Not much debris on trails. Ice ponds were present but solid. Snow was smooth and soft but has had alot of skiers on it. Might not be enough snow to track again. Crisp day but lots of gear on made it a winter wonderland. I liked having my goggles on today, kept my eyes from freezing up.

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(Chris Quandt)

Ice slush areas are now solid ice and sketchy. Tracks could use a grooming pass. Few twigs and other vegetation bits poking out. More snow would be nice.

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(Michael Engel)

Another couples of inches of snow this morning helped to cover the thinner areas. It was still coming down when I left. Some of the tracks were completely snowed/drifted in. The icy/slushy patches still suck, though I'm hoping they will freeze up.

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(Kyle Richard)

Pretty darn nice ski. A couple of patches of ice and the occasional vegetation through the snow. Close to good skis.

(Michael Engel)

I skied the blue and orange loops. 85% of the trails were very good, with a very soft deck but firmer tracks. Coverage was mostly good, however the downhills were getting snowplowed into oblivion, with tons of stubble visible and the occasional exposed root. I could feel my skis going over them, and it didn't sound great. Worst of all, there were a couple of huge sheets ice/slush on the northeast side of the mound. One of them is at the very bottom of the initial descent from the trailhead, right after the sharp turn to the left. You can't see it until essentially the last second. It is quite wet, and it's not possible to ski around.

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(Kyle Richard)

Blue Mounds received about 4" of light and fluffy snow yesterday. It looks like all of the trails were rolled sometime this evening, including the small skate loop at the top of the mound. I stayed off to give them some time to set up, and I instead did some larger loops outside of the groomed snow at the top.

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(Kyle Richard)

We skied the blue, red, and orange loops. In the late morning the snow was a bit icy, but by the early afternoon it was starting to soften up quite a bit. Coverage is still mostly excellent, but there are some exposed ledges here and there, and the snow on some of the major downhills is getting quite thin from snowplowing. I'd say borderline rock/B ski conditions.

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(Kyle Richard)

Best snow of the season so far for me. Probably about 6" of snow on the ground. Lots of the trails had been rolled but none had machine set tracks. Plenty of other folks skied before me so there were tracks to ski in, but skiing on the rolled snow was sweet, very sweet. Lots of trees came down in the park from the wind storms we had in May and June. Big trees. Lots. Not many folks out today when I was skiing late afternoon. Beautiful.

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(Christopher Quandt)

Trails have been rolled but no tracks set; just corduroy. I skied the blue loop and Pleasure Valley. Coverage is still mostly excellent, the only exceptions being the pine grove in Pleasure Valley (nearly exposed roots on the downhill) and the initial descent into the campground (bunch of stubble/brush sticking out). Other than that, I'd argue good ski conditions. The base is still very soft, so skating will likely be a bit of a slog.

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(Kyle Richard)

Roughly 6" of light, fluffy snow on mostly bare, frozen ground. A little more in some areas, especially in the drifts and at the very top. Less under the pines in Pleasure Valley. The park is still digging/plowing itself out, so as of this morning the trails are still ungroomed. I skied Pleasure Valley, John Minix, some of the campground, and the trail up to the top. Coverage was excellent, but since the snow is so light, wider skis are a must until the trails are packed and groomed.

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(Kyle Richard)