Nice conditions again this morning on the manmade loops. Similar to yesterday, though temps were a bit warmer. Dirt still not coming out. Began to slow a bit around 9:30. May be worth another look early Saturday morning.

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(John McCarthy)

Conditions on the manmade snow loops are mixed, from fair to good. The rock solid base is still a foot or more deep in most sections, but there are some icy spots. Very nice skiing around the main loop this morning -- mostly a couple of inches of ground-up ice on the base, with some stretches that have to be double poled. Dirty, but the dirty doesn't come out until it gets several degrees above freezing. A shallow track is evident in some sections. Should be good early on Friday morning.

(John McCarthy)

Better than I expected, great glide and edging at 9:30 when I started but it got slower fast. Some ice on the summer stage climb. Staying to the left avoided the ice down magic carpet but the bottom of magic carpet and most of the east side was icy and dirty. Conditions on the trail across the middle was quite good.

(Mike Wiegel)

Skied 20K on the man made loop early this morning before things warmed up. Freshly groomed however, there are some places where there was glare ice from puddles that have refrozen and some thin spots but they are well marked and manageable. Kudos to the groomers all things considered! Not certain what things will look like after today but am keeping my fingers crossed for at least one more outing later this week.

(John Peterson)

Classic Skied the man-made loop this morning. At first skating looked more fun, but with the skate deck turning to sugar as the morning went on I was glad to be in the tracks-- what was left of them. Mixed bag of slush and ice in the tracks, but better than not skiing. Thick base of ice that should be around for a while.

(Mike Joranger)

Fastest sugar snow conditions this season. The new man-made snow added to the hard base was groomed to perfection. The glide and edging were great. Started at 10:15am at 31degrees and after 20 laps it was still good at 37 degrees.

(Donald Howell)

Skied the man-made loops after they were re-groomed late this morning. Good conditions on the skating lane with enough loose snow to get good edging. Several icy spots that aren't too bad to ski over. Stay to the left coming down Magic Carpet Ride until you pass the large icy patch on the right. Tracks were not re-groomed, but they look pretty good although they are icy.

(Paul Keber)

Loop was groomed while I skated. Hard and fast before the grooming, good to excellent after grooming. Some icy spots but none too long to affect control. Full coverage no debris.

(Mike Wiegel)

Office reported grooming this morning. Arrived at 11am with temperature of 37 degrees. Skating was very good and fun. Hard packed and fast with good edging. Did 20 laps of man-made loop but when temperature warmed up to 44 degrees it was slower but still OK. The sun area of the magic carpet would suddenly slow you when you skied into it. Man-made snow was clean, not dirty as before.

(Donald Howell)

Just skied the man made loop, conditions are as good as can be, pretty fast on the skate deck, not too glazed, good purchase, classic tracks are worn but skiable, the back of the lighted loop was not lit tonight, and the base is really too thin to ski on, so only the man-made loop. Attempted the back loop but turned back due to very thin base and way too much debris poking through including sticks, grass and rocks.

(Elizabeth Mach)