Winter wonderland with new snowfall before and during our ski. Skied north from OO about 10km on classic trail and returned to OO. With soft new snow, we enjoyed the trail and scenery. Classic tracks were skied in by others over the new snowfall. We used our best skis. We did see some grass poking through tracks in a few isolated spots, but overall great coverage with new snow.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Amy and I skied from MTV in Cable to the Birkie Trail and the Birkie Classic, and then cut inwards to the old Telemark trails (past the cabin, Tony Wise, John Bauer, World Cup, etc.). Skate deck was super firm, tracks were solid. With all of the wind the previous night there was quite a bit of debris on the trail, mostly avoidable, mostly just twigs and the like.

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(Rick Cochrane)

Skied from start to Highway 77. Trail was in surprisingly good shape. Skate was groomed from start to gravel pit. Gravel Pit to 77, even though not groomed, was very skiable. The 2-4 inches of new snow made for good coverage through out the whole trail. The recent wind did blow some debris on the trail but I had no problem using good skis. Things are looking up!

(Allen Campbell)

Fit in a quick ski this morning at Mosquito Brook out to B hill and back. It was not yet groomed, but Hayward got about 2 inches of snow overnight so I wanted to check out the trail. There's better coverage on the trail than I expected, definitely skiable and will be a good base for more snow. There were still some places where I was hitting leaves under my skis, but overall really happy with the trail conditions!

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(Chloe Zick)

About 2" of new snow. Trails around the country road OO trailhead were nicely groomed with good coverage and really good skiing.

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(Rick Budde)

Classic skied 20.73 miles of hill climbs today on the snowmaking trails. Excellent conditions. Firm tracks and skate deck. A little fresh snow. Just the training day I needed. Thank you Birkie team for giving me the opportunity to push myself! Beautiful.

(Kevin Grand)

I skied the entire Birkie Trail this week. I tried to take pictures to give a representative sample the the current trail conditions. Here are my pictures from Wheeler Dr to Lake Hayward on Friday. Trail was unskiable except for a couple very narrow tire tracks. Access to the lake was blocked. Trail might have been groomed once. Most snow was deep in the middle ridge of the trail about 3 inches of mashed potatoes.

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(Jack Burns)

I skied the entire Birkie Trail this week. I tried to take pictures to give a representative sample the the current trail conditions. Here are my pictures from Gravel Pit to Wheeler Dr past Hatchery Creek on Thursday. This was by far the roughest section of the trail. There we a few unskiable areas. The main ones were the hwy 77 bridge, the downhill after the bridge, and one other downhill just before the Hatchery Creek trailhead. After hwy 77, the trail is mainly mashed potatoes with minor groomed areas.

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(Jack Burns)

I skied the entire Birkie Trail this week. I tried to take pictures to give a representative sample the the current trail conditions. Here are my pictures from OO to Gravel Pit on Wednesday. The trail definitely has rough spots. One downhill grass patch took me down. After that I took much more caution on the downhills. The first few km of this section was fast hard packed base.

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(Jack Burns)

There's plenty of good skiing available at the north end. The core snowmaking loops of course have the best conditions. They were freshly groomed, fast, and almost perfect. I branched out to explore a variety of natural snow trails around Mount Telemark. The natural snow is more of a mixed bag, but mostly good for skating. The base is getting very firm. The powerline and nearby trails are in good shape. Others are more questionable with thin spots, etc. I did see some rocks but don't think i hit any. Off the beaten path, you can find trails that have been groomed but few are skiing. Very enjoyable day! Think snow.

(Louis Muench, CASTA)