Not groomed yet sadly, but had a great powder ski tonight anyway with some warm temp wax. I had the whole place to myself, skied the whole thing, hills were a ton of fun. A few soggy and icy spots but should smooth out pretty well if they can get a groomer on it.

(Mitchell Ravala)

I tried the 7 Bridges Rd. parking lot, and the chalet parking lot. I only skied about a kilometer total, but I decided that it was crummy enough that it really wasn't worth it. There is a lot of dirt, fairground, ice.

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(Erik Riker-Coleman)

Our UTV broke down today as we were rolling Lester. While towing it out there was some dirt and ice chunks that were brought up on the trail. Currently 2 out of 3 pieces of equipment for grooming are down for repairs. We are hopeful to have at least one back before the weekend. This has and will impact our response time for grooming this week. Extremely icy conditions are no help. Thanks for your patience. We are hopeful that we'll be able to complete grooming before the Tour Duluth event this weekend.

(Cheryl Skafte, Duluth Parks and Recreation)

Not skiable. I hiked the very icy Amity East COGGS trail and took pics at the ski trail intersections and the trailhead. It's ice, bare spots, and ice. Also ice. We will need a good dump of snow to resurrect the trails. Also unskiable: 7 Bridges/Skyline (large bare patches and ice) and Amity Creek (wide open and roaring).

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(Catherine Winter)

Going going... Not quite gone yet. Just skied outer loop at noonish and probably 92.5% covered and there are a few areas of brown snow/sorta ice but not too bad... 1/2 thru my ski it started raining and I am soaked but the trail was decent. I would say it would be worth trying tonight if we don't get too much of a downpour.

(Greg Sumner)

Surprisingly good conditions. Maybe 5% of the trail is very wet but still passable. Classic tracks appeared OK. Slowing down as the temp warms up.

(John Jereczek)

The skiing was great. In some places it was a little icy. One particular hill coming up from the park was really icy. It was better than I thought and there were nice tracks set. The sunset was very beautiful with the trees.

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(Ava Schapman)

Skiing at Lester is excellent and freshly groomed. I went expecting rock hard and ice but I found a great skate deck and perfect tracks. This is some of the nicest skiing of the season and there is still lots of snow. The Lester Chalet is now open Monday-Friday 5-8, Sat and Sun 11-4. Lights are on every night.

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(MaryBeth Nevers)

Remarkably great! The track is in very good condition, even powdery in some places and fast. Classic track is deep, solid and fast. I thought it would have been icy from the warm up and then freeze but it is not. It should be very good again today.

(Kara Salmela)

Skied the lit loop at Lester Wednesday night after dark with good skis. Icy, but not scary icy. Surprisingly fun. Pretty decent coverage, let's hope the weather predictions are wrong. Minus a kid to put to bed and a report of a dog throwing up in the living room we would have stayed to ski longer.

(Kristin Riker-Coleman)