Both Pisten Bullies were out again this morning for 3-4 hours. We tilled up most combi trails and the single track groomer reset classic on Hemlock, Sunset, Wolf Track and Jacks Flats. Skiing was excellent on the 50 km we groomed. We have a full crew on Friday early morning and plan to regroom a bit more. Please make sure to check in late season when we have the freeze thaw sessions to see where the groomers went. Sometimes you can tell: if the first 100 feet of Peltonen Pass is icy the rest of it will be too. Pick a groomed trail if you want to have a fun safe ski.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Pig Heart and Crasher took care of grooming most of the combi trails this early morning with the Pisten Bullies. Snow Cross groomed all the single track. Skiing was reported by all as primo. Angela enjoyed skiing this afternoon and reported her pre-birthday ski was awesome. Grooming plans: Groomers heading out again in the early morning. So far 181 inches of snowfall, 2 feet of base but we scheduled Sunday March 19 as our closing date. Don't miss Taste of the Trails March 18th 12-2:00.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Five groomers were out early this morning grooming the new 5-6 inches of snow on all 101 km of trails. Conditions are as good as they get. Mild temps, fresh snow hanging on the trees and sunshine.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Skied from Otter Slide, southern end, to White Pines, northern tip. All trails were excellent, great track setting.
We skied 14.7 miles and loved the trails running by the Montreal River.

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(Phillip Wadsworth)

Full team of five groomers out grooming the new snow early this morning. We groomed up 98 km and it turned out very well. Skiers were very pleased.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

The weather was very kind today, the snow started at 9 AM and it continues to snow. We have received 5 inches of snow so far. Grooming plans: We have a full team of five groomers heading out early morning. You can see our snowfall and grooming progress on the webcams.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Team of five groomers out today after the new snow. We had both Pisten Bullies out and three with the lighter equipment grooming the classic trails. Trails are skiing well... firm skate lanes and solid extra blue tracks.

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(Eric anderosn, ABR Trails)

We woke up to a dusting of snow, but we did have the full groom crew scheduled so we regroomed 88 km of trails this morning to widen and firm them up after the 10 inches of snow from previous night. Both Pisten Bullies did a great job on tilling and resetting tracks and the two snowmobile groomers did a great job resetting firm tracks on the classic only trails. Snow Cross, our new recruit (1/2 the age of our youngest groomer Pig Heart) did a great job setting tracks again today. He set the cabin up at 6 AM, set track for 4 hours, worked the ski shop and then headed out to test his tracks at 4 PM!

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

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)