Up to H was groomed. Surprisingly good skiing, hardly any of the trail was blown out. Hard-packed and sturdy. Some debris on the trail, but just minor sticks and pine needles, still good for race quality skis.

(Nick Power)

Skied Lester this afternoon. Conditions below H are good with the new snow and grooming from last week. Thank you to the volunteers who have cleared the brush and most of the downed trees on the Loop above H. It is ready to be piston bully groomed except for a couple trees up by I. Lights were not all on. The Lester Amity Chalet is now open everyday. Come and warm up by the fire. Remember to buy a MN ski pass before skiing City of Duluth trails.

(Mary Nevers)

A fine, light snow was falling when we hit the trail at dusk, giving the trails a nice dusting. The tracks are holding up well. The system is only groomed to the H intersection, and the only side loop that is groomed is D. The lights were not working above A when we were there, and I had forgotten my headlamp, so the last few downhills were extra exciting.

(Catherine Winter)

A good chunk of the main loop is open. As others have mentioned, take the H-K cutoff, or continue on for a little more adventure. There is ample thick base, but because of the storm there is a lot of debris and ice on the surface. We just need a few inches of snow to cover up the debris. I never felt like my skis would be damaged, but I still wouldn't pull out the good boards.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

Skied the loop starting at the chalet, down to A and up to the H-K cutoff, including the D loop. Decent conditions given all the heavy snow we had this week; pretty firm but not icy, and only a small amount of tree debris on the trails. Much faster snow than I expected, and the trail was pretty smooth. Lots of fun!

(Sam Doniach)

Skied upper loops off 7 bridges road. Nice classic tracks set on both sides. Excellent conditions!

(Mitchell Shields)

Groomed today for skate and classic through the H cutoff. The D side loop is also open. Soft on some uphill sections. Overall quite good.

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(Nils Arvold)

The groomer came through while we were out touring the unset trail. Now its nice for classic. At 1pm they had set half the width. Skate deck will likely need to set up. The earlier ruts were from tree clearing crew in an ATV. All now groomed over (except for upper loops). Hooray for the groomers!

(Eric Dott)

Lester has been groomed, but not everything. The top loop has not been groomed, so you likely want to take the H-K cut. Also, the bottom loop into the playground area has not been groomed; heads up if you are dropping down on this hill (the amity side, coming down from the 5 way intersection up above the deeps) because the first half IS groomed but then it abruptly stops. I'd recommend parking on the seven bridges side for the time being. Some of the other spur loops are also not groomed, although D is and it was nice. The track looked pretty good.

(Nate Bushek)

I live 200 yards from the trailhead at The Deeps. The Pisten Bully just drove by the end of my driveway leaving. Thus, I believe the trails are now groomed.

(Richard Hoeg)