Perfect. It was like a postcard out there. Monday's 8-9" of fresh was perfectly groomed. Great kick in the perfect tracks and virgin corduroy on the deck. Lots of solitude with peaks of blue sky and a few flurries coming down... Lovely.

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(Sue Schroeder)

I needed picture perfect conditions for a good mid-distance ski before the Birkie, with an awesome variety of hillclimbs, fresh deep tracks, double-poling and fresh corduroy on the skate deck. That is exactly what skiing here today is like. Classic skied 20 km, 1 hour 15 minutes. Included the Highlands area for inspiration. Is it me or doing training skis through the Highlands, do you get the feeling that this could be where Rocky trained before his big fight with the Russian? Thank you ABR for getting started skiing this season in November and building me into a better skier!

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(Kevin Grand)

We received 10-12 inches of snow last night and this morning. Both Pisten Bullies were out on combi trails and two snowmobiles on single tracks... back to winter winter wonderland conditions. We groomed all 101 km of ski trails. The same crew is heading back out in the morning to regroom.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

It almost goes with out saying that skiing at ABR is excellent. I was there with the Northstar Ski Touring Club on both Saturday and Sunday. I skated in the morning and did classic in the afternoon on Saturday and just the opposite on Sunday. Although classic was getting a little icy on Saturday afternoon, a dusting of fresh snow overnight, cooler temps and new grooming fixed the problem on Sunday. ABR never fails to please! Thanks to Eric and Angela for their years of hard work building ABR into a premier ski destination! If you go, don't forget to slow down enough on Otter Slide to find out the reason for the trail's name. You can see the same on the Tamarack Two Way trail as well!

(Lois C Braun)

The trails were very good today! The new snow groomed up well. The Pisten Bullies don't have a problem with the mixing in the new snow and the old snow. Saturday we plan to have Wide Track or Partner regroom Hemlock, Jack Pine, White Pine single tracks and Crasher Pisten Bully groom Blueberry to the Highlands and Ridge Runner. Pig Heart will Pisten Bully the other trails on the north end. Recreational skiers have been very pleased with conditions.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Four inches of snow yesterday and another two inches today! We had a full crew of groomers in this morning. Crasher ran a Pisten Bully on some of the flatter trails and did a great job of mixing up the new 4 inches of new snow with the old snow. The rest of used lighter equipment to regroom the rest of the trail system. The classic tracks set were OK, not perfect like we are used to, but after the two inches of snow after 9 AM it seemed fine. Skating was highly rated even this afternoon with 1-2 inches of fluff on top of the groomed surface. We groomed 95 km this morning. Grooming plans: We will back out with a groomer team of four again early morning and will have at least one Pisten Bully out, maybe both depending on conditions. I expect excellent mid winter ski conditions for the weekend. Beginner recreational skiers will be happy thanks to the new 6 inches of snow.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Just coming in from grooming with Snow Cross. We groomed up 20-25 km this morning including setting new tracks. The new 3 inches of snow changed us back to mid winter conditions. Grooming plans: Full crew scheduled to groom in the early morning.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Wow! What a difference 24 hour can make! At 8 am today the rain stopped and the snow started. A total of 4 inches fell. Groomers were able to groom the combi trails. Single track classic trails were skied in by skiers. Additional snow fell after grooming, but no one was complaining. It was a beautiful day at ABR!

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(Ron Fabrizius)

Arrived at trails at 9am. Only the skate deck had been groomed on all combi trails due to the impending rain. Classic tracks were fast and a little icy, but it was easy enough to jump out of tracks onto groomed skate deck to reduce speed, if needed. Ended up going a lot of double poling while in tracks. Overall a very enjoyable ski. Many thanks to groomers for their hard work!

(Ron Fabrizius)

Fantastic conditions in the morning at ABR: fast reconditioned snow with corduroy offering nice edging everywhere. The classic tracks were solid and very fast, but I was only on skating trails. Around 11:30 the air temp finally started affecting the snow, making it softer and slower, but still very skiable and enjoyable.

(Charlie Dee)