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)

Skate trails Anchor, Abbey and Big Loop groomed again this morning. Good skate skiing. But Buzz skate is still very rough with dirt exposed and Buzz classic is nearly nonresistant.

(Ann Mosey)

I skied up Anchor, which was newly beautifully groomed. Then up the steep Seagull hill, which had been the day before and had a new dusting of snow on it. Both were great. Then I skied Seagull out to the top of the Alpine area. Then skied back and down northern lights to the cabin, then back up to Anchor and across to the start again. Everything was fantastic. There were a few areas with debris and a couple bald spots. I don't think I would've damaged my good skis, but I'm glad I used B skis.

(Steve Smith)