The man-made 5k loop is well groomed again and classic track was not filled with snow in spite of the strong winds. The skate deck was solid with no drifts.

(Chuck Barden)

Beautiful morning for a ski. The light snow was filling the track but fortunately there was a young kid in front of me who was double poling the whole course (darn impressive). He packed the track to make my journey a little faster. Excellent coverage on natural trails.

(Kathy Bjornson)

Two hour classic ski today. Fantastic tracks on manmade snow loop, and good tracks on all of North Loop to Nature Center and across to Foothills. Tracks were ok on Lake. All in all, a fantastic day to be out and striding!

(David Uber)

Another pristine day at Hyland. Such a holiday gift to have these mid season conditions in December. The trail to Richardson was tracked today and in excellent condition.

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(Diane Pattridge)

Just awesome. Skied the manmade snow (full loop open), around the lake, and to the nature center. Can easily use good skis for either skate or classic. Classic tracks on the natural aren't quite full depth but are still very good. Skate deck is firm enough on the natural. Great job groomers.

(Andrew Brown)

Wear your woolies today, it is cold but wonderful. It was tracked 95% of the way all the way out to the nature center. Man made snow trail was great as well this morning. Watch out for the bison.

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(Scott Greymont)

Fabulous and fast. Classic wax blue klister with extra blue and 1814 over pocket. Skate was great on trail to nature center. No groomed tracks on natural snow.

(Diane Pattridge)

Wonderful conditions today at Hyland. I skied all the natural trails and most of the machine made snow. Natural trail sections had great coverage, with only a few narrow ice patches along the subtle grooming spine—completely avoidable. The machine made snow felt fast and coverage of course was excellent. It was a great day for feeling like one's balance was 100 percent while still feeling fast.

(Mike Schowalter)

Skied both outer loops - great coverage - about 1.5 inches of snow on top so had to work for it. Beautiful though. Main groomed snowmaking areas fast and little icy. Happy we have snow. CC skiing is life ;).

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(Josh Bloom)

Beautiful scenery this morning with all the trees snow covered. Manufactured snow trails had a hard and fast skate deck. Classic tracks were set and looked to be in excellent shape. The natural snow trails had unpacked fresh snow over a firm base with occasional soft spots, The loose snow was a good 4" deep on sections of the North trail but only an 1" on most of lake. No classic tracks set on the natural snow trails. No bare spots and very little leaf debris or sticks. I used B skis but good skis would have been fine.

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(Steve Hum)