Trail Detail

Duluth, MN
18k
Skating/Classic
Yes
No
1 Lower Lot 1 The Deeps 1 Oak Street
218-730-4321
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The Lester-Amity trail offers 15K of varied terrain for beginner to experienced skiers through pine, aspen, and birch forests. An additional 3K circles the Lester Park Golf Course and is accessible from the main Lester-Amity Trail. The openness of the golf course offers an excellent place for beginning cross-country skiers, and several short cuts are available. There is also a 5K trail portion that is lit in the mornings and evenings.
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2022-2023 season
Reports 63 to 72 of 80    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
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)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Evening
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: Most, Good skis ]
Skied upper loops off 7 bridges road. Nice classic tracks set on both sides. Excellent conditions!
(Mitchell Shields)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
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)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: Most, Good skis ]
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)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
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)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Afternoon
Observation 
[ Trails Open: All ]
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)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ B skis ]
Not groomed at all. Looks like some machine did come through and created some packed paths which allowed for very strenuous classic skiing.
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(Merrit Cluuse)
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Evening
Observation 
Walked a trail that crosses the Lester ski trails at about 4:00 this afternoon. The ski trail was ungroomed after our recent heavy snow, and it looked like only a couple of people had tried to ski it. The snow there is very, very wet. The nearby walking was pretty slushy.
(Catherine Winter)
Monday, December 12, 2022
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Rock skis ]
Lester remains ungroomed, with a speedy, transformed skier track that's starting to get blown out. S.
(Karl Holub)
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Rock skis ]
As others have noted trails aren't groomed but I was surprised by how good of a track had been kicked in for classic. Thanks to those who paved the way! Still not packed down for skating. Some trail lights were on when I was there in early afternoon.
(Gabi Hester)

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