Beautiful day for a ski. Looks like it was groomed late last night and about an inch of snow on top. Skate was slow but not as slow as I'd feared. Classic tracks were great!

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(Katharine Woodman-Maynard)

I skied these snowmaking trails: green meadow loop, inner meadow, twin lake trail, Jim's hill, coaches corner, ridgeline trail, the north finger, and la squadra loop. The snow was coming down while skiing. It was a bit wet and stuck to my skins on some parts of the lesser skied trails like north finger and la squadra, which made it difficult to get any glide. I had applied de-icer before going out too. For the most part, it was fun skiing. As a less experienced skier, I liked that the snow was a little slower to practice going down some of the more difficult hills.

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(Lexie Thorpe)

Excellent but slow conditions for skating. Skied Tornado Alley, A bit of Wirth lake and Bassett Creek.

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(Muzaffar Razvi)

Fantastic grooming. Slow but fun conditions. Conditions were getting a little bit slower with the freshly falling snow. Great way to start the day.

(Lee Penn)

Beautiful. Fast downhills. Some stickiness in tracks. Used my OT Rossignol setup but could have used race skis.

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(Stephen Tannen)

Given the snow, and the appearance from the parking lot of the chalet, I assumed this might be an outing where I ski 100m, get frustrated at the slow pace, and return to the car. Not the case today! Though last night's grooming had a layer of heavy wet snow, it was actually pretty fast. My pace was my average; ended up skiing 11k before work.

(Paul Larson)

The made snow loop was fairly slushy in the afternoon, though some spots had the crispy/slightly icy deck- including Drevil's drop, the downhill before Coach's corner, and especially the last stretch of the meadow heading into Twin Lakes (it was more pleasant double poling there than using the deck). I imagine it will be pretty crusty in colder mornings. Some people were headed out onto Judy- it was likely soft enough given the conditions and the coverage looked good.

(Dan Boody)

Good conditions for skate skiing on both the man made snow and natural deck. The natural tracks for classic were a bit icy in areas.

(Catherine Meyer)

Quiet at Wirth this morning, except for the noise of my skis running over tiny ice nuggets. Tracks were great on the snowmaking loops! Thanks for that amazing base. The Judy looked great for skate (except for some thin/icy patches, mainly under trees), with fresh corduroy, but no classic tracks set.

(Amy Myrbo)

The man-made snow grooming was great (and recent as of 8:30am), and the classic tracks were firm. Had to use a bit of caution on hills due to ice (just out of instinct), but it was great skiing. I didn't try the Judy loop.

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(Paul Larson)