Trail conditions look great! With lower temps in play, the grooming allowed fresh tracks and clean corduroy. I just walked around the man-made loop, but it's a firm deck and looks super fast. The course is still very deep in most places, so weekend racing should be set. Enjoy the grooming while it's here!

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(Allie Rykken)

There will be plenty of snow on the trails for the MN State Pursuit. Groomers are not sure at this time if or how much they will be able to groom, it will depend on if the temps drop and when.

(Denny Green)

Excellent conditions this morning on the 3k man-made loop for both skating and classic. Thanks groomers!

(Bill Oyler)

Conditions: Excellent at 10 am, getting pretty soft by noon in the sunny areas.
Another great morning at Wirth thanks to a great job by the groomers! The skate lane had a nice clean layer of snow on top and the tracks were still very good but they seem to be getting less deep with repeated grooming, warm days, and no new snow.

(Dan Zenk)

Conditions: Excellent at 10 a.m., getting mushy at noon.
Freshly groomed, firm and fast when I got there at 10 a.m., but starting to get soft on the south facing slopes at 11 a.m. By the time I left at 12:30 the south facing slopes were mashed potatoes, and even some of the exposed flats were getting soft. I felt bad that I was leaving deep ruts in the skate lane, but so was everyone else out there. I'm perplexed because according to the National Weather Service it didn't go above freezing until about then. I suppose it was the sunshine that did it. (But I'm not complaining because I think it was the first time I've skied in sunshine all season.) If you want a good workout, get to Wirth before it freezes tonight! But after it freezes until it is groomed again it will be treacherous because of all the frozen ruts, downhills especially because of ridges formed by snowplowing. It should be great again tomorrow morning! I didn't think the snow was dirty enough to be concerned.

(Lois Braun)

Conditions: Excellent at 10 am.
Track was in great shape and perfect for waxless skis from 10 to Noon today. My fastest ski of the year. Was almost scary fast when I started but softened up gradually even with the sun out and was still good at noon. Skaters said it was good also. If they groom tonight should be good Friday morning. I think the freeze last night made it much better then the reports from yesterday when it was above freezing all night.

(Dan Zenk)

Conditions: Plenty of snow but getting dirty.
Skied Wirth after work and was a little surprised at how dirty the man made loop has become. The overall snow is getting quite dirty and there is an increasing amount of debris in the snow. Also by late afternoon the loop is all mash potatoes, not just the hills. I think I will use B skis if I come back. Nearing the beginning of the end I think.

(Jim Carlen)

Conditions: Fair to good on snowmaking loop. Good classic grooves about 1/2 the time.
Still plenty of snow on the man made loop. Careful on the tubing and snowboarding downhills the bottom has rutts from snow plowing.

(Mark Bushinski)

Conditions: Super-slush, slow.
Skied around 1:30 pm, found some of the slushiest man-made snow conditions I've ever skied it. Nearly the entire course was soft and slow. Just really saturated conditions -- and not exactly unexpected at 38F, but had hoped it would have been a little firmer. No fault of the groomers, just need to get out earlier (or later) in the day to ski.

(Bruce Adelsman)

Conditions: Good grooming for classic and skate.
Did two classic loops on man-made trail. Can't complain! Hopefully the sun stays behind the clouds. Little bit of dirt mixed in snow but encountered very few bare spots. Good job, Groomers!

(Paul Larson)