Started skating around 1:00 pm. Soft and slow but better than I expected. Didn't sink in too much. No ice, water or even slush. Only one small brown spot on a hill top under some pines. Very little, if any debis.

(Mike Wiegel)

CXC and PV trails are the best they've been so far this year! Awesome glide! Amazing how much glide you get when its 28F vs 0F. A tad windy causing some drifting in spots. Could really cruise on the southern flat portion of the golf course!

(Dan Dudley)

Skied two laps of Pleasant View and CXC on perfectly groomed trails with sunny skies and calm winds. Was 4F at 8am when I started but didn't feel cold at all. Surprised how few folks were out.

(Dan Dudley)

I spent most of my time on Pleasant View, trails are in excellent condition and although there are blown over areas skiing was still very good. I skied the entire golf course and there are long stretches of very good track. The loop along Blackhawk had a fair amount of drifting but still very skiable. The only place completely blown over was at the top of the hill by the clubhouse.

(Robert Abendroth)

Trails around the golf course were groomed the previous night with 1" fresh snow on top. Too soft to be great for either skate or traditional, but doable with extra effort. Classic tracks were incomplete around the loop and chopped up.

(Ned Kelly)

Went out this afternoon during the storm. Pretty cool. I was in full gear with goggles and parka and I needed it. Top man-made snow area was too hard to see with strong blowing snow from the 20 mph steady winds. I wasn't the first today as a couple other tracks were out there. Skied to lower elevations down the hill and the wind didn't hit that area as strong. Much better skiing out of the wind where you can see. Downhills were fun. Deep snow of 6" or so at 4 pm. Snow was not fluffy - heavy and wet. I waxed up which worked well.

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(Christopher Quandt)

We have snow! Appreciate all the grooming work that has gone into keeping trails alive after the last week of Spring weather. Ground was relatively icy. The loop that was around the small hill on the east side is no longer in service, and course has been shrunk to an out and back from the entrance to the hill on the south side. Great for working on hill work, not so much if you just need some flats practice. Hope this snow and cold air can get things back in business soon.

(Josh Heurung)

Came prepared with mostly Violet with Red on top, as per temperature. No grip. Added more Red, marginal grip. Waxless had exceptional grip but slow on the main downhill. Not the worse thing since this is now 2-way, and if an uphill skier cuts the corner there could be trouble. You can do a nearly full loop. Go behind the inner loop, there's just one thin spot. Inner loop is a dead end. I don't know why people keep trying it and turning around. People are going wrong way constantly, maybe scared of a few grass blades poking thru perfectly fine snow and turning around, or starting the inner loop which is incomplete, turning around and going back the way they came.

(Paul Blichmann)

Well I was the only skier I saw today. I skied from 2 to 3 pm. Lots of icy trails and hardscrabble but some sugar snow too. Definitely was skiable but no one else ventured forth.

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(Christopher Quandt)

Way better than I expected, great job groomers. I thought it would be all ice after warm rainy weekend followed by a drop to the 10's. Only a little ice, and some sugar with little grip for pattern skis. Classic tracks deeper and firmer than expected. Minuses: congestion at the outer/inner loop nexus. People like to stand here. And this was before scheduled team practices. Maybe the inner loop should be used for teaching and left alone by regulars, and loitering only inside of the inner loop and far outside of hairpins.

(Paul Blichmann)