I started with skate and quickly switched to rock skis. Some sections are good but there are many sections with gravel strewn throughout the trail and occasionally larger rocks. It’s all very skiable but not possible to avoid all the gravel sections. It was a little uneven and hard to get a good v2 rhythm on about half of the trails (my squirrely rock skis probably had something to do with this). Classic went better and the tracks had good coverage in 80% of the trails. Great wildlife sightings- swans, eagles, geese, ducks, deer, rabbits and various other birds large and small that I didn’t know. My nose hat purchased last year did the trick protecting my face in its first subzero test.

(Peter Aggen)

Most trails had decent coverage but red trail had thin tracks with lots of grass showing through. Brown trail was in great shape and fast. B skis fine everywhere but red.

(Tina Pint)

Great ski today on some nicely groomed routes. Saw plenty of other folks out there, but wasn't crowded at all. Covered Trout Brook trails (a few patchy spots, a few soft spots, but otherwise decent), Little Falls, and Campground (really nice conditions, with just one spot of leaves). The groomers have done a great job, and it was well worth the drive.

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(Pieter DeHart)

I skated the trails on the south side of the river this afternoon. The trails are in good shape, though we could use more snow. Grass is showing through in some places, though it's currently mostly avoidable, and doesn't detract much. It looks like the classic track is also in similarly good shape. As always, thanks for the hard work to provide such great grooming.

(Walt Zuliani)

The additional 2” yesterday really made a difference. Rolled last night. Groomed and track set this morning. The tracks have some grass coming thru especially out in the fields. The skate deck has occasional bare spots but is mostly very good.

(Jeff Roberts)

Skied campground, red, brown, and purple. Campground had some footprints from hikers breaking the rules, but was overall pretty good. The yellow hill to get from campground to red/brown was in surprisingly good shape as well, other than the last 20 or so feet at the top, which was solid ice. The first downhill on red was a bit icy, but the rest of the trail was in pretty good shape! Didn't do the extra loop though, so I can only speak for the main loop. I don't recommend skiing on brown right now. It was not groomed, so it had about an 1/8th inch layer of ice on top of a couple inches of fluff. This made the trail very fast, but it was incredibly difficult to stay upright and in control. Also could feel my poles hitting the ground on the first uphill, but that was the only spot on my entire ski that I noticed that, so I was pleasantly surprised with the snow coverage! Did both extra loops on purple, and the snow was pretty good there too! I used my rock skis, but if it weren't for the icy patches, I would almost be ok with using my good skis, so that's why I said B skis. Didn't pay attention to the classic tracks, so I can't speak for the condition of those.

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(Erin Berglund)

Received 2" new last night and started grooming as the freezing rain stopped so the grooming was able to bring up the good snow and mix it with the crust. The dense snow packed pretty well and tracks were set on silver, red, green, yellow and orange. Pretty good deck on the rest of the system with no tracks. Sections in the fields had drifting so there are bare spots out there but coverage is good in the wooded sections.

(Jeff Roberts)

Willow received a few inches of new snow. There wasn't enough base left to groom most of the system with that small amount of snow. two training loops with some coverage were groomed (inside of red, 1.5K; and, campground loop of green, 1.5K.) There is a fairly good skate deck on those with grass showing thru in limited spots. There have been a few skiers navigating trails that are not groomed, but the problem will be not being able to see what is underneath the limited new snow.

(Jeff Roberts)

Took the Green Trail late in the day. Warm temperatures made for a slick track and there were a few thin spots out in the open. Some litter in the woods. Thanks to those who got out last weekend to roll the trails and set tracks!

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(David Wilford)

All trails have been groomed and tracked. “Skiers Only” signs are now up and should reduce foot and bike(!) traffic. We decided to prioritize getting trails skiable over spending time putting up signs.

(Dave Thofern)