Beautiful day with tons of snow on the trees. ABR got 30 inches of snow on Christmas and it showed along the trails. The grooming efforts by the crew there made trail conditions excellent.

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(Kevin Hillegas)

Classic skied about 40 km today. Knocked 12 minutes off my PB. Conditions were fabulous, fast, fun and gorgeous. Tracks were deep, firm, grippy, with excellent glide. Hill climbs were doable either in the tracks or herringboning a firm skate deck that had just enough give to make the hills a breeze. Downhill descents were fun, controlled, and well groomed. There was a good amount to happy faces skiing today, but I was able to ski hard and feel alone with the beauty of the trails. Just a picture perfect day. Can't wait to do it again!

(Kevin Grand)

A great day at ABR. So...much...snow! Great job by the groomers, who have been doing their best to pack down as much as possible. Main trails (e.g., River trail) are the best, with nary a pine needle in sight. Classic and skate skied most of the northern trails, and while there were other folks enjoying the trails, we almost always felt we had the place to ourselves. Tracks were deep, as was the snow on the edges. A real winter wonderland worth the trip!

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(Pieter DeHart)

Merry Christmas. The best choice I made this season was to buy a seasons pass here. Well over 320 km of perfectly groomed skiing before Christmas. That's a first for me. This morning I was met by two Piston Bullies and a snowmobile groomer as I arrived. Classic skied about 36 km today. Conditions are fabulous! Everything I skied was freshly groomed. Deep tracks, firm, good glide with swix green, ample kick to stay in the tracks up most every hill. Skate deck is firm soft. Just perfect. Today I stayed out of the Highlands and thoroughly enjoyed everything! Thank you groomers.

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(Kevin Grand)

We received about 26-28 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. We had four groomers including one of the Pisten Bullies out for 4-5 hours this morning. Most of the classic only trails got 2-4 passes throughout the morning. I ran the Bully on the main trails to most of the trail side cabins and houses and groomed about 15 km twice or more. Grooming plans: The snow continues and 2-3 groomers will be back out in the morning, the trails open at 9 am. Merry Christmas.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We picked up about 5 inches of snow overnight. Six groomers groomed 85 km this morning, some trails with two passes. We are expecting more snow and have another six person groom team scheduled including both Pisten Bullies.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Crasher and Pig Heart headed out and groomed the Highlands, Ridge runner, Tamarack and Deer Trail this morning at 7. Delayed start with cold temps. Great skiing, the high temp was zero today. Grooming plans: We have 6 groomers heading out at 6 am tomorrow and plan to regroom all 101 km again tomorrow.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Temp was -4° when I got here this morning at 10 AM. Two groomers were just getting done grooming. Classic skied 36 km with double Highlands loops. Everything I skied was fabulous! Deep tracks. Good glide, I still had turquoise on... kick was great. Hills both up and down were freshly groomed. Just perfect ski. Didn't realize it was cold again until I stopped. Thank you!

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(Kevin Grand)

A nice snowfall of four inches this morning. We had 5 groomers out, the trails are in mid winter conditions. 73K groomed and tracked as of noon. We plan to regroom the Highlands and Ridge Runner and Tamarack in the morning.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Classic skied 40 km today. Conditions are so good you could look in the dictionary under grooming perfection and you would see ABR. Tracks are railroad reliable, with a little dusting of snow, kick is awesome and glide was liquid smooth with turquoise swix. Double-poling was good everywhere. Skate deck was firm with some give for a solid edge. Hill climbs were firm buy soft enough to male it feel great. Downhills were awesome. I just pointed my skis and trusted the grooming. Lovely ski!

(Kevin Grand)