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Tilson Creek Ski Trail
International Falls, MN
16.0k
Skating/Classic
No
No
218-286-3334
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The ski trail crosses open and forested bog and passes through stands of aspen, spruce, balsam fir and eastern white cedar. The terrain varies from flat bog to rolling uplands and steep rock ridges. Whitetail deer use areas along the trail for winter yarding. Moose, timber wolves, and pine martens are occationally seen along the trail. Located in Koochiching State Forest.
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2024-2025 season
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Reports 13 to 22 of 29    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec
Monday, January 27, 2025
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Thanks to Burgess and groomers for rolling and resetting track yesterday. I skied outer Blue Loop and Red Loop with connectors in between. Track was fast and in good shape everywhere. A few small 2" flat rock spots on Blue. Stubble picture is from Blue that groomers mentioned.
Photos:
(Steve Langenbrunner)
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Beautiful day - sunny and about 25 F above! (Finally) We got about 3" of snow and so we ran both Ginzus over all trail sections, setting new tracks as we went. Everything looks good except for a section on the main Blue where our inability to mow has left sticks. If you ski down the "improved" big blue hill please be careful!
Photos:
(Burgess Eberhardt)
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
I skied in about half inch of fluff. Track was firm so worked good. I did Blue Shelter loop. Good coverage on all sections but some short stubble spots. All pictures from Blue.
Photos:
(Steve Langenbrunner)
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Close to 4" of nice new snow. It was cold! Maybe 8 above, but the tracks look good and should set up. Skate deck looks super. We ran both Ginzus over everything including all of the Blue. There are a few sticks on the east end of the Blue where we couldn't mow. Everything else is good.
Photos:
(Burgess Eberhardt)
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Today we ran both Ginzus on all sections of Tilson Creek with the exception of the "improved Split Rock" hill on the main Blue - that's has enough saplings sticking up that we felt it would be too dangerous to open. The track looked fine almost everywhere, and corduroy was super. It's soft now but should eventually set up.
Photos:
(Burgess Eberhardt)
Friday, January 10, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
With a couple of inches of snow over the past few days, we used both Ginzus today to refresh the skate lane. We did not re-track. We covered everything but the east Blue and the Red Renegade. The skate corduroy looked great!
Photos:
(Burgess Eberhardt)
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
9F sunny. Cold weather preserved the light covering on the hardpacked, but nicely formed classic track. I had good glide and kick on green, orange, yellow and red. A few inches of snow would be great.
Photos:
(Steve Langenbrunner)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
I skied the green swamp entrance trail to orange, yellow and around outer red loop. The track was good and firm all around. With last nights light dusting, I was able to have good kick and glide. Red was actually good too. There are isolated small rocks poking up on red, but I easily stepped around them. I cannot comment on skate deck, just good firm classic tracks.
Photos:
(Steve Langenbrunner)
Monday, December 30, 2024
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Today we ran both Ginzus with teeth down as far as possible to make the best skate lane we could. We covered the Green twice, got the Orange, west end of main Blue, Blue Return, Yellow, and Red. In many places the trail looks just fine.
Photos:
(Burgess Eberhardt)
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
I skied the blue shelter loop. Snow was soft and mushy as expected at 37F. The rain has not melted everything to bare ground yet. Some spots have good snow cover, some places a few rocks are showing. Even before warm up, blue had small brush and swamp reed grass sticking up. Pictures all blue loop. The orange loop part had a descent track and was much more packed.
Photos:
(Steve Langenbrunner)

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