Skied three hours midday Friday. Conditions and snow cover surprisingly good, good enough to ski 1 1/2 hours without duplicating trails. Skating was a little icy but good. Occasional bare spots. In three hours I had a few thrills but no crashes. Friends said the classic tracks were mostly good but glazed with occasional bare spots. The weather was beautiful. A few times a year you get one of those ski days that you live for. This was one of those days. Thanks ABR for your hard work and grooming expertise.

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(Tom Detzner)

We're still hanging in there with skiable natural snow! Thanks ABR and groomers! First picture is coming out of the Kottage access onto Blueberry Bluffs, other pictures from Blueberry and Deer Trail. Set tracks in some areas and some areas you need to step out of or random icy patches to work around. Overall the skiers are having a great time skiing on natural snow and working with what we've got. B skis suggested, still not into rock skis yet so that's encouraging.

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(Missi King)

In El Nino winters like this, thank Nate, Kyle, Eric and other folks at ABR for keeping things going. Yes, it's getting super thin and many trails are closed but there was enough good skiing to keep us entertained for two hours with temps approaching 40F. We skated but others were enjoying decent tracks and getting purchase with skin skis. ABR has also been grooming up some new connector trails that have fresh snow to take pressure off the main loops which have been pounded with heavy traffic over the past week.

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(Mike Ivey)

We had a groomers meeting with five of us this morning. We discussed plans to survive the warmer temps coming up this weekend. We came up with four loops totally about 10 k of gentle terrain using multiple trails and new connectors that holds snow well and is fairly debris free. We then set out in three groups and hauled snow, shoveled snow and beefed up the weak areas. We finished the day by grooming the 10 k loops. Some of the new short connectors were soft but overall skiers were quite impressed. In conclusion, we have a 10 k loop for good skis and we have an additional 30 km open but for B skis due to debris.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Snow is holding up remarkably well on most combi trails. Good or B skis if you know where to go. Steepest downhills wisely roped off. Very fun and skiable. The groomers are making contingency plans for the warm days ahead - my money is on our snow surviving.

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(Will Andresen)

Trails are a bit rough. The grooming has kept conditions fair. I stayed on the river trail as they recommended. Had a good time. The snow base is getting pretty thin.

(Laura Arts)

Skied 40k on natural snow today, fast and fun. Conditions very variable, from very good to a bit rough - but easy to see and avoid any bare spots. Mostly because of the speed, I'd recommend staying away from the biggest downhills for now.

(Will Andresen)

Incredibly fast and fun skate skiing conditions this early morning from 9am to noon. Overnight freeze (26F degrees) really helped firm up the skate deck. Thankfully, ABR used the PB to reset the frozen deck and made for some really enjoyable skiing this morning. Classic tracks were good throughout most of the course as well. There were a handful of spots where the dirt was brought up to the surface, but I would say 90% was clean snow and 10% was a bit dirty - and easily avoidable. The only loop you probably want to skip is the Turkey Hill. It was quite chopped up. Everything else was pure joy.

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(Bill Oyler)

Pretty good ski this morning because the snow had refrozen, making for nice gliding.
Some lumpy bumpy areas and dirt coming to the surface. Overall well worth it. Tracks not regroomed but mostly solid with occasional ice and dirt.

(Brian Ciske)

We had some pretty decent skiing today! On a thin base we had decent coverage on the 42 km groomed again this morning. We have been using the light equipment the last six days because it has not been freezing. Grooming plans: Tonight looks like it will freeze hard so if the light equipment is struggling, I will get the PistenBully out to powertill and reset classic tracks.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)