Lightning brought a halt to county skiers Monday while racing at Boyne Highlands halfway through a ski meet.

“We were just halfway through our afternoon session when it started to lightning,” said Mark Fisher, coach of the county cooperative ski team organized through Glen Lake. “Our girls had just completed giant slalom and the boys the slalom when we had to get off the hill.”

Participating schools agreed to use the results of runs completed earlier in the day as the basis for winning and losing. However, as of Wednesday morning, Fisher had not yet received a list of results from the host team.

Foggy conditions hampered skiers in the morning, but it wasn’t anything participants couldn’t overcome.

“When it’s foggy like that, they put dye on the snow and line the sides of the course with pine boughs to give the skiers some depth perception,” Fisher said.

Despite the rain, which Fisher said soaked skiers to the bone, the snow conditions were not that bad.

“They use urea (nitrogen) to freeze up the snow with the temperature is over 32 degrees. So it wasn’t that big a deal,” Fisher said. “It’s an outside sport — you do the best you can.”

The first conference meet of the season, scheduled yesterday at Crystal Mountain, was canceled by coaches Tuesday afternoon, citing poor weather conditions. No makeup date has been set.

The next Lake Michigan Ski Conference meet is scheduled for Monday, also at Crystal Mountain.