The Piston Bully was out grooming at night. The skate deck was tilled and is in excellent condition. The little bit of new snow we have had has improved the trail. The classic tracks were left as is and are in great shape. Mark's park , Beattle's loop and Jerry's half acre were groomed as well.

(Mark Janis)

Manmade trails all open around the outside. Playground area partly open. Short summer stage hill, and the short steep up hill near there, closed today, storing snow whales, Skate deck in very good shape. Classic tracks all in good shape.

(Sandie Pendleton)

Mark spread and groomed the playground area Friday and is ready for fun! I groom and set new tracks over the entire manmade trails. Skate deck is excellent and tracks are full depth all around. Trailend still needs new snow spread so that short segment is still closed. Enjoy a great weekend of skiing.

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(Mike Koester)

Natural snow mixed with the fresh groomed snow made for a soft, easy skiing surface for skating. Newly set tracks received a thin layer of new snow, providing good kick. Great skiing for all abilities, as evidenced by the large number of skiers on the trails.

(John McCarthy)

New snow was leveled and tilled everywhere except tailend segment. Skate deck has been tilled and new full depth tracks have been set everywhere. Might have a few patches of corn type snow where new snow was leveled. Enjoy!

(Mike Koester)

Overnight and morning snowmaking on the trails made a huge amount of snow. Open segments were not groomed last night but are still in very good condition, with a firm skate deck and solid tracks on the lower trails and a more sugary surface on the Woods trails, especially the Green Cutoff. Most pleasant surprise was the Magic Carpet, which has a nice layer of loose snow. Watch for one icy spot on the climb up Summerstage Hill.

(John McCarthy)

Snowmaking has been going all night. We will have sections of the manmade loops closed Thursday and most likely Thursday night. The closed sections will be the starting hill up to summer stage, tailend, and the north field from northeast corner to past rental access. You will be able to ski straight out from parking lot, up summer stage, around the woods loop, down magic carpet, turn around at the corner, then back towards summer stage. Tracks should be full depth in most all areas. Thanks for your patience while we freshen up our trails.

(Mike Koester)

Excellent conditions for skate and stride. A shallow layer of loose snow on a firm, flat base made for easy skating. New tracks are firm and fast. Some segments where new snow was made and groomed are a little chunky, but it is great to see the snowmaking team taking advantage of the cool, calm weather to reinforce the snow coverage.

(John McCarthy)

The Piston Bully was out at night pushing out the snow that was made. The trail is now wider and flatter along the pond and where the finish line is. The rest of the man made trail was groomed as well. The skate deck is in great condition firm with a nice layer of soft snow on top. New classic tracks were set throughout and are in great shape. They are full depth and firm. The man made loop is setup for the Wednesday night races so the classic tracks have been set differently and will be back to normal on Friday.

(Mark Janis)

Generally very good conditions for skate and stride. Some trail segments closed or impacted by ongoing snowmaking operations. Appears to have been groomed with the ginzu, which left a shallow layer of loose snow on a solid base. Tracks were solid.

(John McCarthy)