We had a great team today out grooming. The cold turned the trails hard last night. Three of us groomed 18 km today turning the skate lanes into a very skiable surface. Recreational skiers are having difficulty in the classic tracks. Grooming plans: We have a crew of four groomers tomorrow early morning to pull the rabbit out of the hat; they are planning to reset classic tracks.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

ABR survived the most recent warmup in good shape. They had tilled the skate lane into a very skiable and fast condition. Was a lot of fun.

(Kirby Schuller)

Skate deck regroomed on main trails. Firm, fast, and fun with just enough snow tilled up for an edge. A few dirty spots that were easily avoidable. A few icier areas that I double poled. All trails are open, but classic-only and combi trails further out were not re-groomed so I did not ski them.

(Sue Schroeder)

We groomed the main trails today, the Nordic pulse logged 17 for pig heart and 18k for snow cross. The skate lanes groomed up well and skiers were happy, we only groomed the main trails sometimes called 'Old ABR'. The classic tracks were left only today, they are glazed. The tracks we set yesterday were a bit better on the classic only trail. It is lightly snowing now and the trailhead temp is 32 degrees. Grooming plans: Pig Heart, Crasher and Wully Bully are heading out in the morning to groom. not sure yet what we are grooming and how, but I will report back with the status.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We had a great day of skiing today. Skiers were very pleased with the new tracks we set this morning on the classic only trails. I am not sure if you follow Nordic Pulse at 6 AM, but if you watched the red beacon it was me, Pig Heart. It was fun to see the amount of use on the trails. I renovated and pulled new snow in for Partner to tracksetter. Tracks looked pretty darn good. Black Smith groomed the main trails with the 9 footer. Tracks are there but a bit glazed. Crasher groomed the Blueberry out to the Highlands including the new designed and easier to groom and ski Ridge Runner. Grooming plans: We plan to regroom the main trails tomorrow morning, skate lane.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

I skate skied all the main loops, trails were groomed flat and had fresh corduroy at 9 AM. I classic skied yesterday and it was also wonderful. I encountered one root and a 1/2 eaten snowshoe hare I had to ski around.

(Rob Teske)

Gorgeous late afternoon classic ski with the gals on the River trail and Sunset trail. Sun low in the sky. Good snow and fair tracks. A couple bare spots on some downhills. Avoidable. Great, fun weekend on natural snow.

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(Diane Pattridge)

Great skiing, we groomed up about 30km and set some new tracks. The classic only trails are skiing pretty well but some areas such as wolf tracks and the cedar swamp of hemlock are still thin. Grooming plans: Groomers plan to head out at 6 AM Saturday morning to groom the majority of the wide trails.
Scheduling: Don't miss the Ribbon cutting Saturday at noon at the trailhead by the ABR Trails Foundation, dedicating the Tamarack 2 Track to Jessie Diggins. All of the Foundation Board will be there to chat with.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Very cold at -12F this morning when I arrived at 9:30. Most trails had been regroomed and tracked. Tracks overall very firm. The new snow over the last three days is leveling out the trails. Cloudless sky made for a very pretty day.

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(Ron Fabrizius)

We had 5 groomers out this morning from 6;00-9;30 grooming. The new snow groomed up well, we set new tracks and groomed about 70 km of trails. Cold today but many well dressed skiers and happy with conditions. Grooming plans: Friday morning we plan to retrack sunset, the highlands and more as needed and touch up skate lane grooming as needed.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)