Conditions: Icy tracks, marginal conditions.
Talked with groomer Matt: The temperature fluctuations the past few days have caused the bottom of the classic tracks to melt and refreeze into ice. Matt reports this morning that the skating is still ok in the lower arb but the tracks are icy and there are some rocks showing through the bottom of the tracks so overall the conditions are marginal.

(Timothy Vick)

Conditions: Very good on the lower arb trails.
I skied the trail along the river again and it was great - a modest dusting of new snow that was freshly groomed and tracked this morning. Grab it while you can!

(Timothy Vick)

Conditions: Upper Arboretum freshly groomed this morning for skating. The Lower Arboretum had about 60% of the trails re-tracked and I opened up a couple of new trails.
The upper should skate pretty well. Fresh corduroy over hard packed base. We are planning on regrooming again this evening with the colder night ahead. We expect to also set a track tonight. The lower Arb has held up well and with the fresh coating of snow, we were able to get a full depth track. I would estimate about 10km of trails currently groomed with about 2 km left to be tracked.

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(Tom Bisel)

Conditions: Decent skiing with a little dirt showing through in spots.
Enjoyed a nice ski this morning on the lower loop. Added one big scratch so I would recommend rock skis until there is more snow.

(Matthew Paul)

Conditions: Fairly good considering the amount of snow we have.
I skied the lower arb trail along the river this morning and it was nice. It has a single set of tracks set, with thin but adequate snow. I encountered no rocks. A nice outing.

(Timothy Vick)

Conditions: Packed with footprints.
Still very skiable tonight, though lots of prints. No bare spots and little debris. Overall pretty good conditions, and the warm day softened it up nicely. The new snow might be just the ticket.

(Rich Bailey)

Conditions: Fair-good, adequate snow coverage.
Skied 8:30-9:30a on trail along the river, snow coverage good along whole trail, two-way classic skiing with a 4-5' distance between them. Not an exorbitant amount of snow but plenty for full coverage.

(David Johnson)

Most of the lower Arb trails are rolled and have decent skied-in classic tracks. It was really nice and lots of people were out enjoying the trails. No fear of gravel and sticks, and the snow was much drier today than yesterday. The upper Arb has a decent base with several inches of powdery snow on top. There are decent skied-in classic tracks and a few people skate-skiing as well.

(Will Daniels)

We have no snow in Northfield as of today. Hoping for some soon!

(Timothy Vick)