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)

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)

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)

They groomed overnight and set some nice tracks. Not too icy - Classic ski grip wax worked well. Skied the full trail loop.

(Mark Stender)

Encountered downed trees, avoid the lake loop unless you have a helmet or a deathwish. Crashed thru this tree at the bottom of the hill on lake loop. If they groomed at all today you couldn't notice it by the time I got out there. Still happy to be out here in April!

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(Dave Niday)

Happy April fools. Apparently Hyland groomed at night, so it's all skied in trails but a beautiful photo opportunity on Frog Town Trail. The skis glided and kicked great but very washed out. I'm on my way to wirth.

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(Diane Pattridge)

Drove down to Hyland and nothing has been groomed, so decided to go somewhere else.

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(Jared VanderHook)

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)

Staff in the chalet told me that grooming will end after this weekend.

(Jack Stech)

Bless you groomers. Snowmaking loop was in excellent, fast condition. All of yesterday afternoon's soft snow ruts were gone; as was even the larger spot of ice towards the top of the climb on Willow connecting to Frog Town. Most of the loose snow was frozen corn with a few spots of drier, finer snow in the more shaded spots. Overhead things were just transitioning to full overcast so there was no wet corn. The sugar towards the top of the Boulder climb is a little deeper but still no problem for somebody like me who herringbones the upper portion of the climb.. No snowplow wake on the Boulder downhill. It was 28 degrees per Google at my 10:45 start.

(Keith Carlson)