Hang in there! Will resume snowmaking when temps are colder. Manufactured Snow Trails (1.8K) Star and Willow Creek are packed, tracked and in good conditions; open 5am - 10pm, with lights on. Trails with natural snow are quickly deteriorating due to the warm temps. Trails closed: Frog Town, Scenic Foothills, Boulder Ridge, North Trail. Visitor Center Hours: 9 AM - 9 PM. Online reservations required for equipment rental.  High School Nordic Ski races: Weds., Dec. 15 (canceled); Thurs., Dec. 16.  Possible Race on Friday; 3-5:30pm.  Trails will remain open to the public during these races.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Good skiing on artificial snow. Natural looks sketchy. Classic tracks beginning to get discolored. Even though temperatures were in the fifties the snow was a little icy.

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(Kevin Wendland)

I had a full 4pm ski at Hyland as temps went from mid 30s to high 30s. The outer non-snowmaking loops range from good-ski to rock-ski conditions as the warmth has thinned out the base and left exposed spots. The 1.8k snowmaking loop is fully snowed, but has hardened with the warmth and refreeze.

(David Moore)

Come and Enjoy XC Skiing! Manufactured snow trails, Star (.8 K) and Willow Creek (1K) are Packed, Tracked and in Good Conditions. Natural Snow trails: Lake, Hill, Oak Knob and Nature Center Spur are packed and in Good Conditions. Trails are Lighted and open 5am - 10pm. North Trail is closed until Scenic Foothills and Frog Town opens. Manufactured Snow Trails, Frog Town, Scenic Foothills, Boulder Ridge are closed. Colder Temps are needed. Visitor Center Hours: 9 AM - 9 PM. Online reservations required for equipment rental. High School Nordic Ski races, 3:00 - 5:30 pm: Tues., Dec. 14; Weds., Dec. 15; and Thurs., Dec. 16. Trails will remain open to the public.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Conditions for skate skiing on Lake Trail (natural snow) was pretty good. Some leaves and bark, and a few spots with grass showing or a little dirt on top. Well packed. A little uneven in places. No set tracks for classic. Conditions skate skiing on Hill Trail (natural snow) was very good. Few leaves, and a few spots with grass showing or a little dirt on top. Well packed. A little uneven in places. No set tracks for classic. Conditions on manufactured snow loop was excellent for both skate and classic. Pristine! Only about a third of the snowmaking trails are open so far.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied everything that was groomed. The natural snow loops (Lake, Hill, Oak Knoll, North, and Nature Center) were all good for early season, natural snow. They are groomed for skate only, and there are the typical early-season humps and bumps but they were still great fun! Thanks to the Hyland groomers for putting in the time and effort to groom in the natural snow. Packing the snow in from this storm should help the snow weather the short-daylight warm days this week, and will hopefully make for a good base for future snow. The manmade loops were perfect as expected.

(Sue Schroeder)

11am. The snowmaking loop is well-packed with a fast firm deck and well set tracks. Lake trail (natural snow) was not tracked, and not many user tracks. Husband says the skate deck was lumpy/bumpy but ok. Only a couple of thin spots. Sadly, a biker carved one deep rut along much of the trail, but it's easily avoided. Overall, a good day.

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(Laurie Ford)

A great day on the non-snowmaking Hyland trails: Lake, Hill, Oak Nob, and North. Conditions were a bit soft and bumpy, but very skiiable and uncrowded. Oak Nob and North are good skis, but Lake was mixed, and Hill clearly B ski conditions. For now, it's a fine ski.

(David Moore)

Kudos to the groomers at Hyland! Skate skied the 1.8 K manmade loop early morning Saturday and Sunday. The snow was perfectly groomed both days with a well laid single track for classic, amazing considering the snow continued till about 3AM Saturday. As anticipated, the deck was much firmer today and conditions were like mid January with temps in the 20s! Looking forward to more of the loop being opened.

(John Nealon)

Lots of folk there this morning! The only natural snow trails groomed were Lake and Hill. Hill had a number of bare spots, most notably at bottom of big downhill: use care. No tracks set on these trails. About 2k Man made trailed open: fence and silent snow guns blocked entry to Frogtown.

(Tony Pellegrini)