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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
Monday, December 5, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-05 10:37:45
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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At 8 am we skate skied the Lake and Hill natural snow trails. As you might expect, the Lake trail received a lot of traffic last weekend. But on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being pristine, I still give Lake trail a 6 rating. However, we did not ski the segment of Lake along the south shore of Hyland Lake because we veered off and skied Hill trail. Using the same scale, I give Hill trail an 8 rating. On Lake and Hill trails you can use rock and B skis respectively. I did not see any classic tracks set. Thank you for all of the hard work trail grooming. You are doing a great job. I am spoiled to be skiing this early this year.
(Paul Pasko)
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-05 08:43:40
Grooming Scheduling [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Frog Town is now open! Thanks to Hyland maintenance crew. 3.2 K manufactured snow yrails are now open. 12 K of trails with natural snow open, packed, not tracked and in fair condition. HS Meets this week: Tues, Wed. Thurs 3pm - 5:30pm.
(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-05 06:21:44
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Sunday, December 4, 2022
Evening
posted: 2022-12-04 22:30:23
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Snowmaking loops are excellent, though still less than half open.
Natural snow around the Lake Trail was fair. Hard packed and pretty fast. Just a few tiny bare spots, easily avoided. Quite a few leaves and twigs, but these didn't affect the skate skis too much. Kind of uneven due to shallow snow coverage, and challenging to get edging in some places because it was so hard packed. But overall, lots of fun!
(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)
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Sunday, December 4, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-12-04 22:09:59
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Skied the man-made snow loop. Classic tracks were in good condition though a little icy. Would be nice to have two sets of tracks as they were fairly congested on the hills. Skate deck was firm and maybe a little bit too hard.
(Rick Vatsaas)
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-03 12:26:32
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Manmade snow trails are smooth and fast. Natural snow trails are leafy and twiggy. Both generate winter joy!
(Ernie Ogot)
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-03 10:41:37
Grooming [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Warm up by XC skiing! Manufactured snow trails, Star and Willow (1.6 K), are packed, tracked and in good condition. Trails relying on natural snow (10K) have been packed and not tracked, fair to good. HS Meets begin Tues. Dec.6- Thurs. Dec.8; 3 pm - 5:30pm. The Hyland maintenance crew are hard at work making snow overnight and during the day when temps are less than 19F degrees!
(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-03 08:32:57
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Start with a caveat good skis are fine for the man made trails. Recommend B skis for around the lake. Classic skied around the Lake trail for a change of scenery and there are lots of areas with gravel sticking through (rolled but no tracks). Most is avoidable. Snow guns north of Willow were blowing this morning.
(Scott Greymont)
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Friday, December 2, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-12-02 15:44:10
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Still very good conditions on the natural trails this morning but softening up by noon. Started at the nature center took North trail to where grooming ended at the manmade section, which weren't groomed but had deep snow. Boulder Ridge has plenty of fresh untracked snow so I did three fun laps there on my touring skis and then went down Scenic Foothills to the Lake and Hill trails. Hill had the best snow overall except for some dirt, etc., in the middle of the big downhill.
(Dan Zenk)
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Thursday, December 1, 2022
Evening
posted: 2022-12-01 19:34:53
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Tough to comment on the trails outside of willow and star (snowmaking) as those are the only two tracked. But those trails had nice solid tracks and the skate deck was nice and firm. Shout out to all the coaches getting high schoolers out on skis - there were dozens of kids out there for various teams.
(Scott Greymont)
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