Another season and another slow start . This one is as bad as it gets. Temps have not changed since october . There has been no cold air , no freeze up ,no frozen lakes , no ice and you can forget about snow. Did 100 km 's this weekend with my road bike team in the middle of December with temps way above freezing. OK there are a handful of WRODS out there on machine snow but that is it. Long range forecast does not look good ,more rain and fog etc. This year December is joining the usual month of November as a write off. Frustrating, as some additional natural snow alpine touring ski areas (no lifts) were about to kick into gear this year. Have to wait it out.