The snowmaking loop was in very good condition. Frozen corduroy in a few spots, couple spots of ice towards the top of the climb on Willow connecting to Frog Town, otherwise generally light sugar on top of a hard base. Still no heavy sugar, even on the top of Boulder or on the climb after right angle turn on Frog Town. No snowplow wake on the Boulder downhill. It was 28 degrees according to my car's thermometer. Thus I switched to skis waxed with FastWax Red LF. Seemed slower than my ski on Sunday morning when it was around 34 degrees. But my pace, the 2nd fastest of my season, was identical.

(Keith Carlson)

I classic skied all of the snowmaking trails between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Conditions were excellent for my skin skis. Tracks were well set. Conditions were fast! Temperature was about 34°F. It had been sunny earlier, but it was cloudy while I was skiing.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied the entire 5k artificial snow loop, but none of the others. Conditions were perfect from 10:30-11:30 am. Could not have been better!

(Steve Smith)

We had another great spring ski at Hyland early this afternoon! The classic tracks had a little ice and slush, but we all had good kick and glide. The skate deck was also in good shape. These days have been perfect with cool temps at night, and warm afternoons. Thanks to Hyland for continuing to groom this week.

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(Bill Lundberg)

Skied basically everything pretty early this morning. Different stories between manmade and natural snow trails. Manmade snow loop, as others have noted, is excellent. Good for good skis and in all-around fantastic condition. Natural snow trails had also gotten a couple passes from the groomer last night on the skate deck. Hill / Lake were pretty dicey (well, more accurately they were pretty icy!): often hard to get an edge and downhills were at times treacherous. These trails don't have much time left. The north side natural trails were quite pleasant in contrast: very little ice and generally not dissimilar surface to what could be found on the manmade except in a couple isolated spots. Try to get out on them while you still can. Thanks again groomers, pretty phenomenal for late March!

(Mitchell Campbell)

The tracks on the man made snow loop were in fabulous condition to the end of March. There is hard ice below a tiny dusting created from the groomers. My skin skis had excellent kick and glide. Fastest conditions this season. When the temps started creeping over 32, things started to slow down particularly in the sunny spots. I'm so happy to still be out skiing! Thank you groomers.

(Tanya Adelman)

The snowmaking loop was in fabulous condition this morning. Just enough snow had been scratched up by the groomers to provide a great skate deck. No place was there deep sugar - not on the climb to the top of of Boulder or on the climb on Frog Town. Was able to skate up every hill except from the intermediate shelf to the top of Boulder. There was negligible snowplow wake on the Boulder downhill. It was about 34 degrees at my 10:45 start. Nearly equaled my fastest pace of the year on a less hilly course. Thanks for the great job groomers.

(Keith Carlson)

The Hyland 5K man-made loop is holding up great! Very clean snow overall, and still pretty fast for skating from noon to 2pm at 39 degrees. Classic tracks are also holding up nicely. I spoke to the Hyland crew today and they plan to keep grooming as long as overnight temps are below freezing.

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(Bill Oyler)

I skied the man-made snow trails and they were better than expected. I had both kick and glide (thanks to skin skis). The snow was soft and the tracks were a mix of soft and slightly icy. I saw some skate skiers perfecting their slow-mo skiing. It was nice to be out and not as slow as it could have been.

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(Alyssa Murphy)

I skate skied all of the machine-made snow and natural trails this morning at Hyland. Conditions were fantastic considering the warmer days and longer sunlight hours. The skate deck was lightning fast, but still able to get an edge, and the classic tracks while a little icy were holding up nicely. Kudos to the Three Rivers groomers -- great conditions and really a delight to ski at Hyland this late into the season!

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(Warren Klibbe)