Wonderful grooming work - skate deck in amazing condition! Skied upper amd lower sections and everything in between. Fantastic morning!

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(Lisa Ramsey)

All trails groomed for skating this morning. The skate track remains firm and fast. Use caution for a few icy spots. We attempted to set a classic track on the 5K loop, river trail, and meadow trail. The classic track is quite shallow, but better than nothing. We look forward to more snow...someday. Happy skiing!

(Eric Christensen)

Grooming team Tom and Eric hit the trails this morning and they are awesome! Don't let the weather the past week dissuade you from skiing; the trails are clean, smooth and fast. There's a hard glacial bottom with a thin layer of new snow on top. As a result the classic tracks are shallow but clean (reminded me of Brother Jerome's homemade shallow track setter in the low-snow years).

(Jason Mork)

1-2 inches of new snow on top of ice crust. All trails groomed for skating. Skating conditions should be pretty good, as the trails groomed up better than expected. Use caution for some icy spots. No classic track set today. We may try to set a classic track over the weekend after a few more passes with the groomers.

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(Eric Christensen)

We received about 2" of wet snow and it's over a very thin wet base. We rolled the man made loop and determined we need to wait for colder temperatures tomorrow morning to do any more trail work. Will update tomorrow.

(Steve Horeck)

Groomed all trails this morning. The main loop is good skate skiing however classic tracks are frozen and in rough shape with no way to groom at present. The upper most trails were groomed but very icy prior to grooming and if deciding to ski them downhill areas are very fast and require good skills.

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(Tom Brandt)

After yesterday's warm and last night's cool down much renovation was needed to bring the trail back to skiable. The main 5K and river trails were scratched hard and should be pretty good for skating. We didn't touch the upper trails. No skiing on the upper trails is advised. The classic track is shallow and glazed with debris and can't be reset at this time. Use skis you won't mind getting nicked up but the trail is 90% covered and the few spots that are thin can be avoided.

(Steve Horeck)

All trails are open with good coverage. Fresh tracks are set and skate lanes are groomed. Nice to have the trails going with happy skiers.

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(Steve Horeck)

The trails were groomed this morning. Good deep, clean classic track on main 5KM loop and great cord for skating. Rattlesnake was rolled for skating and looked great too. A bit of leafy debris but nothing that would inhibit skiing. All in all an amazing after Xmas ski experience.

(Hansi Johnson)

Eric and I rolled all trails and set track on the main 5K, River and inner loops. Conditions are soft but great coverage! Nice Christmas present!

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(Steve Horeck)