Wonderful skiing at Active Backwoods Retreat. Ski-skated The River, Cherry Dairy, Sulo's, and parts of Memory Lane and Blueberry Bluffs. Trees coated with ice and snow and weighing limbs down. Winter wonderland. Some tree debris falling down from melting ice on trail, but not at all bothersome to ski around. Skate deck excellent, not icy at all.

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(Ken Kuznia)

We had a great morning of trimming iced branches. Six of us grouped into three teams of two. It was fun to see the beauty of the ice covered branches in the sun... but they need to be cut for our trail system to be open for skiing. I am very thankful to our grooming crew to coming in to help this morning. Wully Bully groomed 12 km of skating after we completed our brushing. Grooming plans: I am heading out to groom about 20-30 km in the early morning with the bigger PB.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Wow just, wow! Best fast and skiable tracks I've seen in years and I've been skiing a lot of years.

(Dennis Isely)

Over 30k groomed up beautifully even after our rain turned to ice. Eric and crew did it again, fantastic skiing out there!

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(Will Andresen)

We had a full crew of 6 out this early morning getting the combination trails in order. The new 4 inches of snow groomed up well. We had many branches to cut and pick up from the Saturday "Epic Ice Storm". There are still a few branches here and there that need attention, but we were able to groom 36 km of combination trails with both Pisten Bullies. Grooming plans: We will be back out in the morning with a full crew working on them again and on the single Track Trails.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

I am used to typing "great skiing.... groomed....". Tonight I am posting groomers called in "I can not get out of my driveway! It is pure ice.." Never heard that before and never experienced a day like today. After living here for 52 years off and on, I have never seen an ice storm here like today. With all the Kings Knights and one of the Kings Men we could not put Humpty together today. However we broke out 32 pair of snow shoes we sent potential skiers down the ski trails with snowshoes. Lodging guests and tourists seemed happy. We made Lemonade from the Lemons! Grooming plans: Sunday early morning we have the full crew of groomers, sanders, plowers coming in to make for the best possible skiing. Our trail base is 12-18 inches, we should have plenty of snow to make March 20th.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We received some rain this morning and the roads, parking areas and trails are currently very icy. Skiing is not recommended today except for expert skiers on flat trails. We plan to regroom Sunday early morning.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Crasher and Pig Heart ran both Pisten Bullies for a full shift this morning. All trails except Pelty and Rudy's have been groomed in the last two days. Skiing is awesome. Warmer temps, sun and great snow. Forecast is calling for snow early Saturday morning changing to a wintry mix and then to rain in the afternoon. Our grooming plans are to let the snow absorb the rain and regroom Sunday morning. We believe this will provide the best skiing for Saturday and Sunday. We may groom some of the flatter trails Saturday AM depending on what happens tonight and early morning. Ski Shop sale started today 20-30% off many items, Season Passes on sale at discount rates $125 and $145 (jr/sr and adult). Newbie pass at $100 good for all of the rest of this season and all of next season. We do plan to close March 20th Sunday at 4 PM.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Congratulations to all Birkie skiers, looks like great conditions today! We had a great day of skiing with 90 km freshly groomed this morning. Just parked the Pisten Bully for tonight, I enjoyed grooming with Bob Seger and had a pretty sunset. Grooming plans: We are grooming with a full crew again in the early morning and expect 90-95 km regroomed for the 9 AM opener. Discount season passes on sale until March 20 when we close for the season.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Classic skied 34 km in the River Trail, Blueberry Bluffs, and Highlands areas. Beautiful grooming after the new snow. Its inspiring. Thank you groomers for giving me awesome conditions on your phenomenal trails to get my last 2+ hour ski before the Birkie!

(Kevin Grand)