Steve's XC Trails/Brookhaven Golf Course 2-11-17

It's been too long since I've posted on this forum. Hope everybody is doing great!

I had the chance to ski at Steve's XC Trails/Brookhaven Golf Course this morning before work. This year I am trying nordic skiing to mix in with alpine for additional workouts, and have been exploring local places.

This area is a secret gem. It has something like 10-12 miles of maintained and groomed trails for all abilities. Steve maintains the trails and grooms them himself, but the area is completely open to the public free of charge. It is on the road to the former Alpine Meadows Ski Area and you can make out a few of the former alpine trails at different places.

The trails are a wonderful mix of lanes on the Golf Course (some track set), to narrower chutes through the woods the wind their way around beaver ponds, marshes, and hemlock forests. The area is bisected by Alpine Meadows Road so there are trails on both sides. Today, there was about 2" of new snow that was groomed, temps in the mid 20's, and about 10 cars in the parking lot. Still, I never bumped into anybody once I began skiing. At one point, it was so silent with the fresh snow I could only hear my heart pounding.

As a note, there is no patrol, lessons, or rentals - but there are trail maps, and you can warm up inside the golf club on weekends.

At only 20 minutes out of Saratoga, it's very convenient to get to.

Be sure to like them on Facebook.

Jeremy
Trail Map


Start of Trails


Looking towards the former Alpine Meadows


More views


Bridge


Green-Yellow Trail


Green Trail


Trail Junction

Is the trail groomer the same person that takes care of the golf course? I remember golf course managers
 complaing vehemently that XC tracks ruined the fairways.

They are different people.