Skied Spirit and Magney this morning (before the warm up). Magney has good coverage with an occasional rock or thin spot. Spirit is pretty dirty in spots (I skied on the edge of the trail to get around a few areas). Be careful with the downhill at Magney just before the Connector. It is thin (from ppl snowplowing) with debris poking through. I would consider side stepping on downhills rather than snowplowing if you're not comfortable skiing down (since our snowbase is so thin!) Think snow!

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(Elaine Nelson)

+1C overcast and breezy. Magney Snively is in fantastic condition. All the downhills were skiable without fear of dirt or rocks. There is still a lot of undulation but it is easy to ski through with some attention. The connector to Spirit Mtn is also in great shape. I skied from the Spirit Mtn trail system.

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(Louise Levy)

Magney continues to be the best, most abundant real snow in the Twin Ports area. Complete coverage all over. The "baby" groomer was there today, not the piston, while I was out, saw it go by my house and then finishing up on the trail. Surprisingly there was a very small amount of tree debris on the trail and in the tracks given the strong wind we have had for the past two days. The skate lane was kinda combed, but you could still see the tracks from the previous activity after he was done. Temp was 32 when I was out. The classic tracks are pretty well used and misshapen throughout and were not regroomed. All pictures taken after the groomer was done. Still the best around town.

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(Eve Graves)

Magney has great coverage. Tracks are in pretty good shape throughout. Only one or two spots under trees that are sparse. Lots of skiers out enjoying the warm (comparatively) day!

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(Rachelle Walker)

Classic skied the whole loop. The track is washed out in places and debris and I noticed a couple rocks sticking up so you'll need to step out of the track occasionally. The hill going down to the Spirit Connector is a little sketchy and thin with some obstacles to avoid. Skate lane looked good. It's a narrow trail so try to preserve the track and not ski over it if possible. I never made it out here last year so a real treat to get to be out here in the woods. Watch out for the porcupine on Ely's Peak loop.

(Carol Koos)

Full coverage, though there are a few sections with lotsa leaves and some dirt/rocks poking through. If you're paying attention and not in the tracks, you could get away with not rock skis. Connector from Upper Spirit is groomed, and Upper/Lower connector is rolled (although gravel-y) to link up the full system!

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(Karl Holub)

I knew Magney would have great coverage because we still had at least a 3 inch hard base when the new 6 inches fell. The trail was hardly used by skiers, the skate lane was firm and narrow in stretches, the classic tracks were solid with good pole plants. There was tree debris on about 15% of the trail, nothing was ski stopping though. Unfortunately two different people decided to hike the trail. We saw one of them going between the woods and the trail leaving deep footprints. The other went down the middle of the trail. There are also good sized ski ruts on most of the hills and skate marks going all the way across quite bit of the classic track. Magney probably has the best coverage and least usage of all the trails in the area.

(Eve Graves)

Excellent conditions all trails nicely groomed with almost no debris. No track but excellent skating. Well worth the drive.

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(Josh Meltzer)

Skated Bardon's and the main loop. Soft on top but still decent glide, the base was mostly firm but uneven in spots. Mostly good coverage but some areas with grass poking through. Some hikers came through the middle of the trail which was annoying. Overall a great ski. Great to be out on natural snow!

(Betsy James)

Magney was rolled today. That is our backyard and we had 4 to 6 inches that was pretty solid frozen stuff then 3 new inches on top of it.

(Eve Graves)