I was at Hyland early this morning. They had groomed the same man-made snow loops as yesterday to give a nice 1 mile loop. Looked like some people had ventured down to the lake. You can definitely use your good skis on the man-made loops.

(Scott Greymont)

I classic skied the man made loops and they were in great condition, not too many people were there so it was possible to work on technique. I also skied the Lake trail which had be rolled but not tracked. There were skied in tracks about half the time, the skaters were sinking in 1 to 2 inches on the flats and 3 to 4 on the hills. Very quiet out there, I had a big grin all the time.

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(Tom Harris)

Excellent skate deck and classic tracks for Star and Willow Creek. Plentiful base. Some snow piles made for Frogtown, but not open yet.

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(Ken Kuznia)

1.8k of very clean snow - safe for best skis, both classic and skate. Great to have a few hills! Thanks for all the great snowmaking Hyland crew!

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(Bill Oyler)

Updated NEWS!!! The manufactured snow trails, Willow Creek (1K) and Star (.8K) will open tomorrow, Fri. Dec. 10, 5am - 10pm. Visitor center hours will be tomorrow, Fri. Dec. 10, 9am - 5pm; Sat. Dec. 11 through Mon. Dec. 13, 9am - 6pm; and Tues. Dec. 14, 9am - 9pm. Rentals will begin on Sat. Dec. 11, 9am - 6pm. Online reservations required to rent available tomorrow.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Yippie! The manufactured snow trails;  Willow Creek (1K) and Star (.8 K) will open on Saturday, Dec 11 th at 5 am.  The Visitor Center Hours will be 9am-6pm.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

They are pushing snow with a Piston Bulley. Should be ready to go soon.

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(John Shirriff)

Snow-guns blazing at Hyland today; looks to be enough piled up (along with what fell today) to open Star and Willow right now if they wanted to... shouldn't be long now.

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(David OBrien)

Some manufactured snow piles made on Star and Willow Creek trails. Hopefully more can be made this upcoming week by Hyland Lake Park staff.

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(Ken Kuznia)

All trails are closed. We are excited for snowmaking to resume, colder temps are forecasted; so cross your fingers! Stop by Hyland Visitor Center on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 1-3:30 to say hi to the amazing Roy Carlsted.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)