We were back out grooming trails this afternoon. It was great seeing people out on the trails making use of the extended season we are getting this year! This afternoon we groomed Overlook, Highlands, Ham Lake, North Star, Upper West End, Lonley Lake, Amperage, Big Pine and Little Pine, so the whole system was groomed today. Everything groomed up really well with a skate lane and a classic track on all of the trails. The temperatures look like they are favorable for the snow to stick around for a while, so we hope you can come up and get out on our trails!

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(John Fredrikson)

We were out early this morning to groom the fresh 7 or so inches from the last two days. The trails are grooming up really well! All of the trails are groomed with a skate deck and a classic track. This morning we groomed Overlook, Rabbit Run, Aspen Alley, River Trail, Cut Across, Short Cut, Power Line and Lower West End. We plan to get out to do the rest of the system a little later today. We hope you will be able to come up the Trail to get in some fantastic spring skiing!

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(John Fredrikson)

We were our grooming early this morning with about 3" of fresh snow in the ground! It is still coming down, but we wanted to have some freshly groomed trails for our guests in house this morning. We will do more grooming as the storm system progresses. The trails groomed up really well and should help us extend the season for awhile. So far today we groomed Big Pine, Little Pine, Lonely Lake and Amperage. These all were done with a skate deck and a classic track.

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(John Fredrikson)

Great conditions for March. Fast, frozen corn corduroy that was generally still easy to get an edge on. Full coverage with minimal debris. An occasional easily avoidable rock or water flowage in low spots.

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(Robert Ibler)

We were out grooming again this morning. We groomed Highlands, Overlook, Ham Lake, North Star and Upper West End. All of the trails are groomed with a classic track and a skate deck. The base is holding up well and conditions are still good. There are a few spots where rocks are starting to show themselves and where creeks are forming some ice, but these are easy to spot and avoid. The trails should hold up well for a while. Hopefully you can come up and explore our trails!

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(John Fredrikson)

With about two more inches of snow last night, we are leaning into second winter! We were out grooming the new snow in this morning. We groomed Little Pine, Lonely Lake, Overlook, Rabbit Run, Aspen Alley, River Trail and Lower West End. All were done with a skate deck and a classic track. The deck is firm and the tracks are deep. If you want to get in another weekend skiing on natural snow, conditions should be good through this upcoming weekend. We hope you can come up and have some fun!

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(John Fredrikson)

We got about an inch of snow this morning do we were out grooming again. The temperatures were around 30 today and the new coating of snow tilled in to the base and freshened it up nicely. Today we groomed Highlands, Ham Lake, Overlook, Big Pine and Little Pine. They were all done with a skate deck and a classic track. With the base that we have, we should be skiing up here for awhile yet.

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(John Fredrikson)

Just finished a long classic ski on the trails groomed last night during the transition back to cold. The tracks were quite good, not icy, and dusted with a thin layer of crystal snow. I plan to return with classic again this evening, but skating would also work as the groomer created sufficient surface to hold an edge. The sun has also contributed to additional edging potential in exposed areas. This place is a very fine place to say good bye to winter.

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(Michael Wilke)

We got out tonight to do some grooming as the temps started drop. The trails are holding up really well considering the temperatures we have had. The trails groomed today should be in good shape for awhile. We groomed Big Pine, Little Pine, Lonely Lake and Amperage. They were all groomed with a skate deck and a classic track. There were a couple of rocks starting to show up on Amperage that will be easy to spot and avoid. As well there were a couple of spots where water was starting to surface that should freeze tonight. Overall they are in good spring shape.

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(John Fredrikson)

Just finished a long classic ski on these trails which included a long steep descent down Highland trail. The classic tracks are in good spring conditions, firm, with just a little give. There is sufficient softness on the steep downhills by which to control speed and prevent blackouts. Probably better to stay with classic until the temperature cools. The base is firm and deep in most places and I imagine they will be skiing here for awhile as many of the trails are protected by the north exposures and mature tree cover. The sun exposed trails I saw remained very good, and the rain caused minimal to no damage to trail quality. If you want to hang on to winter a little longer, perhaps the Gunflint could be your ticket. I have two more days.

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(Michael Wilke)