Hot conditions made the trails softer and slower. When I came back to coach the high school ski team in the afternoon, conditions had firmed up but also got a little icy.

(Joey Furst)

Machine made loop was groomed overnight and I made the first tracks. Base was soft but in good condition. Recommend getting out their early as possible. Did not ski in the classic tracks but they looked good.

(Sarah Johnson)

Windy conditions with small amounts of debris on the trail and in the tracks. Still good quality snow after grooming this morning, get out and enjoy!

(Joey Furst)

Machine made snow trail in great condition again. Grooming plans: As of today we have worked out an arrangement for RASC to groom on the days when the City's groomer is off. RASC will only groom with the Ginzu, not the Pisten Bully, it in most cases this should eliminate the "no grooming" surprises . Thank you for your patience.

(Jim Bennett)

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)