All trails groomed for skate and classic skiing. Snow in the last 24 hours: 7". Snow in the last 7 days: 12". Snow in the woods: 28". Conditions are excellent. Don't forget, Conditions should be excellent for the Pincushion Winter Festival Ski races.

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(Timothy Lederle, Pincushion Ski and Run Club)

Plenty of snow and great grooming offers great skiing right now. Firm and clean tracks offered a good glide despite the cold temperatures there have been here. The skating lanes were touched up again today.

(jJm Smith)

Great conditions at Pincushion. Skied all the trails and the tracks were well set and firm. Double poling was a bit of a struggle due to soft pole plants but it worked. Snow is cold but it made the hill climbing easier!

(Tim Nelson)

Skate deck was a bit soft and my skis sank occasionally, but otherwise trails were in amazing shape.

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(Cory Quirk)

Trail Base: 6-8". All trails are groomed for skate and classic skiing. Conditions are very good but expect a soft skate deck until it firms up.

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(Timothy Lederle, Pincushion Ski and Run Club)

Freshly groomed and packed. Classic ski tracks were sharp and best ski of the year yet on the pincushion loop!

(Josie Gable)

Great ski at Pincushion this afternoon! The tracks and the skate deck had a little fresh snow on top. It's always a fun ski at the Pin especially the Ole Loop with all its fantastic hills and nice scenery. It was also felt good to be on real snow!

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(Bill Lundberg)

A fresh half inch to an inch of fluff overnight and rapidly warming temps have softened everything up considerably. Classic tracks were holding up but skate deck was getting soft. Deck was especially soft on Canyon Curves and Hilfiker loops (see photo). Snowman deck was still very firm. Skiing was excellent.

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(Josh Wenck)

Classic skied Snowman Loops and West Overlook at sunset after helping complete full system grooming in the morning. Conditions were superb. The recent snow groomed up beautifully with well set tracks and gorgeous corduroy on a firm, fast skate deck. The snow at the upper elevations is especially tasty. Enjoy!

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(Josh Wenck)

When I arrived at onion river trailhead the groomer was finishing putting tracks down. I encountered him a number of times later going west towards the picnic loop. Tracks were perfect albeit a bit soft in places. It was wonderful to see this groomer who obviously took great pride in his work, and it showed. A perfect day: around 15 degrees, bright sun, new snow, and the joy of caulking in hard wax, rather than putting on klister, which I've been doing all winter.

(Tony Pellegrini)