Perfect snow + perfect grooming + bright sun! What a great day for skiing! Skate deck was still very firm 3:00 till 4:30 even with a lot of sun. Classic tracks looked perfect everywhere. I skated all trails—snowmaking and natural snow. Even saw a coyote on the lake!

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied the lake and hill trails and a section of the manmade snow trail. All are in great condition, beautifully groomed, and skiing in the warm sun was fantastic. It's been a long time since we got to ski in mid-March with these conditions. Thanks to the groomers for continuing in what seems to be an extended season!

(Brooke Magid Hart)

Very enjoyable evening classic ski on natural loops in mid-March. Tracks a little soft but coverage good on all trails with little debris.

(Bill Hamilton)

Did classic on Lake/Hill and the southern part of North. A tad sticky at one point, but otherwise, as always at Hyland, trails were well packed and tracked. Great conditions!

(John Kruse)

Skied all 15k of both natural and manmade trails. Classic tracks perfect on manmade. Classic C+ to B- on much of natural. Fun day. Sunday will be better.

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(Stephen Tannen)

Snowmaking loop and Lake Trail were in excellent shape for classic, with deeply set tracks. Skate deck was in excellent condition, too.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied the man made snow trails just to get to the natural snow trails. North trail was excellent with perfect tracking. Only saw three other skiers on the North trail. After a break, skied Lake and Hill trails. Lake had some washed out tracks and was thinner. But Hill had nearly perfect tracks since nobody else was skiing it. Overall, it was a great ski after the 3 to 4 inches of new snow last night.

(Earl Stabenow)

Skated all man-made snow and natural trails at 3pm. Everything is a tad soft, especially the natural trails, and especially those which are less traveled. Overall good though and nice to be out in the warmer weather.

(Philip Westover)

Natural snow tracks on North Loop and Nature Center Spur were a joy this morning with my skin skis. Man-made snow tracks were also nice, of course, but a little icy.

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(Josh Yank)

The snow continues to be good at Hyland! I skied all the natural snow trails and they were all in good condition for this time of year. Classic tracks were good in most places. Of course the snow was slow and melty (especially in the low lying areas) but that is to be expected. Track were just barely starting to get icy when I left around 4pm. Debris was minimal throughout. Overall, conditions were great and it was nice to be out skiing in the sun!

(Alyssa Murphy)