Skied classic from OO to 18k marker 11k towards Hayward and back. Conditions were better than race day. There are some exposed leaves occasionally, but all avoidable. It was a little slow in the afternoon.

(Paul Schaaf)

Skated MTV Trails this morning at 10am. Very nicely groomed and with overnight temps below freezing made for a nice and fast ski. Would not suggest going through the bowl by Base Camp as standing water froze and was relatively dangerous. Once you take skis off and walk across the road, the woods and start/finish sections were great!

(Ben Bartoszuk)

Amy and I got out for a great ski with Pete and Kathy on the old Telemark trails. Temps were getting balmy, so the snow was changing before our eyes. Solid skate deck, classic tracks were about 80%. Excellent condition considering what those trails had gone through less than 24 hours prior! So awesome to revisit them after all these years, thank you Birkie crew! Started at the Birkie TH, took the "shortcut" off the machine-made loop to the warming cabin and through Old Korte, Tony Wise, some of the World Cup and North End. Lots of people skiing through, many happy to stop and chat trailside. Although we started late morning, by the time the afternoon rolled around the snow was getting a bit slushy and slow. Late spring skiing in February!

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(Rick Cochrane)

I skied the Birkie Classic on Saturday, and the conditions, given where we were even two weeks ago, were phenomenal. The videos were right: there was some dirt in the second half, but most of it was easily avoidable. Groomers and trail crew: thank you. To the thousands of volunteers, you are amazing. Your smiles and encouragement set the Birkie apart from other races.

(Michael Kuhne)

Birkie Ridge and Birkie Skate Trails: Nearly perfect conditions for both skate and classic. Really nice classic tracks today. Ski tech note: 3um pink polishing paper has had very positive effect on zero degree skate ski glide.

(Tom Dunaway)

Birkie start to Bodecker Rd had 5 inches of fluff, was soft in the groomed track and a couple spots with tilled leaves. After Bodecker past OO the trail was firmer, thinner base. Polar base and polar top coat good initial glide, drag evident at top speed.

(Kevin Smith)

40" feet wide ribbon of perfect virgin white corduroy from Mosquito Brook to Gravel Pit. Great tracks!

(Audun Mikkelson)

I skied north and south of OO on Monday morning and afternoon and just north of OO on Tuesday afternoon. There was enough snow but it was soft/slow except on the bigger hills where it was glazed. The section south of OO was closed on Tuesday in preparation for the Birkie events next week.

(Kenneth Kooistra)

Classic skied the north end classic and the parts of the birkie trail up north were close to perfect. Skate skied from Mosquito brook to hatchery. Multiple easily avoidable things patches on skate deck but track had many places down to dirt.

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(Ben Fuller)

Skied section from Fish Hatchery to Gravel Pit after the Saturday night grooming. Skate deck in excellent condition. Started cold and slow, but warmed up and sped up through the morning. Thin in a handful of thin spots every couple of km's or so. Classic tracks (observed) were mostly good, but patches down to leaf litter in several locations mostly on the downhills (moving N to S), with the worst between the 9K marker and Fish Hatchery turnoff.

(Eric Friberg)