40-plus fantastic K: good ski skating on manicured corduroy; very nice and deep tracks - would recommend B- skis, but 99% of the time you’ll wish you had your A-skis.

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(Will Andresen)

What a great day of snowfall today. The snow started at 8 AM and is still snowing! We picked up about 4-6 inches and the groomers were out until noon. No new tracks set today but we will regroom in the early morning and reset classic tracks. The skiing has been really improving on a daily basis. Full groom crew out in the morning.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

ABR provided some fantastic November skiing today, pretty good coverage for both classic and skate. It was nice to have classic tracks that were generally pretty decent. Don’t use good skis quite yet, as there are still quite a few areas of dirt/rock exposed.

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(Levi Smith)

Well worth the drive. Skied 2 hours without skiing any trails twice. A little lumpy as early season skiing usually is, but no bare spots and the scenery beautiful as always. Some trails had tracks set, which I would rate as good.

(Tom Detzner)

We regroomed about 35 km of trails this morning after an inch of snow fell last night. The inch of new snow regroomed over the base made a huge difference in skiing from yesterday to today. It snowed another inch during the day. 47 km open for skiing this weekend. It is snowing now and four groomers are scheduled for 6 AM. If we get more than another inch we will retrack as well. We will continue to be open until the last week of March, weather permitting. Sunday we are starting to prep the Highlands, Windy Ridge and Puumala Trails to open the entire 95 km of ski trails by next weekend hopefully. Sunday is the last day of the 20% off in the ski shop.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Fantastic early season skiing! B-skis pretty much throughout. Could find several K of good ski skiing if you don’t want to wait any longer.

(Will Andresen)

Could ski 40k without duplicating loops. If you know where you’re going you could use B skis, otherwise I’d recommend rock skis for a bit longer.

(Will Andresen)

Just coming in from grooming with Widetrack. We covered 47 km of trails. All of "Old ABR" North of the Highlands. The snow stopped about noon and we measured 5-6 inches! The trails are freezing down well as temps are dropping. We will do a final groom in the morning and decide if we groom the trails flat or set a track on some. Even with 5-6 inches of new snow over the old base, the trail has thin areas on the bluffs and under the thick conifers. The open areas are covered better because the trees don't block the snow. We are open at 9 AM for skiing and the ski shop sale is on Friday and Saturday.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We picked up 4-5 inches of snow and it continues to come down. I completed one pass on 20 km of trails and we are headed back out. We will be open for skiing on 20 km of trail Friday at 9 AM. Happy Thanksgiving!

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Scouted an 11k loop for possible Friday opening: Very nice rock skiing, with very few rocks but a fair amount of debris. One large 8 k loop and a couple smaller ones all connecting together. Nice variety of rolling terrain, but no big hills to worry about. With another couple inches it could be B skis.

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(Will Andresen)