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
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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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-07 12:14:08
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, February 6, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-02-06 15:42:50
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Tracks and skate deck in generally great condition. Some areas have some leaves and debris but very few places cause slowdowns. Tracks are fast. Snow drifting has partially filled the tracks along the fields on the southeast fields. Green loop has some interfering debris on the first half, pretty good on the second half. No track on the first part of the last half of the green loop.
(Lincoln Fetcher)
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Sunday, February 5, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-02-05 13:27:13
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Classic skied Lake Elmo Park from 11am`- Noon, beautiful sunny day, about 25 F when I skied. Trails in decent shape, somewhat skied out, with those persistent oak leaves causing the occasional complaint when my skis stopped suddenly, but still wonderful to be skiing in February here in the Twin Cities. Lots of folks out enjoying the trails, a few people not really caring or paying attention to which way the trail arrows pointed, my wife was about to launch down one of the hills on the Brown's Pond trail when a guy skate skiing the wrong direction up the same hill came close to a collision. Just saying, especially when there's a crowd, please just ski the way your supposed to. Thanks!
(Harlan Jones)
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