Conditions: Groomed today, skate lane only with no classic track set (appears too thin to set).
Freshly groomed this morning. Despite amazingly thin snow cover, the best skating deck I've been on all year, no kidding.

(Phil Rogers)

Good skate skiing on hard packed surface. Not tracked for classic (I'm guessing due to not a lot of snow). Beautiful and quiet trail through conifers: I'll be back!

(Gary Hertog)

Conditions: Accessed the White Pine Trail on the west side of Spring Lake Rd. 2-3 inches of snow, untracked with a single skied in track.
Walking and dog tracks present. The trail is skiable, although it is hard to stay on the soft single track.

(Tim Blais)

The trail is ungroomed but lots of ski traffic has made for a fairly fast trail. There are some bare spots and "rotten" spots from too much water under the snow. The back half of the trail is in very good condition.

(Kari Hedin)

Conditions: Great for skate! An inch of fluff!
I skated the main loop today around midday and so far this trail get an "A" as being the most pleasant to skate in town! The surface was very even except in a couple of spots, all the debris was covered and there were signs of tracks either groomed in or skied in well on each side of the trail. I did encounter two people walking down the middle of the groomed trail who I'm guessing either didn't speak English or couldn't read because when I let them know they were not supposed to walk on a groomed ski trail they walked on by ignoring me as if I were speaking a different language. I highly recommend making the drive out to Cloquet if you want some fun on hills! It was snowing and in the low 20's when I was there.

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(Eve Graves)

Conditions: Nice one inch or so base packed down providing excellent early season conditions.
Thanks you city of Cloquet! I skied the 5.5k loop about 10am and it was great all the way.

(Rose Paske)

Excellent, firm base 1 inch fresh, no classic tracks but I skied classic and enjoyed it very much. Firm enough for skate skiing. No rocks, no dirt, some vegetation under the pines at the very end. Excellent skiing.

(Tim Heren)

East side has been packed with not enough snow to set track yet.

(Les Peterson)