Great skiing today, machine made trail groomed and mostly tracked. The final loop was opened today, plus another wide, teaching/ staging area; those are kind of soft and lumpy bumpy until the trail gets regroomed in cold temps. Strava says the trail is 2.8Km if skied as designed, though you can ski it in multiple ways. There will be no additional machine made sections this season. Enjoy!

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(Jim Bennett)

Groomer was out today pushing more snow around and widening the trail in a few places. Skiing was quite good with decent skier traffic for late morning on a Thursday. Used my good skis as entire trail is artificial snow with good depth. Trail length is probably a little over 2 km and you can get close to 2.5 km if an up and down of the big hill is included.

(Robb Welch)

Conditions are never perfect, but today's are pretty close. Solid, deep track, flat and firm skate deck. The snow bridge has been partially covered and groomed, so one can ski down Storebakken with abandon. I was the first to ski over the new connector to the south. Enjoy!

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(Jim Bennett)

Fresh snow on top of previous grooming made for mixed conditions, with some fast flats, deeper snow on curves, and boilerplate at the base of the sledding hill. The wind was fierce this morning, and only picking up, but that didn't seem to affect the trails too much. Uphill on the sledding hill was pretty good, without too much sugar buildup yet. Looking forward to some remaining loop connections. All told, a chilly but worthwhile exploration today.

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(Pieter DeHart)

Best ski trails in town! Well covered trails for skating from the lower section to the top of the hill. The classic tracks appear well set even with the thin layer of new snow. Thanks to groomers and park & rec! The mixed use and intertwined areas with sledders and even snowboarders could be a bit worrisome for potential collision. Sledders had a hard time stopping before heading past into the grass area. The Nordic trails cross over the main maintenance road four times I believe, and some hikers walk across the snow bridges probably because there's no other obvious way around. Hopefully the trails can be fine tuned in the following years.

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(Ian Chang)

It's so great to have some connected loops now! With a light snow falling at midday, a few folks were in the classic tracks meandering around on the fantastic base. While there is still some connectivity needed/yet to happen, one can get in plenty of either skate or classic without worrying about your skis on most of the trail. I say B skis mainly because of the narrower passage from the bottom of the sledding hill to the lower loop/closest to the lower road, as well as the snow at the top of the hill is getting a bit gritty. All told, though, there's lots of snow, wide lanes, and now some creative ways one can work on their technique and get in quite a few miles. Huge thanks to the snowmakers and groomers - what an asset!

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(Pieter DeHart)

The trails were groomed and a classic track was set this morning. There were additional trail segments open. Just one word for the trail conditions: Fantastic! Many thanks to the groomer (John) and to Rochester Park and Rec.

(David Greymont)

The snowmakers are closing up the loops! Really nice to get some speed up and do multiple variations of a figure 8 around the trail. Great snow conditions. Freshly groomed this morning. Thank you, snowmakers and RASC!

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(Melissa Broski)

Great for having no natural snow! It is so nice to have this option in Rochester— big thank you to everyone who worked to make the snow happen! I used good skis but there were some thinner areas at the road. Classic tracks were present essentially throughout the groomed areas. Good number of people out today. Connections will make it even better!

(Jennifer Dens Higano)

Trail conditions continue to be quite good, with a very nice base of snow and classic tracks set. No snowmaking today, but they were pushing the existing snow around, looks like the loops will be connected soon. Definitely the best skiing in the area! :-P.

(Amy Hocraffer)