I checked out Lake Elmo over lunch since I saw Battle Creek had a high school meet. Lake Elmo still has some snow, but not a lot of skiable segments. I did the Prairie loop first and that was maybe passable depending on how desperate and/or adventurous you are, but it wasn't great and you'll have to ski over some rocks and bare dirt. The green and brown trails looked to be in worse shape. I made it out to where those two trails split and turned around since it wasn't worth it for me with all the bare dirt. I'll be sticking to the manmade loops until we get more snow.

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(Nick Arth)

All trails rolled, lights were on, and very skiable surface! True rock skiing -- you will find the occasional rock and spots where the groomer found dirt. Use caution on the downhills accordingly. My take: nice to have some natties available as an alternative to man-made loops, but you will definitely cause at least light damage to your bases. Thanks groomers for packing it down!

(Jay Woodbeck)

Nordic trails are rolled and conditions are fair to poor with no tracks. Patchy and bare spots are showing through the entire Nordic side of the trails. Snow is only 2-3" inches deep. The snow is fine granules and loosely packed with no substantial base and drier making for decent glide.

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(Brian Selvik)

Skiing at Lake Elmo east was as good as it was two days ago and much more people made tracks. Excellent glide and some debris but none that caused a slowdown.

(Lincoln Fetcher)

Nice work by the groomers at Lake Elmo to maximize the snow we received. Most flats have solid coverage with occasional avoidable twigs or dirt. The uphills have a fair amount of exposed gravel/dirt. I'd also avoid the farthest NE loop that runs parallel to the lake and is over a paved path. There's already been walkers through that pushed through the deck to the pavement, exposing the asphalt. Overall quite skiable!

(John Leaf)

Better than I expected on Lake Elmo East. Snow is pretty good and good glide. Only a few spots to be careful of and a few leaves sticking up here and there, but not really a problem. On and off there are some half decent tracks.

(Lincoln Fetcher)

East side and west side trails were rolled. Condition is fair to poor depending on the trail with some debris in spots.

(Brian Selvik)