The machine-made snow trail was tilled and combed this morning, but there was a couple of inches of new snow on top so it was hard to tell. Currently 0.7Km of the Rattler trail has machine made snow (out and back) though there is another section to the right from the bottom of the sledding hill that makes the total out and back ski almost exactly 1 Km. Watch out for the water hose crossing the trail in that section. Grooming plans: Plan is to groom again tomorrow morning.

(Jim Bennett)

Stopped at GH to see the snowmaking progress. The good news: snow was being spread at the bottom of the big by the piston bully at 8:30 am. The bad news: both snow guns were sitting idle, temp 28F.

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(Stephen Broski)

Snow now covers the Rattler hill by the lot and snowmaking appears to have been moved down to the lower section. Looks to be a while before the trails could be open.

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(Lars Carlson)

Snowmaking has started, covering the hill east of the trailhead and looks like now they are working on the lower section. Hopefully the Park and Rec or the groomers will be able to provide an update on projected opening date.

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(Ian Chang)

The second largest metro in Minnesota unfortunately remains far behind on snowmaking. Took my excited junior skier to check the trail this morning. The snow guns are in place, but not active. There may be trace evidence of test snowmaking on the grass, but no progress.

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(Ian Chang)