I skied late morning and it looks like everyone (like me) skipped the early skiing because of the cold. Everything looked like it had just been groomed with firm and fast snow. The classic tracks were perfect with no ice in the bottom.

(Kenneth Kooistra)

With new snow, skate deck stable for skate skiing, but slow with cold temps. Classic track in good shape. Enjoyed classic today.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Skied the manufactured trails. Classic tracks excellent, solid and deep, and good for kicking. Skate deck concrete hard from cold temps and slippery, difficult to balance on and keep on top of your skis while V2ing.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Fresh clean grooming this morning - and much nicer than expected under the warm sun! Enjoy it today!

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(Bill Oyler)

Skied the natural snow trails at Hyland today including the Lake Loop and the trail to the nature center. Extremely thin, lots of grass poking up, hit gravel and sidewalk at end of Lake Loop. Downhills treacherous. I should've turned around too when I started out on the lake loop and was someone else skiing backwards. Nature center trail out to the walking bridge was slightly better. Stick to the man-made, sadly.

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(Melissa Berman)

Gorgeous late morning, 10° with full sun. The snowmaking loop skate deck was a bit slow in spots because of the new snow and low overnight temps, but it started to soften just a bit as the sun and skiers went to work on it. Lots of people out enjoying these glorious conditions. All praise to the grooming staff.

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(Matt Frantzen)

While on the man made classic tracks was looking at the natural snow trails. They have been rolled but looks pretty thin. I'd say B skis at best probably better to use rock skis. Grass and dirt are observable.

(Scott Greymont)

Beautiful morning in the tracks at Hyland this morning. Fresh snow coming down and just enough striders to keep it squished down. No problem with the corners as the fresh snow was a bit slow.

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(Scott Greymont)

The snowmaking loop was in very good condition at my 6:00 pm start. There was some sugar throughout but it only got heavy towards the top of the outbound Willow Creek climb, the first part of the inbound Scenic Foothills climb and the last Star climb before the chalet cutoff. I estimated from my minivan thermometer that it was 20 to 21 degrees. The snow was fast and the crowd was very light. Thanks for the great work groomers.

(Keith Carlson)

Hyland skiing remarkably well today. Best I've seen it all season around noon with the some bonus sunshine out to brighten things up. Nice and firm with no sugar on the climbs.

(John Holtan)