With the warmer snow and air (28 degrees) temperatures, the snowmaking loop was in very good condition. There was a modest amount of sugar on most of the trail with somewhat heavier accumulations on the Star, Willow Creek, outbound Scenic Foothills and the 1st part of the inbound Scenic Foothills cilmbs and just a brief bit of boilerplate before the curve on Boulder Ridge's downhill. The warmer, faster snow was a really welcome change, It was only the second time this season that I was able to skate all the climbs except Boulder Ridge and the transition between the 1st and 2nd parts of the Scenic Foothills inbound climbs.

(Keith Carlson)

Perfect conditions on entire 5K loop this morning for both classic and skate - the fresh snow was groomed in to make for some of the best conditions in a while.

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(Bill Oyler)

The trail was in immaculate condition this morning with the light dusting of snow. Skate deck was nice corduroy. Classic tracks were well set.

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(Scott Greymont)

Skied over the lunch hour and the snow was as good as it has been all season. Gorgeous blue skies and a touch of radiant heat coming off the snow. The snow was really great, awesome day for skiing.

(Matt Frantzen)

Nice conditions. Tracks were well set, clean, and reasonably easy to climb for most of the uphills. A sunny, good day with good skiing. Husband says the deck was good, though with a few softer/sugar spots.

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(Laurie Ford)

The whole course of manmade snow is in pretty good condition. The usual sugar/sand on the hills but nothing terrible today. Happy to have this cooler weather, but would love some more natural snow.

(Chance Davis)

At my 3:30 pm start, it was about 12 degrees, sunny with squeaky cold snow. Also, sugar covered the trail in the usual spots. Between that and the cold snow, I didn't move very fast until the final leg down from the top of Scenic Foothils where I was only held up briefly by the sugar on the Frog Town and Star climbs. There was no snowplow wake on the Boulder Ridge downhill. Only got crowded on a couple of the climbs where the faster skiers passed me by. At 72 I suppose I have to expect that. Thanks again groomers.

(Keith Carlson)

Classic tracks very good. Skate deck sugary on uphills, better on flats. Downhills very fast, especially Boulder Ridge downhill.

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(Ken Kuznia)

This was my first time skiing since last week's rain. I was surprised with the quality of the snow and grooming. The tracks were solid and there was not any issues with ice.

(Kenneth Kooistra)

It was 21 degrees and the sun was shining through a light overcast when I started at 1:50 pm. Yay! Sugar was moderately heavy on all the climbs but not as bad as yesterday afternoon. On the other hand, downhills were fine - no exposed boilerplate. Modest snowplow wake on Boulder Ridge that I easily skied through. Great work once again groomers.

(Keith Carlson)