Conditions: Groomed Friday morning, classic track iced in.
Very icy and compacted due to weather and heavy use. Many bare spots.

(Joe Hines, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Conditions: Skiable, "excellent" conditions...considering the weather. Rock skis advised. Poor, icy classic tracks, decent skate deck. Some rutted spots, some gravel.
I enjoyed 3 laps at 8am, half a lap behind the groomer, and conditions improved each lap. Only so much can be done after a 24 hour thaw of a thin base, but just enough scraping at just the right time of day resurrected the skate deck without pulling up turf, and gave this great little neighborhood trail the best chance to survive the weekend. Thank you to the mpls parks groomers.

(Scott Hatch)

Conditions: trail groomed with classic track Wednesday morning.
Snow pack still thin with turf showing through in some spots.

(Joe Hines, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Conditions: Freshly Groomed!
The trail was freshly groomed and tracks were set. There are many thin areas and dirt and grass showing through. Snow coverage isn't great but conditions are skiable.

(Troy Tschidan, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Conditions: Groomed this morning.
Skate deck very thin in places. Snow too shallow to refresh classic track.

(Joe Hines, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Conditions: Good skate deck, classic thin!
Hiawatha was groomed today and Classic tracks were laid. The tracks are thin in some areas. The skate deck is in good shape with a little grass showing through in a few areas.

(Troy Tschida, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Hiawatha is ungroomed after the most recent snowfall.

(John Saunders)

Conditions: Poor, though skiable.
Hiawatha has not been groomed since the most recent snowfall. I was skating and needed to plow through a couple inches of snow over a firm base. Thin and bumpy for the most part; just a few spots with dirt or grass showing (easily avoidable - no danger to good skis). Skied-in tracks only (which I used last weekend to good effect), but they are getting filled in by the wind.

(Curt Hillstrom)

Conditions: Partly groomed today. No classic yet.
Snow very thin - turf and dirt show through in many areas. Classic tracker went right down to grass. Most tree branch and brush obstruction has been trimmed.

(Joe Hines, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

Conditions: Trails have been packed.
The trail at Hiawatha was packed Tuesday. Please be patient with conditions at the courses. We are short staffed with grooming crew due to snow making at Wirth. We will be getting to the courses 2 or 3 times a week as time allows. Thanks for your patience!

(Troy Tschida Winter Recreation Foreman, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)