The Snow Farmers are doing a great job and there is a big pile of snow ready to expand the trails. Skate deck was good with some leaves and tree debris from the strong winds.

(Bob Maki)

There is now nearly 7km of groomed trail from the Nordic Center. Snow coverage is excellent and classic tracks are set. Get out and enjoy! The Snow Farmers continue to haul, spread, and groom snow to expand the trail length. Note: the Nordic Center trails will close at 6pm on Friday, January 17th to prepare the trails for the major high school ABC relays meet on Saturday. Trails will be closed from 10am to 2pm Saturday, January 18th during the meet.

(James Conway)

Excellent work by the snow farmers out in Mora. Snow was in excellent shape, and the 3-4 inches of new stuff certainly helped. About 5.5k was open.

(Mike Schowalter)

There is 5.5km of groomed trail from the Nordic Center. Trail was groomed Friday night. Snow coverage is excellent and classic tracks are set on 4km.

(James Conway)

What a wonderful ski this morning! Like being in a snowglobe! There is about 3.5 K of trail with a really good, thick base of manmade snow with about 2-3" of fresh real snow that was freshly groomed - skate and classic- this morning. There is still light snow falling so expect a layer of fluff.

(Phoebe Miron Kroll)

There is currently a total of 5km of trail from the Nordic Center. We received about 2" of light snow last night which was groomed this morning on 3km of the total 5km. Snow coverage is very good to excellent and classic tracks are set. The Snow Farmers continue to make, haul, and spread snow.

(James Conway)

There is currently 5km of groomed trail from the Nordic Center.  Snow coverage is very good to excellent and classic tracks are set.  Skate deck is firm. The Snow Farmers continue to haul, spread, and groom snow to expand the trail length.

(James Conway)

The 2 mile loop put together for the First Chance race was the best skiing I've found this year! Firm, easy to get an edge, and fast. Basically no dirt or debris to watch out for on the skate deck. The 20 foot tall pile of snow in the parking lot points to good things to come, awesome work trail builders!

(Karl Holub)

The snow farmers are hard at work. There was a 3.2km loop of crispy snowy goodness for the First Chance Race this afternoon. The trail winds back into the woods and is a ton of fun to ski. You will find a little debris or stubble in a few places. There was a track set on the whole loop and while it mostly looked deep and nice, there were a few dirty spots to watch out for. I heard from one of the farmers that they have put over 200 hours into snow hauling alone so far this season. That didn't include any grooming or snow making itself. Those farmers are real heros.

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(Ben Mullin)

The trails are open.  There is a 1.5km loop from the Nordic Center.  Snow coverage is generally good with only a couple very short areas of thinning snow.  Trail was lightly groomed as of late afternoon. Classic tracks exist but are pretty washed out. Grooming plans: The Snow Farmers hope to resume hauling, spreading, and grooming snow late Thursday afternoon/evening to prep (and possibly extend) the trail for the upcoming First Chance race this Saturday, January 4th.

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(James Conway)