Mid-winter conditions in mid-March! Wow! That said, the skate deck was a tad slow--or was it just that my muscles were tired from trying to skate yesterday before the snow had even stopped falling? (I should have known to wait.) Classic tracks were solid and well-sculpted, just a tad icy on the bottom, but nothing that klister on grip tape (for me) or skins (for my partner) couldn't handle.

(Lois Braun)

23F with a few inches of fresh snow. Complete groom of classic and skate decks. No bare or obvious ice spots. Enjoy the continued winter season!

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(James Bezanson)

Groomed a new classic track and skate deck. Classic track is overall in good shape with the few exceptions where there is ice/Slush on the trail. Skate deck overall is decent but there are spots where the wet tacky snow snowballed up and didn't feed out of the groomer very well. Use caution one the long downhill decent due to ice on it and snow not wanting to stick to it. Enjoy the last bit of winter!

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(James Bezanson)

Skated 1/2 dozen 3/4 laps on the loop adjacent to the zoo for an hour around 11 am. Skate deck very firm yet able to get an edge. Frozen skate tracks from yesterday made it a little uncertain as a frozen rut would occasionally pull in a ski. A few areas of hard frozen melt from yesterday, though they are dark and very apparent so able to get around them without surprise. The classic tracks looked well defined, and icy hard. I hope that regular grooming will continue as long as the base lasts!

(Natalie Griffith)

Got out just after the groomer, apparently. I was thrilled to find a great corduroy on the skate deck, especially after finding Battle Creek's skate deck thoroughly skied over earlier this morning. Able to one skate with confidence, easy to balance on the wet (but not saturated) snow. Plenty of base, just a couple of spots over toward the Lexington curve that required a little step around. Great grooming, nice re-route in the back bowl area. The big hill is still in great shape. Pleasant surprise! Long live winter!

(John Kieselhorst)

Tracked the trail yesterday and groomed a new classic and skate deck today. Overall the trail is in good shape but with warmer temps the usual slushy/icy spots will emerge again soon. Get out and enjoy this second winter!

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(James Bezanson)

Como trail is holding up but there are several icy and slushy patches at the bottom of hills and in sunny spots. Other areas are good though and the full 5K loop is still nicely groomed.

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(George Wawro)

Thanks groomer for some great classic tracks still intact. The skate deck looked good too. Some slush at low spots, a couple of groomed detours. No bare spots.

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(Ann Gerold Stibal)

Excellent spring skiing this morning at Como. Fresh pisten bully grooming -- thank you groomers! Suggest B skis due to a few icy spots, but 98% excellent. And decent tracks too.

(Greg Engel)

Set a new classic track and skate deck. Classic track is very thin in spots and good in others. Skate deck is currently in good shape but will have several slushy/icy spots when the temps rise above freezing. Get out and enjoy the end of the ski season before it's gone!

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(James Bezanson)