Conditions: Excellent in the woods, fair on the prarie.
There are a couple of trouble spots in the beginning but once you get to the first climb the trail is in great shape. Yesterday the new snow made for a very slow track but overnight and today it set up beautifully for a fast skate deck. Good coverage in the woods, hopefully enough to survive any warm up.

(Joe Rosenthal)

Conditions: Good coverage, a few icy spots, and tree debris.
Skied the Ski Games side of BC (west of Battle Creek Rd.). Snow coverage was very good. Only a few small icy spots. Classic tracks were firm with just a few dirt spots showing. Nice 2.4k loop for a late afternoon ski.

(Bill Stuber)

New cord set on all skating trails--icy areas in the open but pretty good in the woods. Existing classic track firm/icy.

(Bill Kosfeld)

Conditions: Fair conditions. Trails are mostly icy.
The trailhead is icy in many areas. I headed up to the woods and skated the lighted portion. The little snow we got on Thursday helped me get an edge. If you're desperate for a ski, head to the woods.

(Ethan Knuti)

Conditions: Overall excellent conditions! Firm and fast skate deck.
Quite icy at the trailhead near the parking lot, but as soon as you get into the woods, the skate deck is firm and even with excellent snow coverage. There are a handful of icy spots on some of the uphills, but otherwise the skiing is fantastic!

(Tyler Gilbert)

Conditions: Icy but skiable. Fun and varied course.
Lighted trails all decent. Not too many sticks and leaves. Uphills difficult.

(Hans Kariniemi)

Conditions: All trails except Ski Games and A climb were groomed this morning. Conditions in the woods are good for skate and fair for classic. Open areas have icy spots, but are easily avoidable.
Snow is holding up well with continued grooming. Once skiers get into the woods and onto the upper loop, the skiing is very good with plenty of coverage. Don't let the harder packed snow at the trailhead discourage you from venturing out.

(Doug Schumacher)

Conditions: Hard packed and icy in spots but very skiable for skating.
Icy spots are mostly near the trailhead in the open areas. The first long uphill and the rest of the wooded areas are quite good considering recent weather and lack of new snow. While hard, grooming scuffed things up enough to get a good edge in most places. Gold loop is especially good. Classic tracks in most places but icy.

(Ned Brooks)

Conditions: We groomed the skate deck this afternoon. Back in the woods it is very good skating but the first part out in the open has some icy spots.
Very good skating deck in the woods and worth it to ski across the open part (mostly good) with some ice on top of 2 or 3 hills. Classic track is one week old and about 70% good. The A climb or steepest uphill section is ice so stay off until more snow.

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(Dave Gorringe)

All skate tracks regroomed. Good classic track remains. Still a little soft and a few bare and icy spots but overall quite nice.

(Bill Kosfeld)