintenance to improve and maintain trails also occurs during the summer and fall months.  Projects include brushing the trails along with widening and leveling the trails which makes grooming easier and provides a better overall skiing experience.  


 
Sign up for a trail section below by contacting Dana Olson 282-2753 or writing her at olsodana@isu.edu.

Race Course:
                  (Chickadee, Cotton Tail, Ruffed Grouse, Red Fox, Foxes Tail,
                    Meadows, Sage and Lower Canyon)
     Team Leader: Andy Hall                            Phone:   716-0763
     Team:           Randy Anderson                               390-8199
                         Beth Lemmon                                  221-7838


Upper Canyon:
                  (Canyon and Lemon Loop)
     Team Leader:                                         Phone:
     Team:


Creekside:
                 (Mule Deer and Creekside)
     Team Leader:   Lisa Safford                       Phone: 234-1572 or 251-2134
     Team:            Tim Safford                                   852-6159


High Basin:
                (High Basin, Water Trough, Upper Dayley's. Lagomorph and Ermine)
     Team Leader: Camille Schmidt                   Phone:   241-8921
     Team:           Kregg Aytes                                    234-2230
                        Roger Schmidt                                 234-1195
                        Joe Martin                                      241-8921

Lost Groomer:
               (Lost Groomer, Lower Dayley's - Fence Line, Screamer and Deer Trail)
     Team Leader:  Dana Olson                       Phone:   282-2753
     Team Leader:  Steve Preston                   Phone:   241-9032 
               (Lower Dayley's - Fence Line)
     Team:

Trail Volunteer Contact: Andy  lichen_rock@yahoo.com  

Dog Update: Please note the dog signs and poop bags as you walk in from parking lot on your left.  Trails have been signed as "DOGS OK" and "NO DOGS."  Please respect the grooming and volunteers by obeying dog trails.  It is a privilege to ski with your dog at a nordic center.       

 PLEASE CHECK IN AT THE A-FRAME OR SIGN IN EVEN IF YOU HAVE A PASS.  USE NUMBERS MATTER.  PLACE YOUR VOTE FOR THE NORDIC CENTER TODAY AND EVERYDAY!

     The trail system is only as good as we make it.  Please volunteer!  Opportunities available year round.
Contact: Andy 233-2805 

Please consider volunteerism as an important component of your cross-country skiing activity, regardless of how small.  The area does depend upon it!