Conditions: Recently groomed after new snow fall.
Skied all the trails that are open except Onion Road. They are all in good condition, the picnic loop section is a bit soft and bumpy at places but still very enjoyable.

(Jonas Holmberg)

Conditions: Skate and classic: excellent.
My wife and I arrived at Onion River Rd shortly after 9 am this morning. New perfect grooming awaited us. We did two loops (22k) and had the entire system to ourselves till the very end! Molly said skate was fantastic, for classic my first lap was slow as I skied in the new grooming. The trees are flocked with ice and snow. Add the sun breaking through the clouds and we had a fantastic time. The Superior National Forest Ranger even had the pot bellied stove fired up in the cabin next to the parking lot. Had a grand time talking with the Ranger post ski in the small cabin. The skiing should only get better on Onion River Rd as the new grooming firms up.

(Rich Hoeg)

Conditions: 2" new snow on firm base.
Skated Onion River Rd. on new snow with more falling. Should be excellent for weekend skiing what with more snow today and grooming. I almost always see Jan Horak when I ski at Sugarbush, and sure enough he was heading out when I was finishing up.

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(Anne Flueckiger)

Conditions: Fresh powder, firm tracks and skating deck. Temp around 30.
Kudos to the groomers and volunteers to get the Sugarbush Trails in the best condition possible with the lower snow. Great tracks and skating deck. Caution however is needed to survey the downhills for "bowls" and water bars. Skied the back side of Picnic today, what a delight! I would suggest "B" classic skis as there are exposed raspberry canes in the tracks at various points along the system, only Onion River Road is totally free from the canes.

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(Liz Wagner)

Conditions: Decent firm skate deck on the Britton Peak loops. Could use more snow to cover bumps, some debris, and water bars. I used my B skis. Happy to see Homestead loop groomed and tracked.
Skied Homestead and Hogback loops from Britton Peak. Homestead was the best as it seemed newly groomed and had the fewest water bars. Hogback was not so good but could be skied with great care. It had been packed but not tracked on the west end. It looked like the picnic loop was packed (not tracked) on both east and west end, but I did not ski it. Also did the Oberg loop from Oberg lot but would not recommend it as the water bars on the lower part of the trail are somewhat problematic as usual in low snow warm conditions. But overall thankful for the heroic effort of clearing and opening these trails. Thank you SBTA!

(Tim Nelson)

Conditions: Very good conditions on Onion River Road Trail, other trails opening.
Classic skied first part of Onion River Road Trail. Most intersecting trails were packed but not groomed - It appeared that some skaters were able to use them anyways. But I did find that a return trail was tracked and in good condition (so I was able to ski from parking to points W-X-M-L and back to parking).

(Tom Pitchford)

Conditions: Good, especially on the groomed parts.
We skied from the Britten Peak parking lot on all the trails that were groomed. The first set of loops from the parking lot had nice corduroy with a classic track set. The sides of skate deck were a little soft, so we switched to classic skis and did the Hogback Loop. The north side of that has not been groomed since the last snow, and there are many dangerous rivulets that have washed out the trail. The south half of the loop was groomed for skating and was very nice. Plenty of snow. Another grooming and the snow deck should be firmer.

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(Dan O'Loughlin)

Conditions: Excellent conditions on Onion River Road.
Onion River Road is groomed and in good shape. There was about 1.5" of fresh snow on top of a firm deck and the tracks were in solid shape for others in our group. The trail is about 5.5K one direction. The surrounding trails have drooping trees from the heavy snow and will need some brushing and perhaps a bit more snow to open them up.

(Jim Carlen)

Conditions: Good snow on Onion River Road.
Classic skied starting by going through the wooded trail, then over to the road and up and down it. The wooded trail looks like it might have been rolled but was wet with some puddles to avoid in about 4 places. The road had nice classic tracks and although soft with temp about 35, very enjoyable first ski.

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(Wayne Nelson)

Conditions: Excellent grooming on the Onion River road. Thank you groomers.
Only the Onion River Road was groomed. No bare spots or rocks. Used good skis. I classic skied. Tracks were deep set. I heard the other trails were not groomed yet due to heavy wet snow and ice bending trees and brush onto the trails.

(Pat McCann)