I skied from the 50th St. parking lot and a park employee was rolling the trail at the lot as I arrived, behind their tracked 4-wheeler. We got 6" of snow and coverage is pretty good. I was using old metal-edged touring skis and had my dog in a skijor rig. The park has made the smart decision to designate the north-south trail from this entrance as a hike and snowshoe (multi-use) trail, along with the western half of the northern part of the Prairie Loop and the entirety of the Trout Brook loop, to accommodate the large number of neighbors who like to walk the trails year-round. The rest of the Prairie Loop is designated as classic ski only, as in the past. Coverage on the rolled sections was good, and I experienced few scrapes. Where the trail was not yet rolled, hikers had moved enough snow that I scraped fairly frequently. Staying out of their tracks helped.

(Tim Power)