Skied about 2-4 p.m. Trail included extremely icy downhills in places, nice and soft corn snow in places, water running in the icy classic track in places. Skiing for die-hards only! Saw MN Youth Ski League skiers out for their last day of the season! From other trail reports, it sounds like the conditions were a lot better earlier in the day.

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(Steven Share)

When starting there was a little bit of an icy crust (looked like they groomed last night). Later, of course, it got soupy and there was moderate leaf and twig debris in places. However, remarkably, the entire man made loop (didn't do double black) still has coverage. Looks like it might hang in there for a while yet. It's hard work skating given the slush.

(Adam Bock)

Defying the laws of thermodynamics, groomers have made yet another amazing experience. <10% slush. No bare spots. Some leaves and debris in a few areas. Getting softer by mid morning. Overall fair to good.

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(Jamie Peters)

Very surprised at how good the trails were after having negative glide at Elm Creek yesterday afternoon. Glad I made the drive. Couple of icy spots on south facing hills and I'm sure it will deteriorate somewhat throughout the day but overall great.

(Ben Fuller)

At 10:15 am start, it was 40 something and sun-exposed portion of trail that had been groomed overnight was getting soft and somewhat rutted. It was obviously slow but faster in the shaded portions of the trail. It was not so slow that the Boulder downhill had any problem with sudden deacceleration but I am sure that would have been the case later in the day.

(Keith Carlson)

Very nice at 9am. Getting slow by 10am. Used swix yellow with structure. Still a good, cold firm base with nightly grooming. Boulder ridge was fine.

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(Kevin Wendland)

Overall the course remains in very good shape for skate. It's a bit loose, dirty and leafy in some areas which should be expected. It looked like new classic tracks were recently cut.

(Brad Mlynar)

Amazing conditions. 36 hrs of cold temps then late morning thawing plus expert grooming provided all the skiers out today (not many) with a wonderful experience. Thank you groomers and Hyland staff!!

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(Jamie Peters)

At 10:30 am start, it was 26 degrees, sunny with an ENE wind and trail was in excellent condition. There was just enough fine sugar on top for good bite. Just a little bit of additional sugar accumulation on Boulder climb and no snowplow wake on Boulder descent so it was no problem. Great job groomers.

(Keith Carlson)

Whole 5K manmade continues to be in good shape. The tiny bit of fresh snow has provided some cohesion and has slowed the snow down just a bit. Quite pleasant out there with very little sugar when I was out mid-morning. Get it while it's good, who knows what things will look like after this weekend. Pic courtesy of Jake Adicoff as he flew back to Sun Valley.

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(Mitchell Campbell)