Skate skied natural and manufactured snow trails from about 10 to 11:15 am. Natural snow trails still in very good condition with solid base. Classic track rather shallow on natural trails. Groomer did wonders breaking up base to make it skiable. Pisten Bully might have had mechanical as saw one parked out on intersection of Hill and Lake trail (see photo).

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(Ken Kuznia)

Skated all the natural trails and most of the manmade snow trails. Overall great shape, relatively icier snow in the shade and softer snow in the sun but was surprised at how nice the trails were overall even in midafternoon. Some icy spots in the southern trails, especially toward the end on the west side of the lake, also some ice or protoslush or something on a small rightward uphill on the Hill trail (this section of hill often seems to degrade in the heat and sun before other spots), but no real problems. The northern trails seemed in better shape overall. The manmade snow trails were great as usual, although I actually preferred the natural trails which seemed a bit firmer.

(Kristian Markon)

Tracks on Lake and Hill trails were icy. I ended up skiing on the skate deck, or the shoulder to the right of the tracks. The man-made snow loop was much better.

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(Laurie Ford)

Did some klister skiing on the natural snow trails and I have to say it was great. The groomers are doing an amazing job. Tracks were intact and had seen little use. I kicked Start Wide on one ski and Guru 39 on the other.

(Peter Leugers)

Skated all man-made snow and natural trails at 1:00pm. Trails were slow/soft/sticky but in great condition.

(Philip Westover)

Fantastic conditions on the man-made snow loop today. Groomers got everything nice and firm; snow is a little soft as you might expect with the recent warm days but snow was still reasonably fast and it was a beautiful day to be out!

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(Park Walter)

Skate skied all the trails early afternoon. Best conditions of the year and my fastest ski. All trails were well groomed, and in good condition. Thank you groomers for your great work.

(Mary McGrory-Usset)

Classic skied the full snowmaking loop and the Lake/natural snow trail. Fantastic glide! Very firm snow. Excellent tracks everywhere. Boulder Ridge downhill was fast but manageable. Skin skis had surprisingly good kick in the tracks. When I stayed in the tracks on the downhills, I was going so fast on the steeper downhills that I had to squat almost onto the skis to keep from being flung out of the tracks on the turns! Very fun! The park seemed almost deserted.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Natural snow trails were in amazing shape. Tracks were firm and deep. very nice grooming. Thank you groomers. Manmade good as always.

(Gray Kimbrell)

Skated all man-made and natural trails at 11am. As expected, they're a bit soft/slow/sticky. Still great to get out in the warm weather though!

(Philip Westover)