Skied a loop from the visitor center to the nature center and back. The manmade snow was in excellent condition as per usual. The natural trails were decent but a little crusty. Things loosened up some as the temperature rose this afternoon. Hardly anyone out there. Great ski.

(Will Young)

Classic skied natural and manmade trails. Trails and tracks in very good to excellent condition. Very enjoyable skiing today.

(Ken Kuznia)

Classic skied all the natural snow loops a few times and was delighted that the classic tracks were in great shape! Most of the tracks were deep and well set and clean, only the Lake loop had leaves in the tracks, but pretty minimal. As always, the manufactured snow loops had deep, rock hard tracks. Skate lanes in good condition too. Should be a great weekend to get out for a ski!

(Kathleen Miller)

Skied all the man-made trail at Hyland and the Lake/Hill loop (did both the Hill and normal Lake loop). Trails were fantastic. A couple of soft spots on the climbs but overall very firm deck and an absolute pleasure to ski.

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(Park Walter)

The snow was a little slow but the groomers at Hyland did the best they could. Classic tracks were generally great even on the natural snow trails: Hill, Oak Knob, Nature Loop.

(Kristopher Gerber)

Another warmer day and yet again the groomers at Hyland achieved absolutely fantastic grooming, I can't thank them enough. Skied the manmade snow loop and all the trails were fantastic, and did the Lake Loop and it was very skiable with minimal debris. Had no issues doing the loop on my good skis.

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(Park Walter)

Skied Frog Town then the North loop and through Scenic Foothills back to the visitor center over the lunch hour. The 5K snowmaking loops are holding up well after yesterday's rain with firm enough tracks still set and the skate deck was also in good shape. The natural snow trails were a different story and the rain really did a number on the snowpack. Tracks are still well set but the snow is extremely soft in most places. I'm fairly light (<150 lbs) and sunk noticeably in many places. The skate deck was also very uneven in several places on the North loop. For classic I'd recommend wax or fishscale grip zone skis, my skins were pretty soaked afterwards. Overall I continue to be very impressed with the grooming crew at Hyland, kudos to them for maintaining great trails!

(Ben Ruhme)

I don't know what they did to the snow at Hyland this week but it is fast and fun! Man made snow is firm and fast. Natural is a little icy but very skiable and still gives good control.

(Tim Bontrager)

Skied the Lake loop and the manmade loop out to the frogtown cutoff (the high school teams were practicing up the scenic foothill climbs). The snow was absolutely amazing; firm and fast but not icy. I was able to maintain a great speed without sacrificing grip or stability at all! Likely the best day out I've had yet this season snow-condition wise.

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(Park Walter)

Excellent conditions on the natural snow loops at Hyland. A really fun morning of skiing today. Classic track looked freshly set and in good shape too. Hard pack classic track for sure but in good shape. Skate trail was perfect, fast but great control.

(Rick Budde)