Nice temp and sunny. Probably because of the races yesterday, there are no tracks north of the roundabout. The snow was good, so it was fine anyway. Mostly clean and packed. Tracks on Green Meadow/Twin Lakes were good. Inner Meadow was double tracked (for classic only?). Beautiful day to be out.

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(Laurie Ford)

Fabulous conditions. Classic track was great. Firm, but no ice. Skate deck looked firm and well groomed. On the man-made trails, you just can't ask for better conditions.

(John Helms)

Pristine grooming at Wirth this morning--as usual! The trails were in great shape for classic and skate. There was a little debris in the tracks on occasion from all of our wind lately, but very minimal. There were quite a few adult ski lessons going on today, but the trails were pretty much deserted in the outer loops. It's always a fun ski at Wirth!

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(Bill Lundberg)

All machine made trails are open. The snow was in fantastic shape and felt quite fast after a double layer of swix polar (for temps 7 and below). The tracks looked good and classic skiers appeared to get good grip. Judging from the parking, Wirth was still busy, but with the 7km they have open it didn't feel like it.

(Mike Schowalter)

Man made loop is in great shape today and is almost completely open. They are pushing out the machine shed loop, but everything else is groomed. About 6k open. The inner meadow loop is groomed with two classic tracks today, and no skate lane. The north finger+la squadra is still a cardiac dream. I may have blacked out a few times near the top of la squadra, memories are unclear.

(Mike Keyes)

Arrived just before a high school meet, so I only did one lap (the finger and the loop above the Trailhead did not appear to be open. Conditions were fantastic! The track was deep and hard. Guru green kicked like a dream. The skate deck was great as well, some loosened snow for edging on the downhill turns. Did not feel really cold and had lots of youthful excitement!

(Stan Hokanson)

I hit the trails about 8 am and it was cold and quiet. So fun to ski fresh and hard corduroy. Low temps meant slow snow, but with the sun shining and the tremendous conditions, my speed was irrelevant. And so nice to have more trail open in the woods by the lake. I did notice a little bit of dirt coming through still where the utility vehicles cross the trail, but conditions are much improved over last week. Thanks Loppet crew for great work.

(Glenn Hansen)

Tracks were fast, uphills firm, downhills not overly fast. There weren't many skiers probably due to cold temps. I kept my face covered and was fine. Lower stadium and Ridgeline were windy but the rest of the trails were protected. Some debris on Twin Lakes and bottom of Jim's hill. The few inches of snow we got have made the conditions near perfect!

(Meg Brady)

5k open and the trails were in great condition this morning. No icy patches, and minimal debris. Fun to ski through the forest on Twin Lake. Theo has managed to have the snow bridge ready for the races this weekend - well done to the staff! Hope folks have a great time with the Loppet activities scheduled this weekend.

(Allie Quinn)

Wirth manmade snow trails has expanded to twin lakes and the upper stadium. Fabulous conditions. It seems they have spread some newer manmade snow on the main trails to freshen them up. So fun on fresh artificial snow in twin lakes. I had the old klister or power grip on and it was just fine. Seeing the sun the morning was a refreshing sight.

(Diane Pattridge)