Lots of fresh snow, maybe 4-6 inches under trees, maybe up to a foot in the open. Some drifts so depth is variable. Lots of downed stuff including big trees. The DNR folks were clearing big trees earlier am (thank you!), by late morning the purple (easy) was rolled, no classic tracks, but a few skier tracked - slower going but fun nevertheless. I used backcountry skis at first then switched to skinny skis. Blue, orange, red were not rolled as of 1 PM. A couple skate skied ut didn't look like they had fun - deck was still too soft. Hope by tomorrow more trails will open up.

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(Michael Heifets)

First ski of the season on natural snow. Four inches of wet snow from yesterday was being groomed when I arrived. About an inch base, debris in areas, snow still wet, but was a decent ski - slow going. A big thanks to the groomer.

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(Ed Edinger)