The cold weather, and frequent grooming provided some of the best classic tracks you could ask for. Firm base, and pole plants. Skate lane looked slow in the sub-zero temps, but the classic skis ran well. Perfectly blue sky, and calm winds, made for an afternoon that did not seem very cold at all. What a day to be out! The whole system looks great! Thank you Groomers!

(Jonathon Rulseh)

Skiing today was very good to excellent by the reports from skier reports. We are grooming all 73 km of trails and setting tracks on all 73 km of trail. The 6-10 inches of snow that came during the day was groomed from early morning and then 4 groomers continued to be groom all day. With over 4 feet of snow recorded we have been skiing for 4 weeks and are in mid-winter conditions. Groomers on task for Sunday morning again!

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We are at mid-winter conditions with 73 km of trails open and groomed, we groomed 70 km this morning again and set classic tracks on most of the trails. The Pisten Bully tilled the Dog trails and the base is adequate for powertilling. There is a bit of ice in the flat lowlands like Bear Bait and Sunrise but we are very skiable with excellent conditions on 95 % of the trails.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We re-groomed some of the skate lanes today -- with the wind it did not make sense to reset tracks. We are 100% open with 73 km of trails. The Pisten Bully was out testing the base on the dog trails tonight. Snowfall totals are in the 3 foot mark. Lodging open for the weekend.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Just got back from 4 days at ABR. Conditions were very good over the weekend; Sunday night they got 6 more inches of snow and conditions are excellent. Beautifully groomed.

(Ralph Schwartz)

We received about another 4 inches last night and the 5 groomers were out in force this morning and all, day getting the last of the trails opened up and buffing out the 55 km that is already skiing well. We will put the top coat on the Highlands and the new Saari Loop and Ridge Runner and Otter Slide in the morning. And by the looks of it we will be re grooming most of the trails we re-groomed this morning - It is snowing again hard from the W-NW. With well over 2 feet of snow for this season and cold temps we are into mid winter conditions. We have "Lodging" in both Trailside houses and many cabins this weekend. Trails open: 66 km tracks set on all.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

I was out tonight packing the last segments of wet sections.... Bear Bait, Sulos etc. The trails looked very nice, classic tracks seem to have held up well. We will do touch up grooming in the early morning and have a groom crew on standby for 9 AM if we get more snow.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

About 2 feet of snow in the last 3 days. We had a good day of skiing, we groomed all 70 km today and we skied on 35 km, I just came in from grooming Peltonen and we will be opening Peltonen, Rudys and the Highlands in the morning for about 55 km. The classic track set today looked very nice. With the cold temps the wet spots are freezing up nicely.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We received about 12 inches of snow during the day today and we had a army of groomers out two shifts packing as every snowflake fell. We set track about 11 on some of the trail and then as we regroomed after lunch we did not set track. The trails are skiing very well and the base is freezing down. We have about 20-35 km skiable and we are packing 73 km.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

The woods were white, snowed all the while we skied. Groomers were out in force packing the base. More snow expected tonight. Weekend will be great.

(Ken Spiegelberg)