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A couple of good loops, although it seems to get more wind-blown than other metro trails. New in 2013, 5K snowmaking loop.Trail Reports
2022-2023 season
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-06 10:24:04
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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With the overnight freeze I was hoping to make one last ski on the magical track that is the Hyland man-made snow loop. Alas, the magic is gone as the trail was an ungroomed icy mess. Skied one loop and encountered three other individual skiers making the best of it. The trail could possibly be skiable later in the day when it warms up.
(Geir Johansen)
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-04-05 17:45:47
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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The snowmaking loop had it all - ruts, ice and soft snow that collapsed under my strides (on the top of Frog Town); other than that it was mostly frozen corn. Only thing missing was snowplow wake and that's probably because I didn't do Boulder and the downhill/uphill loop on Scenic. Summarizing the conditions were terrible. I'll concede that tree-shaded areas on Frog Town and Boulder before the climb were actually okay. However, the run from the top of Frog Town to the timing shack was actually scary fast - it wasn't ice - but my speed on the frozen corn caused me to snowplow about 2/3's of the way down because of my fear of getting caught in a rut and running into a light pole. I was going to say this is really it for my season but if the temps are right, I might try Battle Creek tomorrow given the encouraging trail reports.
(Keith Carlson)
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-04 12:31:37
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-04 11:27:56
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Hyland proved to still have tracks with moderate ice and dirty snow at 33 degrees this morning at 9 am. Skate deck very rutted and moderate ice and soft snow. It was fun to do the entire 3 miles. Be careful on the downhills, we found sections of the deck to be smooth and snowplow. No Boulder.
(Diane Pattridge)
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-04 00:02:48
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Snow making loop was in fair to good condition. With a 10:20 start, I hit the trail at about the right time with temperature of 39 degrees per my car. Sun showed inconsistently. Snow had softened up enough so the mild rutting I ran into was no problem. However, things were slowing down as I skied on the sun-exposed portions of the trail; couldn't skate all the way to the top on Willow or Scenic outbound, but inbound I skated nonstop to the top of Scenic (in the shade) with no problem. I didn't attempt Boulder or the downhill/uphill loop on Scenic to avoid possible ruts, snowplow wake or fast deaccelerations. However, downhill run inbound from the top of Scenic and from top of Frog Town to the timing shack skied fine. Hoping to get in at least one more time tomorrow.
(Keith Carlson)
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-03 12:22:25
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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They groomed yesterday. Skied classic this morning. Very icy. Lake loop was very challenging-it fact Three Rivers had some cones up in a few areas around the lake where conditions are very poor. Manufactured snow trail was a bit better.
(Steve Freese)
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-03 12:05:37
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-03 10:53:48
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Groomed trails both man made snow and natural were challenging as expected today from 7:30 - 9:30 am. Crust skating was excellent. My plan was to only use the groomed to connect crust sections. I skied North to Lake to Hill (the other natural we coned off because of downed trees). The only time I had to walk was the big Hill downhill because it was ice on one side and tree branches in the other. Otherwise I probably spent 50% of the time on crust along the way exploring all the open areas. North has the best crust areas. I even found a fun crust downhill from about halfway up the big Boulder downhill between it and the bypass.
(Dan Zenk)
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-04-02 19:36:56
Firsthand: Freestyle Secondhand [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Started around 1pm and the skate deck on the snowmaking loops was in good condition but the snow rapidly got softer as the sun reached its maximum afternoon height. Tracks looked pretty slushy in many locations. Lots of people were out today though. Park staff confirmed grooming is done for the season, however they stated the trails will remain open until conditions totally deteriorate.
(Ben Ruhme)
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-02 13:30:20
Firsthand: Classic Secondhand [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Tracks were in great when I started at 9:15 am. Very deep and a little icy but not bad. By 11 am they were getting soft in places but still pretty fast overall. Boulder up and down was great the entire time. Never icy going down and not too soft going up. TRPD announced a couple days ago last night would be the last grooming of the season so I was checking out the natural trails for crust skiing. They were rolled Saturday morning before the snow ended so there'll be a couple inches of soft or hard snow on top depending on the time of day but they didn't look too rutted today. Noticed also the shuttle parking lot was not plowed so I didn't try starting on the North trail.
(Dan Zenk)
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