Deeryard Main Loop & Firetower groomed today. Trails at Deeryard are in great shape. Trails closer to the lake have not been recently groomed and should be considered "Ski at your own risk" due to considerable ice throughout.

(Adam Dettman)

Skied the Massie and Hall loops starting around 11am this morning, and saw groomers out refreshing the skate deck on the race course. Conditions were crusty to icy, softening in the sunny spots by 1pm when we were wrapping up, but totally skiable and fast. Tracks were not set but mostly present and usable, but I'll probably skate later this afternoon. Maybe rock ski conditions for some folks, but the intermittent bare patches, rocks, and debris were very avoidable for a confident skier. I'd expect these are some of the thinnest and worst conditions up here right now, but still a fun rip!

(Dan Petters)

Most West End trails groomed Saturday, including Connector Trail between Cascade Lodge and Ski Hill Road as well as Massie Loop. Hall Loop and Whitesides/Deertracks were not groomed. Trails are in fair shape. Expect icy spots.

(Adam Dettman)

From the Cascade Lodge trailhead, skied up west pioneer over to deeryard, up to fire tower, back down and around short loop and rest of deeryard and back to pioneer and down east pioneer to trailhead. Lower elevations were hard and a bit icy. Midway up pioneer the snow got much better and was fine the rest of the way. Deck was solid but tracks were shallow and inconsistent, stopping and starting and shifting a few feet either way somewhat frequently. Tracks were hard to stay in especially on the downhills. But the sun was out, the temps were in the high teens, a glorious first day of March.

(Tim Nelson)

East End trails groomed Friday. This includes Pioneer Loop, Ridge Run, Pioneer to Deeryard Connector, all Deeryard trails (including Short Loop and Firetower). Lookout Mountain was not groomed. All groomed trails are in great shape.

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(Adam Dettman)

Great skiing on Norpine trail today. Absolutely beautiful with deep snow everywhere, sunny and surprisingly warm with trees offering protection from the gusty wind today. Three of us skied 6k Massie loop. Upper loop had about 3 inches of fresh snow on top of the groomed/tracked trail. Lower portion of the loop was freshly groomed this morning and basically perfect mid-winter conditions. Excellent classic tracks set and untouched corduroy on skate track. Wish we could have skied all day, but had to rest the legs for Birkie week.

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(Kirk Geadelmann)

The following trails were groomed today: Deeryard Main Loop, Firetower, Short Loop, Pioneer to Deeryard Connector, Pioneer Loop, Connector between Cascade Lodge and Ski Hill Road, Whitesides/Deertracks. All trails are in great shape.

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(Adam Dettman)

Pioneer Loop and Deeryard Main Loop groomed today. West End trails groomed yesterday, including Massie/Hall and Connector between Cascade Lodge and Ski Hill Road. All trails in great shape.

(Adam Dettman)

Entire Norpine system groomed within last 48 hours. West End trails groomed yesterday, East End today. All trails are in great shape.

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(Adam Dettman)

Absolutely fantastic conditions, and the tracks were excellent. I was out probably a half hour after the groomers, and the snow was in perfect condition. Did the Pioneer Loop, but looked like everything on the lake side was groomed. I did not do Deer Yard but the link looked to be groomed as well.

(Doug Thompson)