Arrived yesterday - lots of snow, great grooming (including bullet proof tracks). Today it snowed most of the day, roughly 5", tracks very good in morning, much snow on trails by dusk. Worth the drive? Duh.

(Tony Pellegrini)

Great skiing this evening at ABR. Nice tracks, snow flocked trees, and calm air. Things are firming up after the early week snow. Heads up for a large rock on Tamarack 2-track, other than that, smooth sailing!

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(Jonathon Rulseh)

The trails groomed up well this morning with a crew of five groomers. After lunch Woolly bully and Pig heart groomed till 4 pm - all 94 km are groomed! 63 km of classic tracks set; we plan to head out in the early morning to regroom and track 35 km of trails. Classic skiing today was super and the scenery was like a winter wonderland. 14-16 inches of new snow makes a big difference.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

94k of fantastic skiing, plenty of snow for deep tracks, skate deck getting firmer every day - leave your B skis at home.

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(Will Andresen)

Magical. Deep tracks with snow frosting the trees. I skied classic-only trails. Combi trails also looked great. There were two places in low-lying areas where there was frozen slush, but the new snow has brought midwinter conditions. Wish I had brought good skis up, but sadly I have to return to MSP tomorrow... So I guess I will prep the good skis.

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(Sue Schroeder)

What a great snowstorm ("Blizzard" is what we called them in the old days). We received 10 inches by 6 AM and another 4-6 inches during the day. We groomed with a 5 person crew from 6 till noon; then went back out till 3 with 2 groomers. We groomed 82 km today and tracked 25 km. Tomorrow we plan to regroom and retrack and will have all 94 km open for skiing. Conditions are very good for your best skis and for the recreational skier.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Trails improved as groomers and skiers battled through today’s 12 inches. I’m predicting 94k of good ski skiing tomorrow!

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(Will Andresen)

Awesome conditions and they're still grooming the fresh snow down. Classic skied three hours on freshly set tracks with the 12+ inches of new snow. Skied loops in the River Trail area and Highlands area. Only saw one other skier. Conditions were a little soft and slow at first due to the amount of snow and lake effect texture. But, after skiing over areas once the tracks gained speed on the next loops. No bare spots or dirty snow observed. Great day on the trails!

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(Kevin Grand)

Snow, glorious snow! Took a quick ski later in the afternoon and the snow had covered all the thin spots on the trails I skied. It was luxurious to feel the powder fluffing over my boots in the classic tracks. By the time I went skiing, most of the out-of-town visitors were gone, and I had the trails pretty much to myself. Very peaceful.

(Sue Schroeder)

Even with just the first couple inches of today’s anticipated snowfall I was skiing comfortably on B classic skis, looks like skate deck is back to good skis, early season bumps going away.

(Will Andresen)