The skating deck is firm with the center being well-skied-in but with vestiges of corduroy visible on almost all the trails. The winds today knocked oak leaves into the classic tracks in stretches, but they still are excellent.

(Mark Blaskey)

The trails are groomed and tracks set this morning after the 3" snowfall yesterday. The skating deck is still setting up but there is excellent edge control. Overall excellent conditions.

(Mark Blaskey)

About 2-3" of snow fell today. No grooming was done today. The skating deck is firm throughout the trails but the new snow was getting a bit deep by late afternoon and you had to pick up your skis. The classic tracks had been used in most areas and the classic skiing was good--no oak leaves--but the hard snowfall kept filling the bottom of the track. Overall very good conditions.

(Mark Blaskey)

All trails are open again. The 2" of medium weight snow that fell last night was groomed into the underlying hard pack to make for an excellent corduroy skating deck. Some softish spots but overall very firm. Tracks have been set on all the trails except on the hills. The tracks are firm but debris from all the tree and brush cutting is often mixed into the bottom of the track. Overall very good classic skiing.

(Mark Blaskey)

An inch or two of fresh snow groomed into creamy corderoy on top of a solid deck made for smooth skating. Full depth classic tracks were set late afternoon.

(Michael Howe)

About 40% of the trails are roped off as the crew continues to clean up downed trees. The skating deck is very hard and icy and somewhat rutted on a solid 6-8" base. There are about 2-3K of tracks set and they are firm with occasional oak leaves. Further away from the chalet the skating deck was a little bit softer and more manageable.

(Mark Blaskey)

About 40% of the trails are roped off and closed due downed trees that not have been cut away yet. Where the trails are open the condition of the skating deck ranges from moderately good to uneven with soft spots and ridges and furrows left by the groomer. Almost all the trails have many stretches of snowmachine tracks left by the tree cutting crew. About 2-3K of tracks have been set and they are firm and fast but have spots where clumps of thawing snow from the trees above have filled the tracks.

(Mark Blaskey)

The skate deck is still soft but firming up. The deck was uneven which keeps you on your toes as you go from gliding to soft. The "Woods" is closed. Another skier said the trails down below ("old I") are also closed due to downed trees. Beautiful scenery with all the trees still coated with snow.

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(Tim Shepardson)

No classic grooming showing, not sure as this is my first time out. Lots of ski skaters out on the trails and they seem to be totally fine.

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(Brian Thorp)

Most of the trails have been groomed. There are some narrowed spots where trees are still overhanging the trails. The skating deck within 1K of the chalet is fairly firm, but beyond that it has soft spots and needs to set up more. No tracks set anywhere.

(Mark Blaskey)