We skied Bear Paw and Blue Ox at Boulder at 10:45 am today. The groomers did a fantastic job, mother nature has decorated the trail though. They groomed last night so we thought it would set up nicely but it was soft. Skate lane was soft and so were the classic tracks. All was well formed, just soft. If you are skating you will be fine with good skis, you just have to go through an obstacle course of pine cones and tree debris a couple of times on Blue Ox. If you are classic skiing and want to use your good skis, you will need to jump out of the track numerous times on Blue Ox, not as many on Bear Paw. Lots of thick weeds sticking up in the tracks in spots. Just a reminder, dogs are required to be leashed. We did encounter an off leash dog.

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(Eve Graves)

It was so bad. The trail is hard, icy, and covered with debris. We made it maybe 200 yards and decided it wasn't fun. Alas, the lake is no longer skiable, either, because there's more ice than snow now. There's enough snow on the trail that it might be skiable again when it warms up but it's covered in sticks and pine needles.

(Catherine Winter)

There is still snow at Boulder, at least the parts I skied this afternoon. I skated a little bit of Blue Ox but eventually turned around because of the hard, deep ruts. There was a bit of ground and one sizable rock showing on the section I skated. Bear Paw was not as rutted and had good coverage so I did a couple of loops there. The track is still mostly there, but a little shallow and a little icy. I skied out onto the lake to see if it was possible to do some crust skiing, and it was. There are a lot of large frozen puddles on the lake and the snow is lumpy, but it was still fun. Overall, way better than not skiing.

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(Catherine Winter)

Freshly groomed today. Solid skate deck and classic track. I skied Lonesome grouse and nine pine, just a few cars in the upper parking lot.

(Skip Van Kessel)

Beautiful warm 22 degrees under deep blue sky. Skied Lonesome Grouse and Nine Pine from East parking lot. About an inch or more of new snow not groomed yet, but very nice skied in tracks on both loops. A skate skier told me that Nine Pine skating lane was pretty slow as you could tell from my picture. Beautiful afternoon!

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(Loren Janson)

Skied Bear Paw and across the lake. Absolutely perfect tracks and the skate deck looked pristine and barely used when we were there in the later part of the afternoon. Tracks were firm and somewhat fast. Boulder lake had some snow that had blown into some of the tracks, but it was still manageable and a wonderful ski!

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(Terra Ranum)

Classic skied Lonesome Grouse and Nine Pine Trails at 4PM at 5 degrees. Absolutely beautiful conditions. The tracks were wedding cake smooth. I hadn't been on Lonesome for two years. Thank goodness the county was able to manage the spruce budworm damaged balsam trees. And now the new growth is coming back! So good to see.

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(John Paulson)

Skied all the north trails and bear paw. North trails are in great condition with skied in deep tracks that are speedy. South trails are not in great shape but they should be groomed soon. Was fun to see all the dogs out for dog days!

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(Rachelle Walker)

Skied the south trails (bear paw, blue ox) and the lake crossing. A couple inches of snow has fallen since it was groomed but the conditions are perfect. Plenty of classic and skaters were out enjoying the trails.

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(Rachelle Walker)

We skated all the skating trails Saturday evening. Three inches of snow had fallen on the woods from grandma's feather bed, which finally covered the sandpaper snow of this past week, and allowed for the skate skis to glide perfectly. Tracks were deep and had good glide too, but not as good as the skate lanes.

(John Paulson)