The purple loops were in good shape in the woods, but where the trail is exposed to the sun or under a pine tree, they were rough. In the fields exposed to sun and under pine trees where coverage was already thin, there's a lot of exposure happening. You could ski around it, but it's only going to grow, of course. I'd recommend skiing the purple loops before the trails are impassable. Otherwise, the snow for 99% of the trail is packed well, groomed great, and really fast!

(Richard Kaufman)

I skated the yellow and purple trails this afternoon in Superior. It was a heavenly 10.5 mile ski. The skating was smooth and fast with a great glide! I enjoyed a 30° temperature with little wind. The skate deck was perfectly groomed! Get out here before the temperatures get too warm! It was the best conditions in a couple of years.

(Randy Johnson)

Freshly groomed at Superior Municipal Forest. Some dirt and leaves showing through. But the fresh corduroy was beautiful. Thanks to the groomers.

(Bruce Busta)

Superior Municipal forest is kinda groomed. We went at 11:30 and the skate lanes in the red/green had been done, but there were a couple of inches of fluff on top. Classic tracks not done but skied in - looked like about 8 inches of fresh fluff and still coming down.

(Eve Graves)

Great skate ski conditions on all trails. I marked it as B skis because there are intermittent patches of dirt, but I did use mygood skis and just danced around the patches. Beautiful trails!

(Bria Schurke)

Gotta love those groomers at the Superior Municipal Forest! The skate deck was fresh when we got there and they were refreshing as we were going along. We did the red and green today. The tracks are great in some spots and skied out in others. There is grass sticking up in some places and some dirt. You may want B skis but you can get around everything that is sticking up or showing through in 5% of the trail. Grooming plans: Groomers said they plan to be out Saturday and Sunday!

(Eve Graves)

Get out here! The snow has hardened up and is really fast. The classic track has been laid on the whole blue loop now. The skate deck on the Millennium section is beat up from multi use users, but the track is flawless.

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(Richard Kaufman)

All trails within the Superior Municipal Forest have been groomed and are in good condition after the recent snowfall, and they are fully accessible.

(Kara Czapinski, Superior City Parks)

We skied the Superior Municipal Forest red and green trails today. The red had a fresh skate deck and the tracks were solid and debris free for the most part, just some grass in two spots. The green had more "stuff" sticking through on the skate and classic tracks, but nothing terrible. Easy to get around with good skis on. The big hills on the green had some body divots on some of them making it a challenge. Groomers have done an outstanding job, we just need more snow.

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(Eve Graves)

My first time this year at one of my favorite Twin Ports ski trails. Snow coverage is decent but certainly less snow than over the hill in Duluth. Fresh grooming, of course, as we have come to expect and appreciate at SMF. Red, green, blue, a portion of the field part of purple (to yellow snowmobile trail connector and to purple connector but not the back part of field purple), purple connector and flat part of yellow are all groomed since yesterday's snow. Purple connector was soft but the rest was great, albeit slow with cold fresh snow. B skis due to some dirty areas/thin areas in the usual spots but coverage would allow good skis with care. Thanks SMF for great trails again. Better late than never...

(Tom Heinitz)