Skate skied several of the inner trails and the route out to Lake Marie (Tornado Alley, Survivor, Yukon, C&D Express). Wonderful skiing on some excellent Pisten Bullied grooming that turned freezing rain of three days ago into a hard flat skate deck that was fast, but with good edge control, as they worked the snow enough to mix in powder with the ice. Monday I classic skied in glazed, deep, hard tracks but got good kick with Start Oslo Purple, (which was reported to kick well today also). The groomers at Winter Park are doing an excellent job (again) this year of regularly grooming this extensive and beautiful trail system. Not much snow for the last 6 days or so, so some pine needles, twigs, a few pine cones, but I don't think anything to harm skis. Overall rating: excellent for grooming; very good for trails (due to minor debris on trails). Snow is falling now!

(Mark Plane)

Bomb-proof classic tracks but I was able to get good kick with both waxed and waxless skis. Switched to skate skis in the afternoon. The trails are mostly well-covered but there are a just a few dirt patches and lots of debris--twigs, cones, branches--under the pine trees. Really quite a nice day on the trails.

(Brian Brost)

Super glide and fresh corduroy. My Wife and I skied the Wolf tracks and various trails. All of them were excellent. Picturesque and evergreens everywhere. Everyone should ski these trails. We stopped at the Tea House, a must stop, hot cocoa and tea also cookies were available, Nice setup.

(Thomas Koceja)

Deep tracks and a firm skate deck. Excellent conditions. All expert trails were in great condition.

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(Eric Koch)

The Pisten Bully got a heck of a workout Friday night-there's fresh classic tracks and skate decks on almost all trails including both Wolf Tracks and River Run. Conditions should be great and the skiing should be fun, fast, but with good edge control. It's hero snow conditions out there! Exciting news for Wolf Tracks fans, the Pisten Bully made its way across the wetland for the first time this year.

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(Erin Blow)

All the trails were open but many were not skiable because of the ice. I have skied MWP for many years and conditions today were probably worse than I typically see there. Most trails had been groomed on Thursday but few were groomed on Friday I'm guessing because of the warm temps yesterday. All the trails I skied today were icy, some more so than others. I was still able to ski 15K with decent control. The icy trails were very fast. It was fun and fast to get in the tracks and double pole.

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(Jim Gantz)

The groomers worked some magic with the ice left from last night. Good control on the skate deck that was groomed. Very fast conditions. Expert trails not groomed except for Beaver Pond.

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(Eric Koch)

Groomers have been out this morning tilling up some of the interior trails for skiers this morning. Conditions are fast on the fresh grooming and we don't recommend skiing on the ungroomed trails due to icy conditions. Grooming plans: The Pisten Bully is out on the trails now and will be working on the trails all morning. Grooming will continue tonight.

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(Erin Blow)

Many interior trails were re-groomed after the brief drizzle that occurred overnight. Older trails might be a bit glazed this morning until trails have softened up. But groomers report that the trails which were re-groomed are skiing well. It's kind of like spring skiing these next few days.

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(Erin Blow)

Great skiing today with temps in the mid to high 20's as Swix 50/55 kicked well. Tracks were good everywhere we skied and the amount of tree litter was insignificant. Lots of activity with tubing, snowshoeing, some fat bikes, and a large population of skiers out. While the parking lot was jammed, solitude could be found on the trails. Early and late arrivals reduces the load some, otherwise get lucky or be prepared to park on the road.

(Ken Schoville)