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A couple of good loops, although it seems to get more wind-blown than other metro trails. New in 2013, 5K snowmaking loop.Trail Reports
2022-2023 season
Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-03 12:05:37
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-03 10:53:48
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Groomed trails both man made snow and natural were challenging as expected today from 7:30 - 9:30 am. Crust skating was excellent. My plan was to only use the groomed to connect crust sections. I skied North to Lake to Hill (the other natural we coned off because of downed trees). The only time I had to walk was the big Hill downhill because it was ice on one side and tree branches in the other. Otherwise I probably spent 50% of the time on crust along the way exploring all the open areas. North has the best crust areas. I even found a fun crust downhill from about halfway up the big Boulder downhill between it and the bypass.
(Dan Zenk)
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-04-02 19:36:56
Firsthand: Freestyle Secondhand [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Started around 1pm and the skate deck on the snowmaking loops was in good condition but the snow rapidly got softer as the sun reached its maximum afternoon height. Tracks looked pretty slushy in many locations. Lots of people were out today though. Park staff confirmed grooming is done for the season, however they stated the trails will remain open until conditions totally deteriorate.
(Ben Ruhme)
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-02 13:30:20
Firsthand: Classic Secondhand [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Tracks were in great when I started at 9:15 am. Very deep and a little icy but not bad. By 11 am they were getting soft in places but still pretty fast overall. Boulder up and down was great the entire time. Never icy going down and not too soft going up. TRPD announced a couple days ago last night would be the last grooming of the season so I was checking out the natural trails for crust skiing. They were rolled Saturday morning before the snow ended so there'll be a couple inches of soft or hard snow on top depending on the time of day but they didn't look too rutted today. Noticed also the shuttle parking lot was not plowed so I didn't try starting on the North trail.
(Dan Zenk)
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-02 09:18:10
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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They groomed overnight and set some nice tracks. Not too icy - Classic ski grip wax worked well. Skied the full trail loop.
(Mark Stender)
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Evening
posted: 2023-04-01 19:06:36
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-01 12:02:12
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-04-01 09:56:11
Observation [ Trails Open: Partial ]
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Friday, March 31, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-03-31 19:04:36
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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The snowmaking loop was in good condition when I skied it in the window between the morning and afternoon rain. Obviously the trails were covered with high effort, slower wet corn. It took me 40% longer to skate one circuit. The uphills in the open were particularly saturated and slow but the more tree-covered portions of the trail skated reasonably well. I skated from the top of Scenic to the bottom of Boulder and from the top of Scenic to the first shelf on the Frog climb with relative ease. There was no snowplow wake issues on the Boulder downhill nor any build up of sugar on the Boulder çlimb. Saw four or five other skiers, two in the far parking lot - one who convinced me it was skiable and the second who convinced me to do Boulder because the downhill was not hairy. Glad I did given what little remains of the season.
(Keith Carlson)
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-03-30 20:50:02
Secondhand Scheduling
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Staff in the chalet told me that grooming will end after this weekend.
(Jack Stech)
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