The Ski Games side of Battle Creek is now groomed with classic track plus the Ball Field near the Rec center is groomed. The rest of the trail system is groomed and looks good for skating and pretty good for classic (a few spots with grass/ground showing through) and some leaves, but overall good. Photo is from the ski games side.

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(David Gorringe)

Added tracks to the World Cup and Gold trails this morning. Some tracks are very good and some not so good but easily stepped around. There is good coverage on the Battle Creek trails for skating and classic, have fun!

(Bill Stuber)

The 5 K Silver Trail was groomed for both skate and classic this morning. The Gold and World Cup Trails have been groomed for skating with no classic track laid down. The Ski Games trails have been rolled. There is plenty of coverage and the skate lane is in very good condition. The classic track has debris in spots and requires some nimbleness to get around those areas, but there are some really good sections of track, especially in the woods. Once one gets past the start area which is wind blown in places, A skate skis could be used for sure. I would stick with B classic skis for now.

(Doug Schumacher)

Good coverage on Ski Games trail. Rolled, with skier-only made tracks. Nice to be on the fresh snow, with sunshine.

(Scott Stanley)

Nature and the groomers have worked worked a small amount of snow to make a decent skate ski surface. The snow depth is insufficient for the course to be completely flat. Classical tracks have not been set -- the snow is not deep enough. Still, with the bright sunshine today, it was a beautiful ski.

(Greg Filice)

From the parking lot it looks pretty bleak. But go about 200 yards down the trail and it improves greatly. Good snow cover, with a little caution could use good skis. All trails--including beginner's on ballfield and Ski Games across the road--resurfaced Saturday morning.

(Bill Kosfeld)

Groomed all of the trails except Ski Games side and skate deck looks quite good for skate. Classic is good also but not deep enough to set track. The first 200 meters from parking lot are quite bad thus the B skis. (Some patches of ice showing) but quite good snow especially in woods. Be careful skating up hills as some ice under new snow.

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(David Gorringe)

Skied all of the loops including the trails across Battle Creek Road. Most of the trails had excellent coverage, and the warm weather softened up the snow a little bit, providing a great edge!

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(Erin Moening)

Wish I had chosen a different trail system today. There is decent coverage but it is very hard packed and rutted. V1 on uphills was fine but I couldn't get any rhythm on flats and much control on downhills so it wasn't very fun. Golf course trails in St. Paul were much better this week.

(Peter Aggen)

Skied Late afternoon, just did the Silver Loop and found it surprisingly good. There are a couple of bad spot but no problem stepping around them. Trail is skied in nicely allowing for a good skate edge. Some skied in tracks.

(Bill Stuber)