Poor conditions: Track deteriorated over much of trail. Lots of bare spots. Icy spots beginning to affect ski ability. Trails were not groomed this week. Ski Rentals are closed for the weekend.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)

Poor conditions: Track deteriorated over much of trail. Lots of bare spots. Icy spots beginning to affect ski ability. Tamarack ski rentals are closed for the weekend.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)

Fair conditions: Track beginning to deteriorate, some areas of track obliterated. Some bare spots beginning to affect ski ability. Icy spots beginning to affect ski ability. Some spots are soft and some spots are fast depending on the sun.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)

Trails were in pretty good shape. A bit washed out in some areas - one of the two tracks was a little worse than the other - but overall a nice ski!

(Susan Woods)

Trails were ground up and tracked this morning at 8:00am. Trail rating is fair: Track beginning to deteriorate, some areas of track obliterated. Some bare spots beginning to affect ski ability. Icy spots beginning to affect ski ability.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)

Fair conditions: Track beginning to deteriorate, some areas of track obliterated. Some bare spots beginning to affect ski ability. Icy spots beginning to affect ski ability. More debris and loss of track.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)

Beautiful day to be out skiing but trails were a challenge today. The Dragonfly loop had bark, leaves sticks, and washed out tracks but also some nice tracks. The Deer Trail section had lots of leaves and what appeared to be ash and debris from controlled burning. I would have liked to have my fish scales instead of skin skis. Uphills were slippery but downhills were nice. I won't be back until there is new snow or some fresh grooming.

(Laura Hansen)

Still some decent groomed sections. Lots of leaves and bark scattered over the trail. Hills are flat and slippery. Looking forward to fresh grooming soon.

(Heidi Brigley)

Bundled up and skied late afternoon. Found the trails to be well used but still in very good condition outside of a few washout and windblown sections -- really some of the best conditions I've skied on at Tamarack! Tracks were largely well defined and not trampled, firm but not glazed, with good pole plants on most of the sections we skied. No thin spots, no ice. Got chilly as the sun was setting, but otherwise nice to get out on the trails.

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(Bruce Adelsman)

Track in good condition, near to freshly set. Some bare spots not seriously affecting ski ability. Some icy spots. Trails were groomed this morning at 8:00am.

(Kristy Rockford, Ramsey County Parks)