The trail was rolled this morning with no grooming or classic track. 98% of the trail is good, but some low areas are still wet. Some minor re-routing was needed (photo in red). Enjoy.

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(James Bezanson)

I stayed on the smaller "lighted" loop on the south side of the tracks. The groomers have done a good job packing down what we have out there but we need more snow and less wind. I didn't see what the trails look like out on the north side of the course, but from the road they look like they have some coverage. There is a bit of a redirect of the trail that pushes a bit more of a side by side loop coming down Hole 7 instead of the wider loop that comes down hole 8 and back on hole 7. The maintenance tracks are frustrating but understandable. They are pretty easy to avoid but I stay on my rocks skis to be safe. Still a good full mile loop is usable but it's low snow and highly used by the youth/hs teams. Many thanks to the staff that have been working really hard to keep things going in difficult conditions.

(Peter Johnson)

At Como golf course there is some drain tile work being done and the construction company need access to the construction area. The cross cross country ski trail has been affected and we asking for your patience while they complete this work. The work should be finished this week or next. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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(James Bezanson)

A large part of the Como cross country ski Trail was too thin to groom. Part of the trail was groomed with some reroutes. The front side loop has decent snow and a classic track was added to 2/3 of the loop. The other 1/3 was too thin. Enjoy this nice weather.

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(James Bezanson)

Around 11 am today it had not been groomed. Skate skiing was tough. Someone has driven over part of course. I would say worst I've seen yet.

(Michael Cassidy)

Discouragingly, a truck has been driving across the ski trail to work by the pond closest to the parking lot. There appears to have been no attempt to minimize damage to the ski trail, which has now been ruined in more than one place. This is the most skied part of the trail, and includes the lesson area. This is particularly distressing given that all users of the trail are now required to purchase the new Ramsey Cnty/St. Paul ski pass.

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(Sarah Hobbie)

When I got there, a crew was working on a trench between the tunnel and the south pond. It doesn't affect the trails except a tractor going across the ski trail. The trail is in mostly good shape but there certainly is exposed tar, sand (in the sand trap), cattail stalks, grass and drifts. Skip the plateau coming from the back bowl as it's tar and gravel. The wind has scoured west facing and high spots leaving grass and making drifts. That said, you can find some nice stretches worthy of going back and forth on good skis such as the far northwest fairway.

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(Jay Wenner)

Rolled Como today. Trail is very inconsistent. Lots of bare spots where the wind blew it all away and spots where it drifted 1-2' deep. Trail has inconsistent depth but rolled out descent, although the wind is causing snow to drift over in many spots.

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(James Bezanson)

Definately skiable if selective. Areas shaded by woods being best, even a portion of the downhill area. No grooming, but lots of other skiers' tracks. Started to get sticky as morning progressed. Great to be on snow in our neighborhood in November!

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(Kent York)

Caught some of the afternoon light on Sunday. The coverage was okay considering we only got a few inches of snow and just recently have solid cold temps. Skating was surprisingly decent on just citizen tracks, no grooming equipment out yet. Great for a first ski of the year, but definitely rock skis only. Grass poking in a few places and cart paths were questionable.

(Peter Johnson)