Conditions: Good - fresh double track.
I started about an hour too early. First hour was on packed trails littered with hiker foot prints. On the decent to the river I ran into the groomer going the other way. He said he would track all the trails. The next 20 minutes were excellent for me. Fresh track and no footprints.

(Jacque Finlander)

Conditions: poor to very good (probably very good overall soon).
Heavily hiker pockmarked corduroy when I first started about 9am. The North Prairie loop, river flats, and north ascent from the river were all poor, but by the time I finished out on North Prairie, firm and fast double tracks had been laid. I presume that they'll groom everything today. Great to finally get some skiing in.

(Sam Seltz)

Conditions: Fair to poor, ungroomed.
I scouted out Afton this morning on snowshoes. It's skiiable--one skiier was out and several trail runners, including a guy in running shorts and tank top who was snowshoe running--but rough. 1/2-1" fresh powder on hard icy pack. I'm going to try my fishscale bangers tomorrow.

(Sam Seltz)