Over 30 inches of snow on the year has allowed for a nice start to healthy trail base. We groomed everything on the north side of Flour Lake: Red Pines, Deer Mouse, Cross Fox, Wolf Point, and Logging Camp from the resort to the Boundary Waters line are all groomed for skate and classic skiing. Moose Ridge and Logging Camp Re-route temporarily have a skate deck only. On the south side of the lake, we groomed fresh this morning: Ridge Run, Upper Beaver Dam, Moose Pasture, and the West end of Logging Camp Trail. We recommend B skis yet due to a few rocks that are still uncovered, but we're close to being ready for good skis. Conditions are extremely good this year for early-season skiing! Photos from today and yesterday.

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(Zach Baumann, Golden Eagle Lodge)

Skied both classic and skate up and down summer home road thru the campground loop and the lower Beaver Dam trail. Skate deck was hard when I started but softening fast and by mid afternoon, skating was slow and the deck softening. I switched to classic which was much better. Track was well formed and fast. Lower beaver dam trail has been groomed but has quite a few big rocks uncovered and one bare spot but not a problem to get around it. I used B skis due to debris, stubble, and a few rocks showing.

(Tim Nelson)

Great skiing at Bearskin Thursday and Friday. About 10k perfectly groomed. Skied Summerhome and Campground trail. Beaver dam was also groomed, but didn't ski there. Trails perfectly groomed for classic and skate. A very occasional rock was poking through so probably B skis (I used my good skis).

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(Matt Sargent)