Man made loop fully open. Very good hard fast snow, no ice or debris. Not crowded when I arrived around 8:45 am.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Man made loop is fully open again. Was in really nice shape with fast and firm conditions. Didn't think any spots were icy. They've done a great job repairing the trail. The natural trails looked rolled and had been skied on, but I didn't try them as was on good skis.

(Erik Erickson)

Beautiful sunset ski at Elm Creek. Firm and packed skate deck after the new snow. Lots of snow guns out to expand the loops and natural trails were with lots of powder, excited to ski those when groomed. Used good skis, decent glide.

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(Christina Fanola)

I skied the outer trails mid-morning today. Eagle, Monarch, Creek, Lake, Northern Lights and then back to Bottineau House on Valley trail. Only man-made skied in tracks on Eagle, Monarch, Creek, Lake. Northern Lights had just been rolled. Snow guns were making snow around the Chalet. The 1.5k of the Valley trail was good.

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(Mark Skinner)

I skied classic at Elm Creek this morning. The trail was still the short version from the practice area, the tracks were well set, I had slow glide but I hadn't rewaxed since Tuesday, I had good kick. They have 9 guns running from the practice area to the flat by the chalet and the groomer is pushing snow around. I talked to a groomer who was headed out on a snowmobile with a groomer towed behind, he said he was going to try the Northeran Lights loop but said it would be posted if it was opened. He said it would be a rock ski adventure.

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(Tom Harris)

Nice to be out on real snow, plus the snow guns were going in the closed sections! Hopeful that maybe this snow will be enough to roll some other sections.

(Ben Fuller)

Mashed potato conditions on the skating deck as of mid-morning for most of the loop that's open, which is about 0.9 miles. Still skiable, which is wonderful given the conditions. The track looked pretty icy but, again, skiable. The groomers were busy towing the snow cannons around...hopefully a sign they're going to make some of the good stuff again.

(Jason Goepfert)

Conditions were great. We're lucky we can ski in a winter like this! Thank you groomers! Park in the lower parking lot by Bottineau house. No trail access via the chalet.

(Ingrid Leask)

Kudos to the groomers at Elm! I was not excited about skiing this morning, but they turned the rock salt-like substrate into a great, solid fast track. I used Guru 39 and it kicked great! Surprising, hardly anybody out this morning.

(Stan Hokanson)

I found the tracks in good shape for the 1.5 km that is open. Kick was pretty good on the up hills with the skin skis. A sign at the Bottineau House trail access says "open not groomed" but they defenitely were groomed. Thank you groomers. A moderate number of skiers out at 9:30 a.m.

(Mark Basiletti)