The snowmaking loop was in good condition at my 9:20 am start. It was mid 30's and sunny. Snow was pretty fast allowing me to finally get back to the faster pace I had been enjoying prior to the early in the week snow storm. The snow was generally pretty cold with frozen corduroy or little ice chunks occasionally. It was moderately rutted on the Willow Creek and Scenic Foothills outbound climbs and the Frogtown inbound climb. Boulder Ridge downhill was in great shape. Skier traffic was pretty light.

(Keith Carlson)

Because of the start of DST, I started later than I wanted at 9:50 am. But I was just in time. Conditions were very good. The skate deck was firm, uphills were in good shape, and conditions were generally fast. As the sun rose during the last couple miles, the deck started to slow a bit from melting snow but it was a very good ski on this beautiful morning.

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(Matt Frantzen)

5 km snow making loop was excellent 7-8:30 this morning, great work by the trail crew. Used my worst rock skis for an adventure on all natural trails as well. Had to hike the downhill of hill trail due to it being all ice and bare ground. Was fun to explore off the loop we do all winter, but don't recommend natural trails unless you're looking for free stone grind.

(Jerry DelGiorno)

Excellent skiing late morning on snowmaking loop - classic tracks were much better than I expected! Parking lot nearly full, beautiful blue sky and sun- a perfect day to me!

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(Phillip Dworsky)

The snowmaking loop was in very good condition at my 11:10 am start. It was slower but much better than yesterday. It was mid 30's and sunny. The snow had only corned at the top of the Boulder Ridge climb and a little on the Frog Town climb. You could still find yesterday's slow snow in the deepest shade. There was still soft decelerating snow on the apex of the left hand curve of the return descent from the top of Scenic Foothills even if you did not cut the corner that tight. Boulder Ridge downhill was in great shape. Thanks to the groomers for getting things into shape so quickly after Tuesday/Wednesday's snow.

(Keith Carlson)

I made it out to Hyland around noon in hopes of some natural goodness. My hopes were dashed by the sun creating some bare spots. I did ski all the natural trails with the hill trail being particularly scary. If you're a the mood, the North Loop was okay with only one bad spot. I would avoid all others.

(Mark Wirt)

Treacherous conditions on the natural snow trails this morning. I skied all the trails. Very disappointing they were not groomed overnight/this morning, causing them to be rutted and icy this morning. Conditions on the trails were incredible yesterday and there was still plenty of snow today. Three rivers is still reporting fair conditions, but I would rate them poor at best and most of the downhills were not even safe to Ski.

(Dan Zenk)

Skied all the natural snow trails. Unsurprisingly soft, sticky, and slow snow. However, it was great to ski outside the snowmaking loops; first time in 2 years on some segments! Mostly full coverage, but shockingly thin in several spots. B skis useable or rock skis if you want total peace of mind.

(Ben Ruhme)

Late afternoon ski. It was hard work, the trails were soft and had a lot of give. Very slow overall, significantly less glide distance on descents. Also lots of fast then slow on the descents, have to be careful to not get launched. My son skied the classic tracks. They seem to be a more normal width compared to the wide set last weekend. Tracks were well set, not icy, and in great condition considering the heavy wet snow. No water buildup visible.

(Erik Jerde)

The grooming of the snowmaking loop was excellent but the snow was incredibly slow at my 12:00 start. The trail had been packed and the classic track was in excellent shape when I used it to get some glide. I had anticipated that the snow would have corned but it was yesterday's snow that was firmly packed but nevertheless still squekely compressed under my strides . The Boulder Ridge downhill was in great condition. However, cutting the left hand curve on the return downhill from the top of Scenic Foothills got me into softer snow that caused some degree of deaccelration that I stepped out of to avoid injury. It was 33 degrees and sunny. I averaged 4.7 mph, 2.5 mph below my usual pace. Harder wax than the Opti Wax for 23 degrees and above that I used might of helped. More athletic skiers than I moved better but agreed it was slow and a workout - or exhausting in my case.

(Keith Carlson)