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Trail Reports:
2012-2013 season
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Monday, April 01, 2013 posted: 4/1/2013 11:55:18 PM |
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When Les Peterson from the Cloquet Parks and Public Works Department told me that his parks crew had groomed the trail today, I thought it was one of those April 1st deals...but he was serious. So I rounded up some of the Pine Valley regulars to check things out around 7:00 p.m. The city did make one pass with the groomer and scratched up the skate lane. It's not perfect by any means, but it was skiing on April 1st. I would say it's about 50% good with some very good stretches, about 30% fair, and about 20% death wish conditions. Snow coverage remains good, but there is a lot of tree debris, several sun-scalded icy spots, and about four semi-frozen puddles to navigate. First grooming this season was the day after Thanksgiving, last grooming was the day after Easter. See you next year.
(Tom Urbanski)
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 posted: 3/27/2013 3:14:17 AM |
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Conditions: Nice. Groomed for skate and classic today.
Still very good skiing and fresh grooming today. Classic tracks very nice, waxless fish scale skis worked well. Skate lane lightly used and not rutted. We were out just before sunset as temperatures were cooling down, snow was firm with only a few softer spots. Lots of snow, fully covered. Time your ski session according to the temperature forecast and you should have a nice ski outing in the next few days.
(Tom Urbanski)
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Monday, February 25, 2013 posted: 2/25/2013 11:40:00 PM |
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Conditions: Excellent for skate and classic.
Groomed on Monday, everything is very nice. Skate lane is flat and wide, classic tracks are deep and firm. Trail did not soften up with the warm temperatures today. Light skier traffic since it was groomed.
(Tom Urbanski)
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Friday, February 08, 2013 posted: 2/9/2013 9:21:38 AM |
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Finally got to try this trail and so glad we did! Skated several loops on the 5k trail, and although a bit soft at first, it was great skiing. Can still feel the ice with your poles under the snow, but there was good coverage throughout. Classic tracks were set.
(Melanie Bomier)
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 posted: 1/29/2013 6:55:36 PM |
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Conditions: Great for skate.
Freshly groomed at Pine Valley, very nice skating conditions, track appeared to be in descent shape.
(Chris Gustafson)
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