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)

We received about 4-6 inches of snow in the last 12 hours. Groomers were out this morning grooming 75 km of trails until 10:30 AM. The snow was coming down pretty heavy after lunch.
Grooming plans: We will be back out grooming early morning tomorrow with a team of 4 groomers including both Pisten Bullies.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We woke up to an inch or two of snow at 5 AM. I took out one of the Pisten Bullies and groomed up some of old ABR. At 10 AM Wully Bully and I teamed up on lighter equipment, a 108 Ginzu and 84 Ginzu, and groomed and regroomed 35 km of combi trails until 2:30 PM. Grooming plans: Both Pisten Bullies and both single track groomers will be out in the morning, but not early AM like normal. We are starting at 8 AM so if you arrive at 9 AM when we open you should have fresh tracks and corduroy. We plan to groom until about noon. Rock fence cabin canceled and is open from Tuesday until next Monday. Rascals has an opening Tuesday Wednesday.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Another beautiful day classic skiing at ABR. The tracks were nice and solid, with good glide. It didn't hurt that the temps were a little more moderate. We talked to a couple of skaters that said it was nice to finally have both good glide and warmer temperatures.

(Kevin Hillegas)

Great conditions at ABR today. I classic skied River trail, Sulo's Loop, Hautanen Highlands, and Sunrise Trail. All were in perfect shape. Nice day to be out with a littler warmer temps.

(Kevin Hillegas)

Classic skied about 38 km today. I just have to thank the groomers! I'm used to skiing at a Bayfield peninsula locale where conditions are ok and rarely fully groomed. I haven't ski these trails since December. Today, it was absolutely ridiculously phenomenal! Tracks were deep, firm, grippy, with glide. Skate decks were corduroy, solid yet superb for herringboning up steeper hills. Downhills were corduroy solid and awesome for fast controllable descents. Thank you groomers for that experience! Your conditions are a work of art!

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(Kevin Grand)

Groomers had it in overdrive to rangle the abundance of recent snow... But they delivered. Conditions were slow with fresh snow and cold temps, but it was a spectacular day for the Project Connect ski. We got first tracks on the trail from ABR to Ironwood. After a loop of Miner's Park, we headed to the Iron Belle Trail via a scenic new trail. Grooming from ABR to the Belle was perfect firm PB grooming. The Belle was groomed with lighter equipment, so tracks were very soft, which made classicing on the deck a better option.

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(Sue Schroeder)

Fantastic peak winter skiing at ABR! The classic grooming was superb, and the ski shop had some perfect mittens to take the chill off of subzero skiing. Glad to see the Anderson Bluff Foundation fundraiser today to preserve these awesome Michigan trails for future generations.

(Dana Erlandsen)

8-10 inches of snow was groomed this early morning. Both Pisten Bullies groomed up all the combi trails this morning including the connector into town for the Foundation Event Saturday "Ski from ABR to Ramsay through 4 trail systems", 22 km to 156 km depending on your route. Groomers scheduled again for Friday early morning and Saturday.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)