I skied north and south of OO on Monday morning and afternoon and just north of OO on Tuesday afternoon. There was enough snow but it was soft/slow except on the bigger hills where it was glazed. The section south of OO was closed on Tuesday in preparation for the Birkie events next week.

(Kenneth Kooistra)

Classic skied the north end classic and the parts of the birkie trail up north were close to perfect. Skate skied from Mosquito brook to hatchery. Multiple easily avoidable things patches on skate deck but track had many places down to dirt.

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(Ben Fuller)

Skied section from Fish Hatchery to Gravel Pit after the Saturday night grooming. Skate deck in excellent condition. Started cold and slow, but warmed up and sped up through the morning. Thin in a handful of thin spots every couple of km's or so. Classic tracks (observed) were mostly good, but patches down to leaf litter in several locations mostly on the downhills (moving N to S), with the worst between the 9K marker and Fish Hatchery turnoff.

(Eric Friberg)

Freshly groomed after yesterday's snowfall. Track and skate deck setup solid with cold overnight temp. Temp was -7F when we started at 8:30am. I selected B skis because of occasional dugup leaves in classic tracks, but we used our best classic skis and skied right through the small amount of leaves. The skate deck is good skis condition.

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(Ken Kuznia)

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)