Beautiful day of skiing today at Mt Ashwabay with temps hovering around 32 F. With the recent snow there is a good base but some leaf debris in the track from the winds. All of the trails appeared freshly groomed. The classic tracks were deep and firm. The skate deck was a little soft. These trails keep getting better every year and I appreciate the great job they do grooming them.

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(Gene Karwoski)

Morning groom Deerpath and Blackbear tracked. Telford regroomed and tracked. Left the Classic Only as is, which was skiing pretty well yesterday. Grooming plans: Groomers out this afternoon working on skate trails. Temperatures warming up.

(Ann Mosey)

The skate tracks have a beautiful comb. Still a little soft on lower Anchor (groomed yesterday and today) and on upper Anchor (groomed only today). Power line in classic tracks were good. There was also a beautiful trail heading down Telford and heading over to Seagull.

(Ann Mosey)

Rolled, dragged, and tracked Jolly Long and Skid Road. Reset classic track and skate on Abbey and Telford. Re-groomed skate on lower Anchor, and classic on Beginners' Loop. The trails look great with the exception of thin spots on Jolly.

(Ann Mosey)

New snow and very cold. Skate trails on Anchor, Abbey, Beginners Loop, Skid Row, Northern Lights and Seagull have all been fully groomed and in excellent condition. Classic trails have been rolled and dragged but waiting for an equipment repair to track them.

(Ann Mosey)

As usual, the conditions at Mt. Ashwabay were amazing - thank you to the groomers! There were many smiling faces out on the trails today, it feels like "real" winters of yore. Snow was coming down fairly fast for the entire ski, grooming staff was out pretty much constantly working to compact and refine the skate deck and classic tracks. We went through some of the classic-only that wasn't groomed too recently, but it was wonderful. I found the skating glide to be amazing (Rex Blue), but since the deck was a little soft and I'm a little "girthy" :), the push phase of the skate was pretty difficult. Amy and I switched to classic after about 5K or so skating. Abbey Road obviously gets the most use, but past the cabin the back of the mountain was sublime. Thank you again, what a treasure.

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(Rick Cochrane)

After 4+ inches of new snow, the groomer were out at 7:30 AM to groom the whole trail system! Yesterday was fantastic and today should be even better. Thanks to all of the skiers near and far who came out yesterday, it was so fun to see the parking lot full of nordic skiers.

(Kate Ullman)

Skied the outer loop - Abbey Road, Northern Lights, Seagull, and The Buzz. Most were in excellent condition. As noted elsewhere, The Buzz has some leaves in a couple spots, and a few places with dirt spots. These are up on the hilltop. All can be carefully skied around. Be careful about rocks, though, as you approach the parking area at the end of The Buzz. That's why I'm suggesting B skis.

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(Peter Nordgren)

All fresh corduroy and I only saw the occasional tree debris. Seriously some of the best skiing in a long while. The downhill run on seagull to the anchor intersection is phenomenally fun! I'm rating it a cautious good skis. I had my B skis because I didn't think it would be as good as it was. I would have switched to my good skis but I didn't want to go back to the car.

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(Peter Aggen)

A dusting of fresh snow! Groomed skate on Abbey, Anchor, Beginners Loop, Skid, Northern Lights, and Seagull. Classic on Abbey also tracked.

(Ann Mosey)