I waited until late in the day to ski, hoping to avoid icy conditions, but I should have waited until tomorrow. Or maybe it was because conditions had already started to cool by my 4 p.m. start, solidifying ridges in the sugar on some of the uphills and the troughs on the downhills. At any rate, conditions were too dicey for my comfort level. I did find a few stretches on the Green Meadow loop where I could ski with confidence, so I mostly did loops there. Climbing LaSquandra and the North Finger were great. I would have been happy with a cardio workout composed up just of climbing up, but you can't keep going up without going down too, which was too scary. If I return tomorrow it won't be until temperatures are above freezing. B skis because of debris in the trail, but it really wasn't that bad.

(Lois Braun)

Delightfully surprised by the fast fun conditions this morning. Some sticks make me mark B skis, but honestly, the sticks are avoidable. I had a super good time, and I got to see some of the snowboarding action and the junior loppet skiers during their race. It's a great day to get out and ski!

(Lee Penn)

Skiing well after sunset, I couldn't see the trail conditions very well, maybe that was good. Lots of leaves in the classic tracks, and lots of "color" in the snow. The tracks were decently deep and the downhills were in better shape than I expected, not too rutted or ice-packed. Get out there but not with your best equipment.

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(Glenn Hansen)

The base is still there but the conditions are what you'd expect for the weather. Lots of leaves and twigs slow things down, and quite soft all the way around. Trail is about 50-60% brown with dirt. Only a couple spots where the bare ground could be seen. Unlikely to damage your skis, but guaranteed to get a thin layer of dirt to coat your skis and boots once all the water evaporates after your workout.

(Jack Nightingale)

The conditions were still pretty good despite the warm-up. Skate deck was looking pretty beat up but skate skiers were still looking fairly fast despite slush. The classic tracks were much better than I thought they would be - still pretty deep in many places. Snow is getting dirtier with more debris. Green Meadow through Twin Lake were much better in terms of trail holding up compared to upper trails and bigger hills. Snow all over varied in slushiness but Red Silver V60 kick wax had great kick nonetheless. It was much better skiing than I expected to find on a beautiful sunny warm day!

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(Mikaela Smith)

Conditions today on snowmaking trails were outstanding. The classic tracks were deep (though I wish they ran longer thru corners). Good crowd enjoying great snow today. Thanks crew.

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(Glenn Hansen)

The natural snow trails (Skyline, Bridge, Tornado Alley) are still fully skiable with rock skis - just enough snow under 55 bridge to make it through. Rock hard snow in some places, but still possible to skate on the natural stuff! Snowmaking loop was in perfect shape per usual.

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(Bill Oyler)

As usual, great grooming for skate and classic on the snowmaking trails. Pretty cold this afternoon, but there was plenty of sunshine and not very many skiers. It's always a good ski at Theo!

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(Bill Lundberg)

What a distinctly different feel the natural snow is compared to the machine-made that many of us are used to on the snowmaking trails. Great conditions today, maybe a little loose and soft on the skate deck, but a pleasure to ski on it. Classic tracks were phenomenal in spots, surprisingly a little dirty in (few) stretches, but otherwise a nice outing all-around. Tracks were a little soft, lots of skate skiers hitting them and causing the top couple inches to crumble in spots.

(Mike Snell)

Skijored this morning on the natural trails north of Glenwood. If you don't mind hitting the odd stone or clump of dirt, the trails are still quite fun! About an inch (or maybe less) is packed real firm on the paved sections.

(Mike Schowalter)