I skied this morning and the whole snowmaking loop was well groomed. The skaters were flying around the loops. I was the only classic skier at the park. The tracks were icy early on, but warmed up nicely to give more kick.

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(Bill Lundberg)

Sunshine and blue skies, light breeze, 32°. One of the best skis all season! Fast, firm, but could get an edge. What a blast! Thanks to the groomers for covering the dirt at the top of the donut by the chalet. Should be able to get a few more days of skiing in with very few skiers out there to churn it up. 2 1/2 K open.

(Kathleen Miller)

Kudos to the groomers for continuing to give us great conditions. They moved snow over to the end of donut to clean that area up. Everything had plenty of coverage and no ugly dirty areas. We had fun skate skiing fast on the hard surface but could still edge fine. Tracks were firm and nice too. Gorgeous morning to be out and see a few others with big smiles too!

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(Kevin Ousdigian)

Surprisingly good conditions but would definitely recommend skiing in the morning before it softens. Thank you to the groomers for keeping the trail open and in good shape!

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(Dave Bridges)

Watched the lights turn on this morning. Same areas open as yesterday (no stadium). Tracks were ice, with some crushed ice/chunks, here and there. Way down from back donut had a small section of ice that posed not no issues. Trail is getting really narrow, bypass to the stadium had no classic tracks, and no passing on the big hill up to the stadium. Deck was solid and donut was fast but skiable with no ice. After the sun rose, the amount of brown showing through was apparent. Talked to the crew and sounded like we may have a couple more days. Three other cars in the lots when I left.

(Marcel Derosier)

Skied Elm's full manmade loop at 11 am. Thought we would be too late to enjoy good skiing but found great groomed conditions for both classic (nice track) and skate despite temps in the upper 40s and rising. Still some relatively fast stretches in the shady parts at noon. A couple dirty areas were easily avoidable, though the one coming out of the donut might be bigger soon.

(Steven Law)

Skated full man-made loop starting around 9:30 am, low 40s. Surprisingly, in really good condition. Fast in the shade, starting to slow down in the sun. Deep slush did not form on the hills because there were only five of us skiing the entire time I was there. The end of the donut loop is getting very, very dirty. The rest of the loop is still pretty clean.

(Kathleen Miller)

The conditions were very good firm and fast between 11 AM and noon. There were about a dozen folks out skiing. The classic track was very fast when I jumped in it to double pole. Just a little dirt near the top of the Upper Donut climb. I figured I better ski today as I won't be able to for another 4 years. Looking back, I'm 50-50 for skiing on the last 6 leap year day. We are now 0.1 inch ahead of the lowest snow winter on record 1930-31 which had 14.2 inches...whoopee!

(Mark Lahtinen)

Classic skiied at 9 a.m. The entire Valley trail was open and the grooming was excellent. The tracks were in good shape for 95% of the trail with just a few icy places. Skin skis worked well. A few oak leaves in the usual places as there always is in the late season.

(Mark Basiletti)

Great conditions early, thanks to the groomers. There weren't many people out, which helped keep the integrity of the skate deck intact for a while. By 10ish am, the snow was getting slow, sticky, and slushy. There are more and more patches of dirty snow, which can't be helped given the lack of powder. The tracks looked okay at best. Overall, a surprisingly pleasant ski.

(Jason Goepfert)