Conditions: Excellent--packed and groomed this morning with 9 inches of new snow.
Both classic and skate trails are in great condition (best of the season by far!). The skate trail has some drifting due to exposure and blowing snow.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Conditions: Good to fair: skating loop is good, classic is good to fair.
There is dirt showing in a few low snow spots. Last groomed with tracks set on Wednesday.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Conditions: Classic track is fair, skate is good.
Groomers repacked and set tracks again today, classic conditions are fair, with bare spots in a few places. Skate loop is in good condition with full coverage.

(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Conditions: Freshly rolled and machine tracked today--good to fair condition.
Groomers were able to roll, and set machine tracks today, conditions are mostly good, some fair on both the skate and classic trails. Tracks are thin--and will wear down in high use areas after people get out, though for now, are in good shape.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Conditions: Fair for classic.
Classic tracks still in decent shape. Frequent grass and snert exposure is easily avoided. The southernmost loop is closed for maintenance but still enough tracked trail if you repeat a loop or two. Skaters seemed to be moving well on skate loop. Plenty of skiers and snowshoers, all pretty respectful of the tracks.

(Mark Orlowski)

Conditions: Excellent--groomed and tracked, snow is a little sticky.
The groomer finished up packing and setting tracks today at 10 am. Note: due to regional trail construction, the southern-most segment of the classic ski loop and the eastern-most segment of the skate ski loop are closed for this winter season.

(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)