Classic trails are in beautiful shape. Freshly groomed. I skied most of them.
Well set. No debris at all. Beautiful overlooks.

(Tom Harries)

We skied classic today and the trails were deep and firm. There is plenty of snow and the groomers have done a great job on the trails! There were many areas where pine needles and cones ended up in the tracks and they would slow or almost stop you in your tracks at times. Signs of wildlife everywhere! Absolutely a beautiful day to be on the trails!

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(Bob Cockriel)

The skate ski loop on the west side of the river is in perfect shape - minimal walker damage closer to the highway and river. The grooming is perfect, nice flat / wide skate lane - really a nice loop.

(John Cron)

Excellent! The trails could not have been groomed better. The view of Lake Superior from the eastern trails was beautiful.

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(Tony Lockhart)

Skied the the Campground Loop around noon. Grooming appeared to be fresh and tracks were nicely set in most places. I'm a rank beginner and these were good conditions for me. Ready for weekend fun!

(Kristin Thompson)

Trails were in fantastic shape, groomed this morning. Like every other park, there are walkers and mishaps, but move a few minutes farther from the visitor’s center and the number of incidents go down exponentially. 5 ish km on west/south side of the river is groomed for skating. At 430 pm, we were skiers #2 and 3 on the skate groomed trail and the other person had skated -- at what might be the most visited state park in the system. Great trail to escape people (because it's ~5km commitment vs. other trails have lots of choices). Fun loop though: climbing alongside the river and then wind downhill. Probably the first time I’ve ever been to Gooseberry without kids. The trails are beautiful and a fun day's adventure with kids (at least two, maybe three shelters to use as a destination and have a picnic lunch or something), it's much easier to go farther without kids. We ran out of daylight, but I found myself wanting to ski them all again - especially the farthest from the trailhead - the river is just so pretty covered in snow!

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(Kristin Riker-Coleman)

We got into skating gear and shuffled 1/4 mi to the skating trail but found it had not been groomed. Back to the parking lot to get classic gear. Beautiful classic trails expertly groomed, had a wonderful time.

(Dan Prince)

Fantastic. The trails were covered with feathery lake-effect snow from yesterday and this morning. Lake Superior was blue in the background on the lower loop. Track was excellent and skied in. Groomer was out today.

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(Tony Lockhart)

Excellent conditions for classic! It was snowing and grooming was in progress. So there was a mixture of grooming with some freshly-set tracks, some trails just rolled, and some untouched with 4-6” of new snow over old tracks. Wonderful skiing! Swix Special Green kick wax worked great on our wood skis with temp around 16°F. They have about 18” of snow on the ground now. We saw one deer and one grouse and only six other skiers.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Great ski today. Groomer was out in front of me. So fun to be the first on perfectly groomed trails. Kuddos to the groomer! Temps were finally mild, only a few skiers out on Tuesday. Plenty of snow coverage. It's been a couple of years since we've been to the North Shore. So glad to be back!

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(Steve Black)