A vehicle that creates cross-country ski trails on Grand Mesa is a 20,000 lbs, $250,000 PistenBully 400 funded by Grand Mesa Nordic Council. This vehicle is often called a groomer or a snowcat.
A widely groomed trail with a corduroy pattern is for skate skiing and parallel tracks on one or both sides of the trail are for classic skiing. Many of the trails exist only in the winter since they are created on top of several feet of snow, and if you look for them in the summer you'll find impenetrable terrain in their place.
Update Saturday, 17 April.
Grooming will be done Saturday night for fresh corduroy on Sunday. Sunday will be a lovely sunscreen day.
Winds increase on Monday with a chance of light snow accumulation. Tuesday will be dry. Then snow showers are possible Wednesday through Friday.