Despite the morning rain, the trails held out quite well! Skate skiing in the afternoon in the 40 degree temps was much faster than expected, and not much of any ice to worry about. It was great to be skiing in part of the back woods on the newly opened Green Meadow extension - much cleaner snow and fun hills. My white base skis worked great. Thanks to the Loppet trails crew for keeping the trail in such great shape despite the challenging weather!

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(Bill Oyler)

Mashed potatoes with hard pack underneath and icy near the edges of the trail. Snow was also quite dirty today. Trail base was holding up nicely in most locations despite the rain yesterday. Kudos to the grooming crew and it's nice to still have a trails to ski on in this weather.

(Ben Ruhme)

Despite the soft rain we had a great time on the newly opened section Friday night. Considering the warm weather the last week we felt very fortunate to be able to enjoy a ski, big thanks to the groomers for all their hard work.

(Nic Wilson)

Uncrowded Friday noon ski today in misty soft conditions; heavy sugar becoming mashed potatoes (not appealing on either skis or plate) on the steeper uphills. But the trail was holding its own. I'm on the borderline between a good ski and B ski rating, mainly due to stretches of dirty snow, but I saw no actual rocks. The newly extended trail seems to measure 2.2 rather than 2.5km per my Garmin on multiple laps.

(David Moore)

Green Meadow trail is now open, for a total of 2.5k of snowmaking ski trails. Green Meadow section does not have lights, so bring a headlamp to ski it at night! Lower Stadium up to Coach's Corner do have lights. Snowmaking ski trails are groomed nightly for classic and skate, and are open 6am-10pm.

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(Robert Ibler, Loppet Foundation)

Skate deck on the lower stadium loop was reasonably firm, but the climb up Jim's hill was very soft and slushy. Still great to be out skiing in 45 degree weather!

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(Park Walter)

I started around 7 am, and the temp was just below freezing so the conditions were pretty good. Perfectly firm on the flats and loosening but okay on the climbs. The classic tracks looked superb and I saw a few kicking around through them. Conditions were better than I thought they'd be. Enjoy those cool mornings!

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(Glenn Hansen)

The snow was great at 6am this morning, but by 8am the uphills were already starting to break down into sugar on ice. Sounds like a good dessert, but not awesome for skiing. The flats were still good, and the tracks looked pristine. Cold weather and snow would be appreciated!

(Mike Keyes)

Classic tracks solid and firm. Some ice and some snow sugar in tracks. Klister worked well. Multiple snow cannons blasting away making snow.

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(Ken Kuznia)

1.5k loop was very sugary when I was out there with probably 1-2 inches of powder on most portions of the loop. Overall, surprisingly pleasant given the freeze/thaw cycles that we've been seeing. Everyone seemed to be having fun. Pray for snow!

(Tim Bontrager)