Friday, April 2, 2021

As of 7am, main trails for Clearwater, Busk and Euphrates are groomed and in good condition for classic and skate skiing. Main trails on Apex and Cottonwood are currently being groomed and trackset.

Temperature is around -3C, with clear skies and a forecast high in the teens today. Get out early to enjoy the best of spring skiing conditions!

According to Wikipedia, the use of “Good Friday” comes from the obsolete sense ‘pious, holy’ of the word “good”. Less common examples of expressions based on this obsolete sense of “good” include “the good book” for the Bible, “good tide” for “Christmas” or Shrovetide, and Good Wednesday for the Wednesday in Holy Week.

A common folk etymology incorrectly analyzes “Good Friday” as a corruption of “God Friday” similar to the linguistically correct description of “goodbye” as a contraction of “God be with you”. In Old English, the day was called “Long Friday” (langa frigedæg [ˈlɑŋɡɑ ˈfriːjedæj]), and equivalents of this term are still used in Scandinavian languages and Finnish.

Whether you observe Good Friday or not, we hope you enjoy your long weekend and spend some of it with us.