Fairly vast areas of grass in open areas already. Had to run across that with my old Fischer crowns. Ok in woods but very thin.

(John Colford)

When it's good, it's good, when it's bad, it's treacherous. Tested the "poor" published rating which is probably a good average. There's some great stretches of awesome skate deck but especially at the end of King loop it was nearly bare rocks and sticks, had to take off skis and hike. Fun time but slow going for sure. Cmon Minny winter, bring more snow!

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(Drew Breyer)

Bad conditions. It appears Carver only has about 2" of fluff snow on the ground. I should have turned around after seeing how much grass was sticking through on the first downhill, but I stuck it out for a whole King loop. Conditions very quite treacherous in places. The snow is thick enough to hide the gravel from your eyes, but not thick enough to hide it from your skis. Very grabby. Do not recommend.

(Spencer Davis)

Decided to go out to Carver rather than hit man-made stuff since we had snow. Pleasantly surprised. Everything was covered and there were some sticks and leaves but easy to avoid. Still very thin in some spots so you gotta be careful. A thin soft spot took me down, but no worse for the wear. Get out and enjoy!

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(Peter Johnson)

Magic today at Carver. All trails skiing great. Thank you grooming team! We got maybe 5 inches of snow out here in Victoria but groomers did a nice job. If your philosophy is tools not jewels: good skis is fine, which is what I chose. If not, rock skis. 90% of the 24k is beautiful mid winter conditions. Bare spots and rocks only in the usual places on Grimm trail hills. Easy to avoid, if you know CP. Enjoy!

(Kirk Geadelmann)

Rolled and groomed. Skied Lake, Sky and Sugar Bush. You'll need to double pole about 25% of the time to get around ground exposure. Used Rex green.

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(Kevin Wendland)

Skied Grimm and King. Some areas were great. Others were a bit thin, soft, etc. It exceeded my expectations for the first snowfall. Thanks to the groomer!

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(Adam Farm)

Skated this afternoon only on Grimm. Freshly groomed for skate and tracked. Good coverage but soft and breaks away. Slow go. Classic trails shallow with debris. Had been skied.

(Johnny Chisel)