Started out on Blue Loop but felt downhills were unsafe in shady areas -- icy and could not edge. Skied purple loop partially skating and partial in tracks. People have been walking on trails creating divots and a large truck even went across the trail near the trail head just south of the bathrooms at the bottom of the slight hill, so be careful. Still a good base 3-4"+ most places, in my opinion barely skiable due to rutted up surface with the diagonal stride track better than skating lane.

(Brent Foye)

Skated blue this morning with the exception of the hilly loop that wasn't groomed. Very slow and soft, and a lot of debris. I did see a few rocks poking through. Also several spots (small spots) down to the ground on the first blue spur that was groomed most recently. If you want to ski Nordic, I'd say to go sooner rather than later, but be prepared to work for it!

(Holly Kruchoski)

Classic trail set, excellent(ish) skate deck. B skis due to debris. Parking lot was full at noon! So fun!

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(Kent Sall)

Skied early this morning, I skied a combo loop of blue/green/white. Trails in great condition, fairly firm, just a few areas of debris. Uphills and downhills were good, very pleased with the grooming especially for the weekend.

(Ed Edinger)

Excellent. Three sections of the Blue trail were not groomed yet but otherwise had tracks and a skate deck everywhere.

(Mike Dix)

I skated the white trail at 7am this morning. A huge amount of chainsaw work and trail clearing has been done since a previous report about tree debris everywhere. The trails were all clear. There is one downhill section on the white trail that has the UTV tracks still, but it's very easy to skip that portion. There is two inches of fresh snow that was not rolled yet as of 8am this morning. So it was hard work out there!

(Rob LaRocque)

The purple and white trails were groomed for classic and skate around 1 PM today. A small loop of the blue off of the purple loop also groomed. Skiing was good. From what I saw, no other trails opened and blocked with signage preventing entry.

(James Grandt)

I started on the purple and white loop given the KMSF hotline said they were good to go. Lots of UTV tracks and lots of ruts, especially on the southern end of the white loop. Skied the orange loop after and it looks like they rolled most of the remaining trails today. Still a soft base but much easier and enjoyable to ski.

(Ben Bartley)

Skied the white loop after calling the hotline for trail conditions and being told the white and purple loops were groomed. Was disappointed that they were not groomed, lots of ruts, bumps, and ATV tire tracks. I tried to make the best of it, and hoping they can groom the entire system by the weekend. Lots of branches down that I was told they were cleaning up, so we'll see how it ends up by Saturday.

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(Ed Edinger)

I arrived shortly after noon. Intermediate trails were not packed or groomed. From the skiers I talked to, you would be taking off your skis to climb over downed trees/tree limbs. The purple loop was at least packed but no classic tracks set (except the skiers making their own), skate deck was uber soft. By late afternoon, they had packed the brown loop and the white loop. Skiing around you could tell lots of tree branches and other debris fell onto the trails. Help them out by picking some branches up off the trail and throwing them into the forest! Great news is that the snow will stick around...don't fret if you did not make it out today. It was slow going but thank you DNR folks for working hard to clear the trails. Expect conditions to improve and more trails to open in the coming days. Based on the packed trails, they probably got 10 inches or more -- no grass within sight!

(Jonathan Tomko)