Conditions: Excellent all groomed corduroy skate lane with great classic tracks.
Drove up from the cities and skied the Central Gunflint trail system today. No one up here and by far the best skiing of the year. Sunshine 33 degrees, if you love skiing you gotta get up here - will last for a long time.

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(John Dewall)

Conditions: Skate skied this morning Base was firm with soft powder on top - not slushy at all. By noon it was still great. Headed out to try traditional skiing this afternoon.
Lots of moose tracks all over the trails - unfortunately no sighting, but we did spot an eagle perched near the nest. Bearskin grooming is fantastic and the beautiful sunny days just keep getting better and better!

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(Karla Anderson)

Conditions: Spectacular trails, grooming and scenery. Arrived in the afternoon so we decided to do traditional skiing today but could have also done skate without a problem. Both were groomed and in good shape. There is plenty of snow and just the occasional moose tracks to ski over.
Get in your car and drive - this is where it's at!

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(Karla Anderson)

Conditions: Excellent - best skiing in ages.
12 inches of wet, warm, sticky snow fell Wednesday but Bearskin groomed overnight so Thursday was good. A bit slow in the morning but fast by the evening ski. Today was glorious. Some more trails were groomed by this morning. Sunshine, blue sky and awesome tracks (thanks Bearskin!!).

(Janet Folina)

Conditions: Excellent/very good: I skied from 11 am to 2 pm. Most trails set this morning, some set yesterday had 1/2 snow in tracks.
What a joy to have 12 inches fall, and have the owners of Bearskin set some trails. Who would have known after warm days our 12 inches was easy to make skiing great again. Temp 19 when I got there, 29 when I left (sunny whole time). VR40 worked well in tracks set today. Yesterday's set trails had a bit of new snow in the tracks (caused some sticking).

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(Burt Carlsted-Gillis)

Conditions: Wonderful spring skiing.
Skated beaver dam and ridge run on freshly groomed trails after a 12 inch snowfall. Temps hovering around freezing and snow covered trees. Beautiful!

(Kate Vernon)

Groomed trails south of Flour Lake. Twelve inches of new high moisture snow on top of our existing ten to twelve inch base. Temps in the mid twenties. Skate deck set up well, tracks are firm. Over 90 inches of snow so far this year.

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(Bob McCloughan, Bearskin Lodge)

Conditions: Great spring conditions-fast tracks and lots of snow.
Billionaire lifestyle for sure. Beautiful trails, fast tracks, super views. I could get used to this. Two feet of snow still up on the Gunflint.
We hit it at around 36 degrees. Tracks were firm with the occasional moose print to keep you honest. Cocoa and soup in the dining room to wrap up the ski. Totally worth the trip if you want one more day don't hesitate if you're afraid of the snow conditions.

(Dan Murphy)

Conditions: Excellent with had 2/3 inches new snow Friday night, re-groomed this morning.
Nice to hear a group of 28 folk up from the cities to ski. It was around 30 degrees with lots of sun. Started skiing about 1:00 - conditions changed a bit over my 2 hours of skiing on great tracks. I used the same wax the whole time on a variety of trails. Had some icing occasionally - but no need to scrape.

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(Burt Carlsted-Gillis)

Conditions: Excellent, freshly groomed when we arrived on Tuesday.
From BearSkin Lodge, we skied Beaver Dam and Old Logging Camp over two days. The trails were very lightly used on the weekdays we were there.

(Jan Axelson)