Great conditions at Lester for skating. Little bumpy here and there, but great coverage. Thank you to the City groomers for making really nice skiing with the limited snowfall.
PSA: Found a car key on the uppermost part of the H-K trail at about 10:30am. Older Toyota key with a Swix pole tool attached. Contact me at [email protected] if it is yours.

(Jacob Morgan)

What a joy to ski at Lester this morning! It was a little bumpy and uneven. The culverts at the bottom of the downhills were bumpy as well. Everything was skiable. The section to the lowest parking lot was thin and had debris (mostly on the uphill).

(Elaine Nelson)

Skated skied this evening around 630pm. No lights on but stars were out! Trail was rolled/packed, no tracks. It was a bit sloppy/loose on up hills and icy at parts. What a treat to get out. Thank you workers!

(Nicole Coleman)

Pretty skiing this afternoon at Lester! Decent skied in tracks on most of the trail, fading away on less popular segments. Skate deck looked a bit sloppy and some trail segments had much less packing but still very skiable. Some of the sloppy/loose sections made steep downhills a little less comfortable on the upper half of the trail system but not horrible. A few little sticks here and there, and the little icy patches as with every year, but I felt perfectly fine on my good skis.

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(Mikaela Smith)

No tracks set but all trails/loops have been rolled But some skied in tracks. Uneven and soft skate deck with some areas slinking about ankle deep. Some areas thin with ice showing through but easily avoidable. Full coverage but not sure I'd pull out good skis just yet. Feels good to be out again this year-thanks to the groomers!

(Nikki Norland)

Trail was rolled in early afternoon, no trackset. Lots of debris, grass, sticks, dirt and some short pockets of moisture under the snow. But the great news is it is definitely skiable with B skis. One person did skate. I decided to classic. Snow has been falling all day.

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(John Paulson)

Great time on the trail. Not groomed. Used the skied-in classic tracks. Soft, light snow easy to snowplow on downhills. Started at the top of the trail and then cut over to B. Be careful at the bottom of the K hill — there's a gash with an exposed drainage tube. Another pipe is exposed near the bottom of the D-loop. More snow should make it all better.

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(Bob King)

Trails are all snow covered but not maintained in any way as of yet. There is a classic track around most of the trails from previous skiers. The climb up from the warming house has rocks to avoid and the loop down into the playground area has gravel that my skis snagged on a few times.

(Aaron Miatke)