Classic skied 40 km this early afternoon, with double Highlands. I'm in awe. Conditions are exceptional! Skied all the usual hill climbs for Birkie training and double-poling areas. Tracks extremely consistent: deep, firm, not icy, kick was great, but glide was liquid fast with swix turquoise.The skate deck was firm, with a little give for herringboning. Hills are kickable in the tracks, but this is my third day of long skis. Downhills were phenomenal in the tracks and easily controlled on the skate deck. What you see at the beginning of the trail system is how it is everywhere... simply perfect conditions. Thank you groomers!

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(Kevin Grand)

The groomers were out early this morning powertilling and renovating the trails after yesterday's thaw. We groomed up about 81 km this morning, make sure you check what was groomed, the ungroomed 20 k is icy.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Wow, perfect conditions and super fun skiing on Ridge Runner, Coyote, and the Highland. Lots of virgin corduroy and solitude, with peaks of sun.

(Sue Schroeder)

Classic skied something around 40 km in 2 hours 57 minutes, this late morning and early afternoon. Alot of hill climbs, double-poling included. Tracks were perfect everywhere I skied: deep, firm, great kick, glide was unreal. But in the Highlands area tracks have been neglected. I love the groomers so I hate to point that out. But, in that area they were beyond poor. Almost dangerous coming through it with speed. I made two loops through it anyways for the unbeatable hill climbs. Skate deck was firm and fast everywhere. It was a very awesome training ski otherwise. You're making me an awesome skier!

(Kevin Grand)

Been striding Ridge Runner for several days now, tracks are firm with good glide despite the frigid temps. Rick has done his best, best line tracking, to date. We're all enjoying it so much that it's been decided to leave it classic till Saturday or Sunday. Enjoy while it lasts.

(Ken Hazel)

We had a full groom crew today grooming with both Pisten Bullies and two grooming single tracks. The snow continued after 9 AM so some of the grooming got filled in. Grooming plans: We have a full groom crew Saturday. We have been grooming 80-90 km of the 101 km trail system every day... with a day off here and there as conditions allow. We have been open 69 days and have received 125 inches of snowfall. Of the 69 days we have groomed 61 days.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Crasher and Pig Heart Pisten Bullied all of the combination trails today from 6-9 AM. Trails are skiing well with daily grooming. Grooming plans: Friday we have Wide Track and Partner grooming all the single track and grooming Ridge Runner for classic only! Pig Hert is running the Pisten Bully on the combi trails and Crasher is running the other Bully on Tamarrack and RR and the combis, Don't miss skiing Ridge Runner, 7 km rolling loop groomed for classic only. Ridge Runner will be left as classic only for several days.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

The trails are absolutely immaculate. Spent a few hours and skied 10 miles in the center of the system. The grooming is impeccable. The snow is soft and dry. And the snow coating the trees is absolutely gorgeous. This was the best day I've had on snow ever. Fully trust ABRs grooming report.

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(Richard Kaufman)

We are grooming and skiing on 100 km of trails with a 10-16 inch base. We have received 125" of snowfall since we opened november 19th. The trails are in 'mint' condition! Grooming plans: Full groom crew out in the early morning. We are very happy to see that some southern areas received snow last week and local groomers are providing a close to home ski experience.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We received 4 inches of snow this morning and sent out a groom team of five, including both Pisten Bullies. The woods were pretty as a Christmas card. It snowed all day and we received another 3-4 inches after grooming. We saw lots of smiling faces today!

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)