Great early season conditions overall. There were stretches of trail that were freshly groomed corduroy with deep tracks. Other stretches had some open patches, rocks or water. Pick your route wisely and thank the snow gods (and Eric and Angela) you're skiing in the Midwest on Thanksgiving weekend!

(Leif Gilsvik)

Icy with dirt and rocks showing and water flowing. We turned around three times to get back on better groomed trails. We had to take off our skis on River Trail hill. Hopefully more snow will be here soon.

(Karen Possley)

Beautiful late morning ski. River trail decent for both skate and classic. Good tracks 80% of the time. Some bare spots on the top of steep down hill of River trail.

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(Diane Pattridge)

Classic skiied 20 + km this morning. Icy fast on parts, but soft with good kick the the lower areas. River Trail up hills were great climbs with firm soft snow. Blueberry Bluff hills were icy hard. Bare spots are around. I just kept doing River Trail loops, 5. I mean in the past three days I ran a 10 mile, a 13.3 mile in 50 to 60 degree weather. So, I can not complain, I'm just stoked to ski this phenomenal trail system. Today, with the weather we've been having, I'd say the conditions are great. Double pole, get the kick in in the right spots and it's a great ski. Thank you groomers!

(Kevin Grand)

Just coming in from grooming with the Pisten Bully. I groomed up a nice 10 k loop including setting new classic track. Wide track and partner groomed another 15 km with lighter equipment, scarifying the skate lanes. For the best skiing experience you can inquire at the ticket booth for trails groomed. We are spending 10 man hours grooming every morning.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Felt like a spring day out there today. Overall there was good coverage on what I skied; any exposed areas were easy to avoid. The snow was getting soft when we left; thankfully cold temps and snow are in the forecast. Can't wait to get back up!
Enjoy the early season snow!

(Nick Leisz)

Great spring skiing 52 degrees 10:30 am. They groomed the River and a couple other trails. A little softer than yesterday afternoon.

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(Diane Pattridge)

We groomed about 25 km of skate trails with three passes early this morning and they came out pretty decent especially on the main 15 km loop. We also retracked about 10 km of single tracks. The trails are skiing well for early season.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Very icy classic tracks. Took your life in hands first thing in morning. No classic tracks regroomed. Skating was rocket fast in the afternoon.

(Eric Koch)

Spring ski conditions at 2:30 this afternoon. So nice to be in the north woods Thanksgiving weekend. As a diehard classic skiing I took on skating today. Fun.

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(Diane Pattridge)