Trail Detail
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Mix of woods and open prairie over rolling terrain. All trails are groomed skate and classic. Almost 9K of lighted trails.Trail Reports
2022-2023 season
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-21 11:54:05
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Not recently groomed as of 11:00AM. Mix of skied in fresh snow, wind blown ice and drifting. Park was partially groomed once since the rain.
(Bill Callas)
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Friday, February 17, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-17 18:33:09
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, February 13, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-13 16:25:13
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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I grew up downhill skiing in the Rocky Mountains and spring skiing on corn snow was so fun and easy! Today I had the new experience of cross country skiing on corn snow! It was wonderful! It was fast and there was very little drag on the soft snow; typical for corn snow. (If you don't know what it is, Google it.) I skied the outer trails: green, red, green, yellow. There was intrusive debris on the green switchback but elsewhere, the debris had almost all melted below the level of the track. Total fun!
(Lincoln Fetcher)
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-11 10:15:26
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skied Brown's Pond and Hills loop start/end at the Nordic Center at 9:30am. Extremely icy, had to take off skis and walk several up and downhills for safety. Good day for cross training!
(Jennifer Fischer)
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-10 14:51:47
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Upon request, the groomers attempted the trails again this afternoon on the East side. The areas that get more sun exposure like Prairie and North loops still were not taking much to the grooming efforts. Browns Pond was able to improve a little bit but the trails are still icy and in overall poor/fair condition.
(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-10 08:21:01
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Staff started at around 4am to attempt grooming but the compacted and icy trails did not want to cooperate and the conditions didn't seem to be improving with each pass. To avoid further damage we have decided to suspend grooming until weather/snow conditions improve. You can expect the East trails to remain in fair/poor condition until we see better weather but the West side is still open for multi-use if people want to try their hand at snowshoeing or other activities!
(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-09 18:10:15
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Icy. Did not soften up today despite high temps. Great glide but insufficient edge. Double pole in tracks or classic ski with klister but I would advise most skiers avoid steeper downhills. Better yet, go for a jog until conditions improve.
(William Brown)
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-08 14:53:44
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Trail conditions on the eastside, Figure 8 loop formed by Hills, Brown's Pond, Prairie and Savanna was good to very good. At a noon time start, conditions were highly variable ranging from boilerplate to binding pulling-out wet corn at the bottom of the hill after 6E depending on sun exposure. It was reasonably fast overall - clocked moderately fast for me at 7 MPH - but getting slower as more of the trail got sun exposure and the snow corned. Had no problem with control on the shaded downhills. It was 40 degrees according to my car and sunny. I used FastWax Yellow LF.
(Keith Carlson)
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-07 14:22:15
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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I skated Savanna and North late morning and intended to follow up with the Prairie and Hills loops, but found the trail conditions difficult. The skate deck was generally rutted hardpack, much of it icy. I was able to find "edgeable" snow on the left side of the skate deck about 60% of the time, but the downhill segments were pretty much frozen hard and rough full-width. As I was finishing up, I found some segments in the sun softening a bit, making the skating and climbing more efficient. Everything was skiable for me, but the rough surface, especially on the icy downhills, really beat up my old knees.
(David Sonnenberg)
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-07 12:51:17
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Both the East and the West side trails were regroomed yesterday. Tracks were touched up but starting to get shallow in areas and debris still present, especially in the North Loop. After the icy rain we experienced the trails have gotten slick as well. At this time we will avoid grooming until the temperatures drop to prevent further damage. Hoping to regroom early Friday unless we see a change in the weather.
(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)
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