Close to 20 skiers out when I was! Really really cool to see these trails get used. In tougher shape after the weekend and the high school race on Friday. Didn't get groomed over the weekend, so a pretty firm surface with a lot of slippage if you pushed too hard. Still very skiable though.

(Joey Furst)

Skated at first light this morning on all the snow. The base is holding up well, but given the cooler temps and no new grooming was a bit of a mixture of icy (first stretch at the bottom), and well-worn, but not unpleasant or too difficult. It was hard to get an edge on some of the more heavily shaded areas and a few of the turns, but there wasn't much sugar buildup on the large hill or any other small climbs. All told, happy to have some snow in the Rochester area!

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(Pieter DeHart)

Man-made snow trails are still in good shape, but heavily packed and icy in places after Friday's ski invitational traffic. Seeing that this is the only snow in Rochester, it would be great if the trails could be groomed for the weekends!

(Luke Cossette)

Machine made loops were all groomed and tracked this morning. Excellent conditions. The Rochester Invitational high school race will be taking place tomorrow from 3-6 pm.

(Jim Bennett)

After no grooming on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, all machine made snow trails were groomed and tracked today. There is a track around the entire system, in both directions on the two-way areas. The track is not perfect everywhere, but skis really nice. Skate deck is flat and firm.

(Jim Bennett)

The man made loop was in good condition. The tracks were well set in some places absolutely missing in others (mainly around the bi-directional section). The tracks, in my opinion, were groomed a bit close to the edge of the trail in places. Nice to have a place with snow in southern MN. [ Winona also has snowmaking trails open -- Ed. ]

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(Scott Greymont)

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)