Wonderful skiing at Lebanon Hills! As you might imagine, the extra snow on Saturday worked wonders on the trail. Though it wasn't groomed, the previous tracks were there for the most part, and fellow skiers had blazed the path. Little slippery in parts, but snow had covered up any leaves so it was leaf free. Can't beat skiing in this scenic park! Skiers choice: I hadn't skied the trails west of Pilot Knob in a few years and forgot how fun the trail there is - fun downhills, challenging climbs. Great Birkie training :).

(Robert Sullivan)

Good. Low teens and overcast. Trail had been packed but not tracked. Occasional ice. Lots of leaf litter. I switched from Rex light green to Swix Green Extra midway. Allowed me to ski rather than walk lesser hills but I would still miss my my kicks occasionally. Skier set track was actually pretty good. Washed out on most curves. Dense leaf litter in spots was really annoying. Glad skis weren't waxed with klister.

(Keith Carlson)

Trails received 2 inches of new snow. The groomer decided to pack the new snow on the existing base. No new track setting. Overall, conditions are fair, good in a few places, and poor/icy in a few places. Here's hoping we get a few more inches of snow so we can light up the ski trails with 1500 luminaries on Feb. 10 at our annual Trails By Candlelight event.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

I skied Lebanon Hills this evening from the visitor center south to marker 60 then west to marker 38 then back. I found the trails to be in surprisingly good condition due to the new fresh snow and having just been packed by the groomer. But note, trails were packed but not tracked which was a great decision by the groomer given the light amount of new snow. Just enough skiers had been out prior to me to have left enough tracks to ski in. All in all a pleasant ski.

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(John Gamlin)

Skied East of Pilot Knob this afternoon. Groomers did a great job this morning of salvaging the trails. Expect periodic icy spots with no snow cover but mostly refurbished tracks. Fast and occasionally icy with a fair bit of debris in places. Trails West of Pilot Knob were icy and rutted.

(Michael McCay)

The East and the Middle sections of the trails are pure ice. There may be a bit of time between the Ice stage and the sloppy stage today where it would be good skiing.

(Jen Oberg)

Just talked to the Visitor Center and they aren't planning to groom again until Sunday because of the warm weather. They will start in the morning but sounded like it will be afternoon before they get done.

(Dan Zenk)

A little warm and windy but got to see the sun rise this morning. Trails are in great shape except for a few wind blown leaves on the tracks. I used special purple kick wax and I did not have any trouble. I started out at the Holland Jensen trail head west of the main park entrance.

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(Conrad Sanders)

Tracks were nicely groomed with not much wear still (east side). Good to finally ski with the fresh snow. Not too many people out there which made it pleasant and peaceful.

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(Travis Kvilhaug)

Skied Lebanon Hills after work this evening from 5:30 to 6:30. Very pleasant ski. Trails were groomed just the other day and mostly in great shape. Finally got to use my good skis with all this wonderful snow. Got a little dark in the woods so broke out the headlamp.

(John Gamlin)