WINTERSPORTS -- Cross-country skiers are waxing up TODAY and hitting groomed trails in a couple of the region's most consistent early season destinations.

• The Rendezvous Ski Trails near West Yellowstone are being groomed this week for the first time of the season after a good dump of snow.
• SilverStar Resort near Vernon, British Columbia, an early season favorite for national team nordic skiers, has 13 trails open and groomed this week.
• Methow Trails based in Winthrop, Wash., reports the first significant storm of the season has dropped enough snow for groomers to begin packing trails on the Mazama, Rendezvous and Sun Mountain areas. The goal was to pack and preserve the snow through the warming temperatures predicted for today so the next storm would have a base that would allow the ski trails to be formally opened.